I been gone for a minute/but I’m back with the jumpoff/goons in the club/case something jumps off… Lil’ Kim “The Jump Off”
I know, I know I disappeared for like forever. But I had good reason. A. my mom got married last weekend and I went home for the week to help out. And I just did not have it in me to update anything. B. I really don’t have anything new to report. Oh I have stuff to talk about, but if I do I run the risk of sounding like a broken record. I hate that. And C. really who could care less.
I am only going to explain the title of my post and that will be it for today.
A journey of 100,000 miles starts with one step. I cannot remember where I heard this, or who said it, but it perfectly explains how I feel about my thesis revisions. My revisions are due to my chair July 3rd for her final approval. After her approval, it has to be submitted to the graduate school July 16th. I have been allotted two, almost three months to revise my thesis. This is an insurmountable task for me. The pages are completely marked up and are completely daunting. If I cannot finish, I give up. <shrugs shoulders> I feel like I don’t care but deep down I really do. I am trying to remind myself that this is a completely doable task, with this quote. It’s not working.
Work on four or five pages a day. That is a completely doable task. If you do more, fine. If not, also fine. But that way, each day, you have accomplished something. You have to break it down into manageable pieces and not think of the thesis AS A WHOLE. That is what makes it scary/daunting. But if you think, “I have four pages of revision to work on” as opposed to “I have to revise my entire thesis,” you’ll get it done.
You can do it!
Comment by Akilah — June 16, 2008 @ 6:02 am |