Kori

I went through two years of grad school. I completed all of my coursework. I graduated with a 4.0, but I cannot find the motivation or discipline to work on my thesis. I just finished grad school in October and have barely spent two hours on my research. I really want to get it done. I know that the longer I hold off doing it, the harder it will be. I just can’t find the motivation. I am too busy with life’s other happenings to focus on my thesis. I wish there were thesis police hold me accountable.

Over the past year, I’ve developed a reliance on sugary sweets. Hard or chocolate candy does not appeal to me, but a nice piece of chocolate cake or a home-made cookies are my weakness. I am a health-conscious person and I am aware of the side effects of eating poorly, but that doesn’t seem to intervene in my sugar splurges. When I eat processed sugar, I feel so guilty afterward, but that also doesn’t stop me.
I really want to kick what I’m calling a sugar addiction, but I can’t. And, to top it off, I don’t just eat one cookie and walk away. I eat five or six. I’m not overweight, nor do I have an eating disorder, but I’m starting to realize that while I am eating the sugar, I feel good, but after it makes me want to go to the gym and run for two hours. This needs to stop. Plus, I need to get into a bikini by April for my trip to St. Thomas.

I never learned to do a cartwheel when I was a kid and now I’m scared to try!