"When you are ready, the teacher will appear" - Buddhist saying. Getting through a PhD is easier and more fun if your mind is into it. Yours is clearly not, s

"When you are ready, the teacher will appear" - Buddhist saying. Getting through a PhD is easier and more fun if your mind is into it. Yours is clearly not, so why try to swim upstream? Go where your mind and soul are telling you that you belong. If you ever decide the PhD is the right move for you, you can re-open that chapter and go for it. I'm getting ready for a change in career, and for the exact same reasons.