I committed to myself that I will have a very, very, very rough draft of the first two chapters of my dissertation by Monday. I am leaving for a week to visit the soon-to-be-born baby on Tuesday. I am totally and completely fried. I have been working for about 10 hours a day since Monday. And, I turn off all browsers and my email so I am not tempted to check my news feed or email all day. (Because I get very distracted when I do. I allow myself a peek when I take break to eat or pee and am distracted anyway). I normally average about four hours each day on school stuff. And, I usually go to the Y or an exercise class each day, I putter in the garden, walk to the library, or run other household errands. But, this week, I have focused exclusively on school. I haven't even left the house for the last few days (which has sucked because the weather is nice). And, to make matters worse, I caught a cold (probably from some germy Y-goer since that is the only time I see other people) so while reading and writing, I am blowing and blowing and blowing my nose, sneezing, and nursing a headache. This sucks. But, I'm making progress. I am reading a lot as I go, so my output isn't huge, but I'm feeling good about what's happening. I haven't written any introductions, conclusions, or transitions so mostly I am puking the lit. review on to the page but at least I'll have something to send my adviser on Monday.
Bye. I need to go take a shower and brush my teeth.
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