Saturday, June 28, 2008
This thing called a "research agenda."
Oh yes, I have an agenda...and I am damn sure that there is research in it. You know, which ice cream is the best, how to get the Sonic vanilla coke on the way to work. But, I must confess that lately (okay all year) it is not the research agenda that I had percolating in my mind this time last year. Oh, the grandness of my dissertation and its ideas! And there they lie, buried in a mess of new house, new job, commuting, sleeping, and watering the fucking lawn. We began a writer's group of late and I am in charge (how ironic is that!). It is mostly for Jackie (my reading colleague) and I to set a time to write together but two others have semi joined. Now I find myself doing work for others and not on my own. It always seems that I am more able to help someone else than myself. I am glad I wasnt on the Titanic because I know I would have let everyone else get n the boats, maybe even helped them step in. I must write, I have ideas, and damn it I am smart enough. So why the stoppage and how the hell do I move past it? When one is a 4th grader with writer's block, I can help. At 33 with writer's block, it is tougher.
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Ok - you need get off your own case. You have busted butt for years on end finishing fast on a PhD and starting a new job and moving (with an upgrade to a house = more responsibility). It's perfectly reasonable to feel unmotivated and in need of a rest and some selfish time. My thought - take some time. Say, "I'm going to not do any extra stuff now." And rest during this time. But then make a time to start up again and stick to it. You'll have more energy after a mental vacation, even if it's only a few days or a few weeks.
Except, you know you want to furminate the cat!
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