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I feel like I ought to do some writing today. Yet I also feel like I haven't done enough research to do the writing. Of course, this could just be my subconscious's way of rationalising my urge to avoid the actual physical revision of my chapter.
This chapter has already taken *thinks* eight months. Yeah. I started work on it (research) in January, so eight months. And it's still not done. And I still have two more chapters to do. This is turning into the PhD that lasts FOREVER!!
I'm not sure how doctorates work in the US, but round here, they're supposed to take 3 years and there's a lot of pressure to keep it within that time limit. I'll be going into my fourth year in October, and if it continues like this, I can see it taking five years.
They must have turned the volume way, way down yesterday at ViTal, cos I heard nothing.
Swimming hasn't been going so well this week. I haven't been able to get into the rhythm of it. I think it's cos I'm annoyed at the other swimmers being able to beat me. Yes, I know it's not a race, and I've never been a fit person, but I do feel discouraged when someone doing the same stroke as me who starts off behind manages to pass me with ease. Then if I try to speed up, I get tired and start worrying about cramping, so I slow down or my breathing goes out of sync, and the rhythm collapses.
Debating whether to go and buy my comics now, or head down at four. I'm leaning towards the former. See? Plain ol' avoidance.
[Edit]: Oh yeah, and I hate Queen's library at the minute. They lose everything! There's three books I want a look at. The catalogue says they're in, but are they on the shelf? Noooo, they're lost! And they never keep anything in the correct order. I've had to rearrange whole stacks myself in order to find what I wanted. That's not my job *fumes*
This chapter has already taken *thinks* eight months. Yeah. I started work on it (research) in January, so eight months. And it's still not done. And I still have two more chapters to do. This is turning into the PhD that lasts FOREVER!!
I'm not sure how doctorates work in the US, but round here, they're supposed to take 3 years and there's a lot of pressure to keep it within that time limit. I'll be going into my fourth year in October, and if it continues like this, I can see it taking five years.
They must have turned the volume way, way down yesterday at ViTal, cos I heard nothing.
Swimming hasn't been going so well this week. I haven't been able to get into the rhythm of it. I think it's cos I'm annoyed at the other swimmers being able to beat me. Yes, I know it's not a race, and I've never been a fit person, but I do feel discouraged when someone doing the same stroke as me who starts off behind manages to pass me with ease. Then if I try to speed up, I get tired and start worrying about cramping, so I slow down or my breathing goes out of sync, and the rhythm collapses.
Debating whether to go and buy my comics now, or head down at four. I'm leaning towards the former. See? Plain ol' avoidance.
[Edit]: Oh yeah, and I hate Queen's library at the minute. They lose everything! There's three books I want a look at. The catalogue says they're in, but are they on the shelf? Noooo, they're lost! And they never keep anything in the correct order. I've had to rearrange whole stacks myself in order to find what I wanted. That's not my job *fumes*
