Do you feel full?

I found this on a metafilter page in which someone -- presumably considering quitting grad school -- was asking others about the reasons they quit and whether they ever regretted it. I thought it was pretty smart, so I decided to repost it:


"MasonDixon writes:

I am completely serious: Do you feel full? You know deep down if you are full or not.

When people ask me why I quit I I tell them: "I was full so I got up from the table and quit eating," and that is what it felt like to me.

The prospect of cigars in the parlor with those who finished dinner was not a strong enough lure to keep me sitting there stuffing my gob --even though the food was fine. I said, "Thank you, Good Night and Goodbye."

I decided that if I want to learn more about "X", I'll do my own snacking later. I have yet to have any regrets about it."


I'm starting to full pretty full myself, but it varies. Some days I feel incredibly hungry and love every piece of food I put in my mouth. The next day it all tastes like dog food and it makes me nauseous. An apt metaphor, since I've recently started studying the sociology of food. I'll keep y'all posted on my unfolding quarter-century crisis.