1) Everything takes longer in research than (a) I want it to, (b) I plan it to, and (c) I really think it should take.
2) Writing sentences in outline form is not so difficult. Case in point - exhibits 1a, 1b, and 1c above.
3) Getting a PhD is all about encountering burnout, and finding a way to push through it. You might not come through unscathed, but you're certainly stronger for it - and then you know you can keep going even when anything BUT continuing is appealing.
4) Priorities are slowly coming into focus for me in surprising ways. That's another topic for another day, but it's true.
5) Everyone needs breaks. My ideal breaks come from exercise (for myself and for Fante), talking on the phone (with my mom or a friend), cooking, cleaning/organizing my home, doing laundry (yes... I LOVE doing laundry! especially in the summer when I can hang it outside). My not-so-ideal breaks, which still happen, come from poking around on facebook and/or other social websites where I tend to lurk, looking up random actors/musicians/events/miscellaneous things on the internet to learn some trivial piece of interest when some question distracts me from my work, and planning out what I will do "When I'm done with this" (whether "this" is the particular assignment/article/analysis I'm working on at the moment, or the PhD/RD training as a whole), ...
6) When it comes down to it, I still think I'd like to be a bum.
My name is Andrea and I'm a graduate student. *sigh*
29 October, 2011
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