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« on: December 11, 2007, 03:10:07 PM » |
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Anyone planning on doing mass amounts of writing over winter break? I am hoping to finish already half written chapters. I would love a break but am trying to barrel through it so that I may graduate in May. But, I guess only time will tell!
How about you?
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hollow_man
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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2007, 03:21:15 PM » |
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For a second I thought your subject heading was a serious question!
All I could think was, H*** yes, there will be dissertation writing over break.
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kismet227
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« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2007, 03:32:52 PM » |
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Me too. I'm looking forward to having some uninterrupted time to write. The question is: where should I write? The library, the other library, a coffee shop, or at home?
At what type of place are you planning to write?
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goingcrazy
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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2007, 03:43:34 PM » |
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I think that I will stay at home as long as I can before going crazy! I like to leave but it is so difficult to drag all of my materials with me and then the one book that I forget is the one that I all of a sudden have to refer to!
I am not sure how long that will last though. After a few days of living like a hermit, I will probably end up at a coffee shop. Libraries are too quiet for me.
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« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2007, 06:35:10 PM » |
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Another hell yes -I'll get my break after I defend in May. I usually write at home, but often go to a coffee shop to read or revise. Since my spouse will be on break and already has her Ph.D., she's going to do some extra childcare so that I have extra writing time. Yay spouse!
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« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2007, 07:29:28 PM » |
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I'll be starting the lit. review. What break?
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« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2007, 07:30:28 PM » |
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My "break" is going to be all diss, all the time. No holidays, no time off for good behavior. I have to defend in April to graduate in May, and I have to graduate in May for various reasons, so the timeline is super-tight. My committee members seem unconcerned, but I'm a tightly-wound ball of anxiety these days.
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« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2007, 08:03:00 PM » |
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Hell yes. I'm going to stock up like it's Y2K all over again, and hunker down for as much writing as I can stomach.
Write write write.
Donuts Coffee Donuts.
Write. Write. Write.
Solo kitchen dance party.
Write. Revise. Write.
Repeat as necessary.
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goingcrazy
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« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2007, 08:07:02 PM » |
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I suppose that the word "break" was improperly used in my OP. I want to defend in March and like some of you, I am freaking out. A lot of my freaking out is not due to my own actual work but rather, the revisions and all of the technical formatting and getting everyone else on board and scheduled at the same time stresses me out tons! Getting signatures is always a pain!
Coffee and Red Bull are my best friends right now. Anyone use any other type of methods to keep going?
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malinche
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« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2007, 10:08:55 PM » |
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Count me in. I'm just hoping my thinking processes won't be zapped preparing for job interviews.
I feel like the more I write, the more brain cells I lose. And when I talk to people, I sound like an Idiot because I can barely speak like an educated person anymore. Is it possible to be dumber after one finishes the dissertation?
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« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2007, 11:39:45 PM » |
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Yup. There's nothing like a stack of grading to make one pine for one's dissertation! I promised my advisor the revised intro by next week and the entire thing rewritten before next semester. It will be finished! No red bull, no freaking out, though. I've so been there, but now I'm off caffeine (and feeling great).
I feel like the more I write, the more brain cells I lose. And when I talk to people, I sound like an Idiot because I can barely speak like an educated person anymore. Is it possible to be dumber after one finishes the dissertation?
I know exactly what you mean. I had such a hard time writing last summer in part because I felt like I was actually gettting dumber -- just turning around in my little intellectual hamster wheel. Now I'm just resigned to temporary idiocy. :-) |
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« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2007, 11:41:16 PM » |
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Oh yeah. And we just cancelled our trip to the Everglades. <sigh>
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alwaysanon
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« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2007, 05:18:13 AM » |
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I feel like the more I write, the more brain cells I lose. And when I talk to people, I sound like an Idiot because I can barely speak like an educated person anymore. Is it possible to be dumber after one finishes the dissertation?
Wow, it's a relief to know I'm not the only one! I was chatting with a grad-school friend over lunch the other day and my brain felt like a sputtering engine. I just could not express my thoughts coherently. Somehow it's almost harder because I'm so near the end. I have half a chapter to go until I'm finished the full draft, and that half-chapter is just staring at me. Mocking me. Yes, there will be writing over "break". |
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hollow_man
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« Reply #13 on: December 12, 2007, 09:27:18 AM » |
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I feel like the more I write, the more brain cells I lose. And when I talk to people, I sound like an Idiot because I can barely speak like an educated person anymore. Is it possible to be dumber after one finishes the dissertation?
Wow, it's a relief to know I'm not the only one! I was chatting with a grad-school friend over lunch the other day and my brain felt like a sputtering engine. I just could not express my thoughts coherently. Somehow it's almost harder because I'm so near the end. I have half a chapter to go until I'm finished the full draft, and that half-chapter is just staring at me. Mocking me. Yes, there will be writing over "break". I know this feeling, too. It sucks being on the job market in this condition. |
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goingcrazy
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« Reply #14 on: December 12, 2007, 11:41:52 AM » |
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I too feel like a bumbling idiot when I try to speak. I feel as if my brain is full and overused.
I'm a dumbas* though --- I taught 23 credits this semester. I couldn't help it! I was lucky enough to get a tt position at a cc and then a 4 year university called to adjunct and I said "yes' without thinking. My exhaustion is my own fault so I cannot complain!
I wish that I could get off of caffeine. I tried last summer but it didn't work out too well for me!
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