I Fought the Printer - Day 8
Ahoy Writers!
This morning, I printed out a copy of my dissertation. The printer was *not* being cooperative, yet I came out on top after threatening it with bodily harm and realizing that when it said "load tray 1" it meant to put paper in tray 1, not tray 2. BUT! I have my dissertation printed! This makes me extraordinarily happy. It's something tangible, that I can see I accomplished. That's motivating.
This morning, I printed out a copy of my dissertation. The printer was *not* being cooperative, yet I came out on top after threatening it with bodily harm and realizing that when it said "load tray 1" it meant to put paper in tray 1, not tray 2. BUT! I have my dissertation printed! This makes me extraordinarily happy. It's something tangible, that I can see I accomplished. That's motivating.
GOALS
- Flesh out more of my inductive case argument.
- Go through the print out of my dissertation and label wherever I need to do something with post its. Having a plan is essential to success.
Reflection
10:31 - UGH. It's only 10:30. I've been writing for an hour and, admittedly, the inductive step is significantly more fleshed out right now. But MAN I don't want to keep writing. I'd love to just curl up in a lil ball and take a nap. It's very weird how my best writing days are the ones where I'm either super motivated or not at all motivated.
12:16 - I post-it-ed by thesis, which was exciting. Now I can concretely see what I need to do before I have a draft. This afternoon/evening/tomorrow, I'll make a calendar of tasks to get me done by my deadline.
12:16b - Also, when writing things up, I find small errors in my work. It's really annoying to see an error. That being said, the error is in the base case, which we know works since Zhan proved it to be so. Ergo, hope is not lost, but I do need to figure it out. I look forward to talking it out with Ben; I think he'll give me a pass to write everything up for when he returns from his trip.
12:16 - I post-it-ed by thesis, which was exciting. Now I can concretely see what I need to do before I have a draft. This afternoon/evening/tomorrow, I'll make a calendar of tasks to get me done by my deadline.
12:16b - Also, when writing things up, I find small errors in my work. It's really annoying to see an error. That being said, the error is in the base case, which we know works since Zhan proved it to be so. Ergo, hope is not lost, but I do need to figure it out. I look forward to talking it out with Ben; I think he'll give me a pass to write everything up for when he returns from his trip.
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