So it's just hitting me how long it's been since I actually updated. Lots has happened ( Read more... )

In an effort to stick with feeling empowered, I'm sharing what has me terrified right now, so that I can move through it and get back to work ( Read more... )

I came across this idea for reflection on the past year and plans for the next year. I am not much for resolutions, they end up sounding like rules that I'm just not going to follow for very long. I do like making goals, though, with flexible ways to achieve those goals, which is why I think this idea really resounded with me. The idea is to come ( Read more... )

November has been a tumultuous month. It started off victoriously --I set my defense date, had gotten copies of all the chapters I was supposed to have to my committee (which was supposed to be about half of the thesis) and then spent 3 days the next week writing a discussion chapter for that section. I felt great and immediately started doing the ( Read more... )

So I've done an awesome job at keeping up on the weekly updates... ah well ( Read more... )

So I spent most of last week in Rochester and it was highly productive. Then I took 3 days off of work. Now we're back ( Read more... )

So I have really not done the best at keeping up with the lj updating like I planned, but that is mostly because when I've been at my computer, I've been getting work done and doing the things the updating was supposed to help with. So overall I'd still call that a success. I'm still gonna try to update with my accomplishments and goals and we'll ( Read more... )

Plans, goals, etc. for this week ( Read more... )

Note: life got super busy at the end of the week and weekend, so here we are onto the next week and I'm just posting now.

Monday:
Goals: submit paper, read paper I'm supposed to be reviewing, finish condensed Masterfile of data

A little ambitious, I know, but I ended up accomplishing NOTHING all weekend and my anxiety is so high I'm hoping to use it ( Read more... )

I successfully went to the RMV ( Read more... )