The Early Bird Catches the Fuckin' Worm

I had big plans to get all my applications in the mail in one massive batch. I know, there'll be more in the November JFP, but I wanted to get the first wave away early so I could get back to my dissertation. (Oh, god. My dissertation.)

The massive batch hasn't happened. I've been working on research statements for close to two weeks now, and I just can't get them done. Every postdoc application needs its own version. But that's not the worst of it. The worst of it is, I work on stuff so obscure that the October JFP has exactly zero jobs asking for what I do. That means I'm applying to a lot of jobs meant for people with AOSs that aren't mine. In fact, besides open jobs, I'm applying to jobs for three, very different AOSs, none of which are exactly me. So for the jobs with these different AOSs, I'm trying to use different research statements to, um, let's say, emphasize the side of my interests that best fits the job. Except open jobs, which are getting the real me.

So I've been writing four different research statements, revising them, and revising them again. Some early deadlines meant I had to put some applications in the mail this weekend, but I'm still not done.

So. Now I'm aiming for next weekend. We'll see. I want this stage to be over.