nostalgia and progress
that's funny, didn't realise the topic(s) of this post are sorta... opposing? are they?
anyway i am feeling a bit better about my analysis gradually... although i haven't had a proper supervision session for awhile (she's been busy with her own writing deadlines) but i am now convinced that i am learning what "iterative process" means and why research textbooks are so vague about this part of the process - because there is no right formula or fixed step by step method! funny that, the rest of the process is so structured and formulaic.
this week is sunny and beautiful and that always gets me optimistic and looking to the future, which i am! summer is in the air (and spring is only just springing - weather is such a random thing) this week, even getting up to the teens i think. that's amazing seeing as how only a week ago we were struggling to hit 5 degrees in the day and 0 at night. wow.
this week the husband is working out in the country and he gets to enjoy the early signs of spring (new lambs! we saw some on the weekend) in the country.
have been getting in touch with some friends about catching up at the turn of the year. and it seems like other years everyone goes back for christmas/ny (except me) and this year i go back and people are leaving the country and moving away! as usual, the recurring theme in my life (well one of them) is my life rhythms. a bit out of sync. but anyway still going to catch up with whoever's around and free. it is a pretty long trip so hopefully i can catch some anyway, busy big city people! last night i was looking at some old pics of my friends at various gatherings and i felt a pang. i think i don't really realise how long i have been away. and i was anxious about whether i would or could still fit in. have i changed too much? have i missed too much?
looking forward to when i get an income too. partly so that i can travel a bit more but more because i'm really looking forward to a clinical job where i am not stuck in front of the computer all day long. replied a lecturer's email recently, it was maybe half an hour since she sent it and as soon as i replied she sent a reply back to say "This may be a personal question but do you live on your keyboard" - to which the answer is YES of course. well this year anyway. but that is set to change! Despite what people think, I am really ready to stop being a student next year, oh for a year or two anyway. :p I'm really glad my future job is gonna be working with diverse people, in real life situations in the community and problem solving and being resourceful and creative. My theatre background and backpacking days have served me well!
When summer comes round I'm gonna be out in the garden as well, can't wait to get back to it! got other big plans for fun things to do when this phase of my life is over. i can see i'll be in the same camp as my friend who wonders how she'll find time to work amongst all the things she does in her life. true, true, there are so many meaningful and fun things to do (even though I know I will love my work - but work isn't everything!). Things to learn and things to do, love it!
Well last night I started a new thing, maybe not "Started" but had a try. There was this online deal for 4 lessons at a pole fitness place in town. and i had read about it when they opened up and thought it might be interesting, certainly the videos i've seen and articles i've read about it being a new fitness craze have been interesting and looks like something that would get you really fit cos you carry your own body weight and move against gravity a lot. the stereotyped sex dancers image is obsolete (though there are still some of course) and the new look is athletic and elegant, like ballet/gymnastics on a pole.
and boy is it hard work! it's fun, because you don't notice you are working out until you stop (and the room stops spinning :p) and then you realise how puffed you are. there were 3 other girls learning with me and we were all puffed. plus the leg lifts and push ups for strengthening... i have a new admiration for the dancers who sort of swing themselves up and down, upside down, languidly spinning in mid air and doing all sorts of incredible movements that make me think - you must be 100% muscle to do that. today i'm definitely feeling it all over and i mean ALL over. but it wasn't dodgy at all as i half-feared. it was heaps of fun and i'm looking forward to next week's class. :)
anyway i am feeling a bit better about my analysis gradually... although i haven't had a proper supervision session for awhile (she's been busy with her own writing deadlines) but i am now convinced that i am learning what "iterative process" means and why research textbooks are so vague about this part of the process - because there is no right formula or fixed step by step method! funny that, the rest of the process is so structured and formulaic.
this week is sunny and beautiful and that always gets me optimistic and looking to the future, which i am! summer is in the air (and spring is only just springing - weather is such a random thing) this week, even getting up to the teens i think. that's amazing seeing as how only a week ago we were struggling to hit 5 degrees in the day and 0 at night. wow.
this week the husband is working out in the country and he gets to enjoy the early signs of spring (new lambs! we saw some on the weekend) in the country.
have been getting in touch with some friends about catching up at the turn of the year. and it seems like other years everyone goes back for christmas/ny (except me) and this year i go back and people are leaving the country and moving away! as usual, the recurring theme in my life (well one of them) is my life rhythms. a bit out of sync. but anyway still going to catch up with whoever's around and free. it is a pretty long trip so hopefully i can catch some anyway, busy big city people! last night i was looking at some old pics of my friends at various gatherings and i felt a pang. i think i don't really realise how long i have been away. and i was anxious about whether i would or could still fit in. have i changed too much? have i missed too much?
looking forward to when i get an income too. partly so that i can travel a bit more but more because i'm really looking forward to a clinical job where i am not stuck in front of the computer all day long. replied a lecturer's email recently, it was maybe half an hour since she sent it and as soon as i replied she sent a reply back to say "This may be a personal question but do you live on your keyboard" - to which the answer is YES of course. well this year anyway. but that is set to change! Despite what people think, I am really ready to stop being a student next year, oh for a year or two anyway. :p I'm really glad my future job is gonna be working with diverse people, in real life situations in the community and problem solving and being resourceful and creative. My theatre background and backpacking days have served me well!
When summer comes round I'm gonna be out in the garden as well, can't wait to get back to it! got other big plans for fun things to do when this phase of my life is over. i can see i'll be in the same camp as my friend who wonders how she'll find time to work amongst all the things she does in her life. true, true, there are so many meaningful and fun things to do (even though I know I will love my work - but work isn't everything!). Things to learn and things to do, love it!
Well last night I started a new thing, maybe not "Started" but had a try. There was this online deal for 4 lessons at a pole fitness place in town. and i had read about it when they opened up and thought it might be interesting, certainly the videos i've seen and articles i've read about it being a new fitness craze have been interesting and looks like something that would get you really fit cos you carry your own body weight and move against gravity a lot. the stereotyped sex dancers image is obsolete (though there are still some of course) and the new look is athletic and elegant, like ballet/gymnastics on a pole.
and boy is it hard work! it's fun, because you don't notice you are working out until you stop (and the room stops spinning :p) and then you realise how puffed you are. there were 3 other girls learning with me and we were all puffed. plus the leg lifts and push ups for strengthening... i have a new admiration for the dancers who sort of swing themselves up and down, upside down, languidly spinning in mid air and doing all sorts of incredible movements that make me think - you must be 100% muscle to do that. today i'm definitely feeling it all over and i mean ALL over. but it wasn't dodgy at all as i half-feared. it was heaps of fun and i'm looking forward to next week's class. :)