Lists!

I’m so tired of working on this thesis.  There are times that I like it, but right now I’m really disheartened, and feel like I don’t have enough data to actually tell the story.  Which is super frustrating because, as the Super confirmed a while ago, I have nearly the data set of a PhD thesis, and looking through a few of her other MSc student’s theses, it looks like it, too?  I just…I’m learning the things I should have done, such as sequential extraction, and focusing on only a few sites instead of the 14 I have.  I’m sure everyone goes through this, though, and the key is to just keep going and work with what I have.

 

I suppose.

 

Anywho, I’m getting sick of this and have started to do the “when I finish my thesis I’m going to do [INSERT EVERYTHING]”.  But instead of motivating me, it seems to be making me more reluctant to work on the blasted thing.  Dreams and future plans can be motivating, but can also be frustrating if that’s all you seem to be doing.  I don’t believe in wishful thinking, because then you never seem happy with what you’ve got.  Or at least, it is for me. 

 

So I think I’m going to make some running list that I’ll leave at the top of this journal.  One will be things I want do after I’m done, one will be the things I’ve done during the thesis, and one for major thesis goals.  This way, I’ll have the longer term goals, but I’m also seeing what I’ve accomplished while working on this thing.  :D

 

Alright, enough babbling.  I have a few lists and a thesis to write!

ETA: Okay, never mind.  I looked at the lists I made, and they're just depressing.  Not posting a copy on here for now.  Maybe later when I'm less of a downer.  :P