My wife and I both started graduate programs this year — different fields — and we thought we'd support each other through the intellectual intensity but instead we keep getting competitive about who's reading more 'important' books or whose advisor is more demanding, and I think we're losing sight of why we wanted to grow our minds in the first place.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two learners discover that their shared commitment to intellectual growth has become a source of comparison rather than mutual flourishing.
“Where Are You with The examined student — Periagoge as learning philosophy?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.