writing....
So I made the big plunge this fall and went back to school. In some moment of weakness I thought that getting a PhD was a good idea. Sometimes I do think it is a good idea. Usually when I don't think this is when I am attempting to write.
I love writing... I've enjoyed creating poetry, I love quick back and forth emails that make you laugh out loud at the screen. I love reading speeches I've written out loud when people tear up in the room. I love when I re-read a paper I wrote years ago and it actually sounds pretty good. But in beginning of it, when I'm trying to get started I feel awful. I procrastinate. I ponder. I eat grilled cheese sandwiches. I sweat and don't sleep well, waking up with the worry of all the words not gotten down onto the paper, or screen yet. I'm really trying to figure out how to tackle this. By doing a PhD aren't I saying I'm signing up for more and more of this? Reading, thinking, synthesizing and writing lots of somethings?!?
So it occurred to me that maybe if I just wrote more, if I was in the habit and then just shifted what I was writing about, it wouldn't be so bad. And then I remembered my long lost livejournal. Let's see how she goes....
I love writing... I've enjoyed creating poetry, I love quick back and forth emails that make you laugh out loud at the screen. I love reading speeches I've written out loud when people tear up in the room. I love when I re-read a paper I wrote years ago and it actually sounds pretty good. But in beginning of it, when I'm trying to get started I feel awful. I procrastinate. I ponder. I eat grilled cheese sandwiches. I sweat and don't sleep well, waking up with the worry of all the words not gotten down onto the paper, or screen yet. I'm really trying to figure out how to tackle this. By doing a PhD aren't I saying I'm signing up for more and more of this? Reading, thinking, synthesizing and writing lots of somethings?!?
So it occurred to me that maybe if I just wrote more, if I was in the habit and then just shifted what I was writing about, it wouldn't be so bad. And then I remembered my long lost livejournal. Let's see how she goes....