My dissertation is due in September. I met my supervisor today and as a result feel terribly behind schedule: I only have a vague idea of my argument and have to choose between two possible topics, both of which are equally feasible. EEK! How can I choose? Intuition? Just choose the thing that sounds cooler? I’ve tried about a million decision making techniques and still don’t know what I’m doing. Maybe I need to take a break and come back to this later? Blech.
dreamcatcher's Life List
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1. Stop feeling shy about leading conversations
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2. write a novel
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3. expand my knowledge
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4. Stop caring what other people think of me
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5. meditate more
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6. Make new friends
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7. finish my M.A.
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8. Celebrate more
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9. go to more festivals
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10. Live according to my highest truths
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11. allow myself to be wild, crazy and irresponsible sometimes
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12. Sing
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13. have a whole wardrobe of clothes I love
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14. give more compliments
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15. Write for a living
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16. Become Financially Independent
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17. develop my intuition
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18. Alter my attitudes toward the giving and receiving of advice
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19. be more self-aware
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20. be true to myself
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21. go to India
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22. have a beautiful home
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23. be a better friend and email/phone/see friends on regular basis
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24. Learn to identify my feelings
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25. Differentiate between receptivity and fear
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26. discover new music
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27. be more assertive
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28. Write more
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29. go to more exhibitions
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30. travel Israel
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31. Remind him to say 'no' when necessary
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32. Make our future together a product of our conscious choices and desires
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33. mend my clothes
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34. go to more gigs
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35. improve my Hebrew
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36. do more art
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37. feel comfortable talking on the phone
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38. become the best writer i can be
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39. implement GTD
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40. Move toward an organic, natural lifestyle
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41. Have a better relationship with my in-laws
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42. organize my teaching materials
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43. be better at dealing with general logistical situations
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I’m planning to go to India for a couple of months sometime in the next year. So far, I’ve bought the Lonely Planet Guide (which weighs about a ton) and am looking forward to having time to read it.
I see that last time I posted on this goal I was aiming to do about half an hour of cleaning per day – well, THAT has gone totally out the window. I still don’t have a very good cleaning routine but I can’t bring myself to devote myself to it for a set half hour every day – I have too much other stuff to do which I think is more important and interesting at the moment. Which generally means I just wait until the house looks pretty squalid and then clean. I like having a clean house; I just don’t like cleaning!
On the upside, a recent visitor to my house commented that it was one of the nicest houses she’s seen recently!
