Progress

Would you like an insider look into the fascinating adventures of Writing My Thesis? Then keep reading, friend, for what a typical work week* looks like:

Day 1:

• accomplish nothing
• feel bad about it

Day 2:

• accomplish nothing
  
• feel bad about it
  
• but really plan to get working the next day

Day 3:

• check email a lot
• finally get to work at 5pm
  
• feel good, but inadequate for slacking off on days 1 and 2

Day 4:

• work all day
• feel like nothing makes sense
  
• check email a lot
• send sections to advisor

Day 5:

• accomplish nothing

Day 6:

• meet with advisor
• who tells me my stuff looks good and that I should give myself a break
• feel smart
  
• give self break

Day 7:

• wonder where the last week went
• accomplish nothing

It's really weird that July is over! I don't know where it went. But I am now about to start writing the final section, and the rest of it has 2 rounds of revisions done.

This summer has been completely nuts on so many levels, but I am now just 2 1/2 weeks away from being DONE with undergrad and taking a vacation to Illinois with my husband and packing all my stuff and seeing my parents and my sisters and going to the beach. Crazy, no?

*see also this strip from PhDcomics.