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I could not and do not want to run away from my work (I'm running my own business). So it is keeping busy and sane everyday. But I do sneak away and look at forums and check status, etc, once in awhile.

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Hobbit, are you leaving your full-time job before you will get the admission?

I left my previous job (consultant, VERY time consuming) and now I work as an M&A advisory in a very small investment bank. This is my temporary job... when I have accepted such offer I thought I would have learned something in my field of interest.... but... there's no work to do.

Even the receptionist is so bored that she's looking for another job :-D

Maybe (but I'm not sure it's worth to change my job at this time) I will look either for a stage in my prevoius university's biz school or for a job as a high school temporary teacher.
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i'm leaving my full-time job not because of the applications.... i've already decided that i don't want to keep this position for too long...i don't like it anymore. my state of mind after the application submitting might have affected the timing... that's all. if my applications are not successful, i'll find another job or start my own business. i never had problems in finding jobs.
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I think I should do the same... I'm wasting my time in this place. :-(
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Why not make use of the "free" time that you have to do something related to your phd? Reading relevant papers, etc.
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Of course, I have researched some materials for this purpose and I should start shortly a research project / business start-up in collaboration with one reccomender of mine. However... we have been waiting for some data for 2 months. :-( It's waiting time on this side too... :-)

Furthermore, by analyzing a certain company's balance sheet, I have found an interesting result about an effect of the Italian dual-income tax on enterprises... even if this is not my field of interest, I might look for a suitable journal and start an empirical investigation to publish an article.

I just have to make up my mind and organize my free time...
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