Chasing BIG Goals Has a Cost. Here’s Mine | My PhD Journey UNFILTERED

We celebrate the achievement. We never talk about what it cost. In this episode, I'm getting honest about the real price of chasing a big goal — specifically, what doing a PhD actually cost me beyond time and tuition. Because behind every major accomplishment is a story that rarely gets told: the relationships strained, the financial sacrifices made, the personal goals quietly shelved, the identity slowly consumed by the pursuit. If you're a high achiever, whether in academia, in business, or in life, this one is for you. In this episode I cover: — The strain on relationships when the people around you don't fully understand your journey — The financial reality of years of postgraduate study nobody puts on the highlight reel — The personal goals we put on hold and what that cost us — Identity fusion: what happens when you become so consumed by a goal that you forget who you are without it — Health and wellbeing: the one area I protected intentionally, and why it mattered. This is part of my ongoing PhD Journey series — an honest, episode-by-episode account of what it really takes to complete a postgraduate degree. No highlight reel. Just the truth. 🎓 Watch the full series here:    • My PhD Journey UNFILTERED   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canon in D Major by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/