tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913229899720792807.post3288251966207446243..comments2023-10-06T15:32:58.414+01:00Comments on Academic, Hopeful: Thesis-Related NeurosesAcademic, Hopefulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17474557296107830403noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913229899720792807.post-11198946525106766262009-04-20T09:28:00.000+01:002009-04-20T09:28:00.000+01:00Thank you so much everyone! I truly appreciate you...Thank you so much everyone! I truly appreciate your wisdom and reassurance. Sometimes reassurance can feed anxieties, but your comments gave me a hugely relieving sense of perspective and support. I feel much clearer today. Thank you.Academic, Hopefulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474557296107830403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913229899720792807.post-23200986001654902942009-04-20T06:28:00.000+01:002009-04-20T06:28:00.000+01:00to "know" I will never repeat it - not "now"!! Ee...to "know" I will never repeat it - not "now"!! Eeep, still bad at editing...Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15210665399158259040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913229899720792807.post-73467486641248101512009-04-20T06:27:00.000+01:002009-04-20T06:27:00.000+01:00Something I'm grateful for is the time to reflect ...Something I'm grateful for is the time to reflect on my submission to see all the mistakes I won't make again. I won't sequester myself away, hermit-like, for weeks on end. I won't work seven days a week, eating only carrot sticks and drinking tea. I won't un-engage with my friends and family to "work harder". And I refuse to feel that 24/7 aching adrenaline surge ever again! <br /><br />I came out of submission (such a negative word, n'est-ce pas?) truly feeling like I had submitted to the beast. I was unhealthy, pale, sad, exhausted and completely overwhelmed by little things. I remember trying to plan an overseas trip - something I had looked forward to for months, and bursting into anxious tears.<br /><br />So I'm deeply grateful to have had that ordeal - and to now I will never repeat it.<br /><br />Now I enjoy my friends and family, eat well, exercise (a bit!) and focus on my head in a much healthier way. Much like going through any big event, (the HSC, for example) you only have perspective in the aftermath.<br /><br />Keep in there, my fierce warrior - it's so hard. Miss you xxxxKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15210665399158259040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913229899720792807.post-4480233609968513802009-04-20T05:23:00.000+01:002009-04-20T05:23:00.000+01:00Love this post, AH. And all of the things you are ...Love this post, AH. And all of the things you are grateful for sound wonderful. I also have many things to be grateful for, which is very good, since I'm since about four or so years away from submission. Ack. But really, your post is fantastic.Good Enough Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531793545583712309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913229899720792807.post-16669369216101891372009-04-19T19:21:00.000+01:002009-04-19T19:21:00.000+01:00Email response from friend:
Things I am grateful ...Email response from friend:<br /><br />Things I am grateful for:<br /><br />- That I can read stuff online that hits the spot and makes me smile.<br />- That I am just another Oxford white person.<br />- That I don't have to create an identity or type in jumbled words to get to you.<br />- A bit of sun on the cheeks and ache in the legs.<br />- Emails, noticeboards and opportunities.<br />- The next friend I haven't yet met, who sits next to me on the bus, stands next to me in the shopping line, or is introduced over a beer.Academic, Hopefulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474557296107830403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913229899720792807.post-19989434811723007992009-04-19T17:10:00.000+01:002009-04-19T17:10:00.000+01:00Something for which I am grateful is that I never ...Something for which I am grateful is that I never have to write another dissertation, and I hope that will bring joy to you as well, the knowledge that you will never have to write another thesis again. Anything you write from here on out will allow you to trust yourself as a writer, to say what you want to say in your own manner, and to send it out into the world and see how it does. That may seem evident, but I know that one of the more difficult aspects of the thesis-writing process can be the unending requirement to please a group of readers who have the power to prevent completion. It's hoop-jumping, pure and simple ("We don't just HAND OUT PhDs, you know" said one of my directors, when I had the apparent audacity to ask if this was her final set of revision suggestions on my draft). Over and over again, I have seen the process intensify self-doubt and hinder decision-making abilities temporarily. But here is some very good news...when you are done, which will happen soon, you will feel as though you can unfold like a blossom in the sun again. It's just you and the sun and no taller trees to block the light. ;) Hang in there, my friend!*https://www.blogger.com/profile/14884630159313936346noreply@blogger.com