Get my PhD

because I’ve been in the program too long and the one I have already taken is now obsolete. It’s my own responsibility. No blame to anyone else, and not to myself either. I’m doing the best I can. But I’ll have that 3rd draft into my entire committee for comment by mid-January, then take the exam in February. One foot in front of the next.

I have 5 days off in a row for T-day, and will push updating the dissertation.

One of my committee members is kicking me in the behind to finish. Thank you! Her caring that much makes me care more, and I’m on it.

It’s almost to the point where I can get in there to do work. I have tomorrow off, and tonight when I get home, I’ll work about an hour, and it should be set for me to write tomorrow. I feel very motivated, and want to have the 2nd full draft to my chair by 12/15/2009! Also, it will then go out to my other committee members.

To finish, that office needs to be cleaned enough so I can get in there to work. I can start that tonight. My problem is that I get home and forget that I was going to do it! I get distracted by other things, and then another day goes by. Somehow, tonight, I need to remember. Once I get started, it will go quickly and could be cleaned within a couple of hours, well enough to do the work I need to do.

Instead of wasting time in front of the boob tube tonight, I’m going to work on my office so it will be a more supportive environment to finish. Declutter, clean, dust, organize, and so on—all necessary to get things in shape so I can FINISH!

so I’ll become reacquainted with my dissertation and get moving forward again.

and it wiped me out. The next payment is due in a month, and the final one is due 2 weeks later. Saving pennies.

and I brought my laptop to work today to work on it during lunch. I’m creating a table of all the data points in order, which I had already, but my chair wanted it done differently, so I’ll do it. At this point, I’ll do whatever they want me to do so I can be done.

and, whew! Do I have a lot of work to do! Now it’s here and I’m going to get on it. Nothing, nothing is going to stop me from finishing this dissertation, successfully defending my dissertation, and getting that degree this summer! 80% of the effort in 20% of the time—that’s now.