To Thesis or Not To Thesis

Well, the time has come to start seriously considering (or not) a thesis. With the program I'm in, I have only one class after this one, then I have to decide if I'm going to do a thesis. The reason being is that I have to do my research seminar and my comps before a thesis. If I don't do a thesis I will still have two more courses before the seminar and comps.

Ok, I have a little time, but I need to make up my mind and quit wasting time on it. There are many pros to doing a thesis. It shortens my time in gradschool by a year, saves me money and might even mean being published. However, with the nature of my job, it could mean a great deal MORE stress.

Honestly, I think the hesitation is my own lack of confidence in my abilities. I don't have a topic and I don't even know if I can write well enough--I do great research but the writing is the hard part.

Guess I'll be pondering this for a while.

Cheers