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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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Am I Being Realistic in My Reasons for Pursing a PhD?

I am a librarian in the U.S. with a Masters of Library and Info Science. I love everything about librarianship, and with ten years of experience in the field, I am thinking seriously about pursuing my PhD. I want to pursue it in library science (technically communications and information science with  a focus on library and information science) not to work as an academic. I want to go for it because I love this field and I want to learn more about it and share what I've learned through publishing. I'm not doing it because I think I will make more money. I want to hone my research skills - I work with researchers, and I would enjoy knowing more about the high-level research they do that leads to publishing, which I hope I would get in my grad classes. 

Am I being realistic or am I looking at a doctoral degree and the years of crazy work through rose-colored glasses?
gpt
Great reasons, clearly it means a lot to you. The reality of doing a PhD will not be as rosy since it's a long grueling process and you won't make much money. But if you enjoy digging into unexplored topics and writing about your findings you'll fare just fine.