Its 5:30 am...and I am up...watching the sun rise over Amman...and working hard on this never ending PhD of mine...and after wasting time playing cards with friends-wasting as in should have been working mish wasting as in I didn't enjoy it-I have decided to stay up as long as I can, with the help of coffee-and just crash when I crash.
Now of course rather then actually working on it...I have spent the last couple of hours looking at blogs...writing in mine...trying to find a picture to put with the last post...well ANYTHING bas not have to open my word document and continue writing. How frustrating it is, and how time consuming it is, I mean rather then try and find all these things to do, I could just have done the one thing I needed to do. And what is even more funny-well in my current state of mind I find it funny-is that all the energy and time spent doing this-the wasting of time-I am sure I would be at least another couple of thousand of words further into my chapter. I think that is the issue-I call it a chapter...I am sure if I called it a section/essay/thought piece...I would not be so threatened/intimidated by it...I mean to think that I am writing a CHAPTER is a bit much...ok...I have wasted enough of your and my time...I shall go back to my thought piece...see what I can come up with before my eyes and brain really shut!
OMG this so reminds me of when I was supposed to be studying for my Masters comprehensive exams and oral defense. I would read blog after blog just so i wouldnt have to study.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck!
I am having the same problem. I am trying to write part of my Ph.d. dissertation in Amman (as I am here for the summer) and so far my attempts have not yielded any results.
ReplyDeleteGood luck.
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