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For the past two months or so, I have been in a state of simply reacting to the things that are going on around me, constantly behind and prioritizing by whatever has the soonest due date (never more than a few days away). I have taken one day off this term, my birthday. I realized today that the past two days have been fifteen hour ones, working from 8 am when I woke up to 11 pm when I went to sleep, and it seemed totally normal. This has become so much a part of my life that when I woke up this morning, I didn't even realize that by the end of the day the mad sprint would be over.
I presented a truncated version of my thesis to the entire psychology department today. It went really, really well-- probably the best presentation I have ever given. My advisor told me he was proud of me afterwards, which made me feel so warm and fuzzy. During the reception after the event, I met up with one of my committee members, who confirmed that my thesis proposal date will be two weeks later than I had originally planned for. And then later, when I got the chance to breathe, I realized that now I only have four major things left for this term: a test next week, a presentation the week after that, my thesis to my committee members the week after that, and then my proposal two weeks later.
I almost want to cry, this is so little left to do. It's not only so little left to do but I will have at least a week to prepare for each of these things. It is so sudden. Because I have gotten used to barely being on top of anything, I wasn't even looking ahead past today, and now all of a sudden, I can be a normal person again.
I can't explain how wonderful I feel right now, and I don't have time to find the right words, because I need to go make a quiche. But wow, is it wonderful.
I presented a truncated version of my thesis to the entire psychology department today. It went really, really well-- probably the best presentation I have ever given. My advisor told me he was proud of me afterwards, which made me feel so warm and fuzzy. During the reception after the event, I met up with one of my committee members, who confirmed that my thesis proposal date will be two weeks later than I had originally planned for. And then later, when I got the chance to breathe, I realized that now I only have four major things left for this term: a test next week, a presentation the week after that, my thesis to my committee members the week after that, and then my proposal two weeks later.
I almost want to cry, this is so little left to do. It's not only so little left to do but I will have at least a week to prepare for each of these things. It is so sudden. Because I have gotten used to barely being on top of anything, I wasn't even looking ahead past today, and now all of a sudden, I can be a normal person again.
I can't explain how wonderful I feel right now, and I don't have time to find the right words, because I need to go make a quiche. But wow, is it wonderful.