Monday, May 19, 2014

Free to Be

I just finished the last dissertation-chapter I needed to revise for the book. I now get to write my two final chapters "from scratch." While the idea of researching, reading, writing, and revising two whole chapters in six months is a bit daunting, I'm also feeling excited. No longer do I have to reshape the old to fit the new. No longer do I have to relive the dissertation days of yore. I get to write it as I want it from the start.

Quite freeing.


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  1. ElizabethMay 19, 2014 at 1:01 PM

    I agree -- it feels like a fresh start! Enjoy the process and remember as you draft that it's JUST a draft. (At least that's what I try to remind myself.)

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    1. Blue CheeseMay 19, 2014 at 7:28 PM

      Good advice. It's easy to tell one's graduate student that—less easy to believe it for one's self. Just a draft! (My new mantra.)

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  2. anneMay 20, 2014 at 1:22 PM

    I'm happy for you that you are at the "fun" part! You have amazing discipline and work ethic, along with being smart and sassy.

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