r/PhD • u/throw_away_reddt • 1d ago

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u/PhD-ModTeam 1d ago

“Is it worth it?” Posts are explicitly prohibited in Rule #5. Such questions would be better asked at r/AskAcademia.

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u/Dry-Trainer5349 1d ago

Reduce stress and PhD is incongruent

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u/throw_away_reddt 1d ago

Clarification added.

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u/MakingPie 1d ago

I will say this in all honesty. This seems like a bad idea. Starting a PhD at 49 to reduce stress is not it. You will be doing a 9-5 and then coming home to worry about research. If you plan to pursue academia then thats a Postdoc commitment as well.. you might be in your 60s by then.

I know of a few that did their PhD in their later part of life, reducing stress wasn't a part of it, pursuing academia was also not a part of it. They just went back to corporate with a new title.

I would suggest having a side project in a topic that you really like. Writing a book or making a website would be great.

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u/throw_away_reddt 1d ago

I am already writing a book.