Yup, all done as of March 26. No longer dwelling in the abyss of ABDhood but officially PhD'd. The cherrie on top were that I awarded a pass with no distinction and that I don't have any revisions as such to complete - just a careful combing through of the text to ensure no awkwardness or errors persist through the multiple iterations out of which the final draft was born.
Color me relieved and excited to see what comes next.
A well-rested Dr. Bionic-Woman.
Showing posts with label dissertation update. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dissertation update. Show all posts
Friday, April 03, 2009
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Update: yesterday + dissertating
So I did manage to get some work done. I didn't spend a lot of time and remained rather frazzled but I got out a draft of one of the interviews I'm analyzing - excerpts and discussion included. Not entirely bad.
Still, it remains rather Herculean as a challenge in terms of the timeline I'm looking at. And for various reasons I h-a-v-e to stick to those deadlines and somehow make it all happen.
Still, it remains rather Herculean as a challenge in terms of the timeline I'm looking at. And for various reasons I h-a-v-e to stick to those deadlines and somehow make it all happen.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Dissertation Update OR "Three in One Day!"
I seem to be on some kind of blogging overkill today! Tons of thoughts - must share I guess. Or perhaps I'm just overcompensating for something akin to a major disappearance act from the blogopsphere that I will be pulling since I have 2 major deadlines to meet before we get to the long Independence day week-end in the US next week. Also, July is going to be a bitch and not in a fun way.
Despite being hit by fever and the sniffles most of last week, I, in my state of considerable delusion induced by antibiotics, came up with what I think is a kick-ass way to organize and execute the present draft of my methodology chapter. That it started raining just as I typed this sentence might (might) be a sign that I'm progressing in the right direction - or so says the myth that circulates in my Ph.D. program and perhaps even the 'Pakistani' part of my identity. Anyhow, I digress. This epiphany couldn't have come at a better time since I spent a couple of days firmly ensconced in despondency over this chapter. It isn't the first draft by any means or even the second or third. I felt like I should know what to do with it and just simply couldn't tell. But, as I said, it's currently kick-ass. So I better get my butt in gear (hmm what's with all the words having to do with posteriors?) and start working before I can officially kick off the week-end this afternoon.
How's the rest of the blogosphere holding up?
Despite being hit by fever and the sniffles most of last week, I, in my state of considerable delusion induced by antibiotics, came up with what I think is a kick-ass way to organize and execute the present draft of my methodology chapter. That it started raining just as I typed this sentence might (might) be a sign that I'm progressing in the right direction - or so says the myth that circulates in my Ph.D. program and perhaps even the 'Pakistani' part of my identity. Anyhow, I digress. This epiphany couldn't have come at a better time since I spent a couple of days firmly ensconced in despondency over this chapter. It isn't the first draft by any means or even the second or third. I felt like I should know what to do with it and just simply couldn't tell. But, as I said, it's currently kick-ass. So I better get my butt in gear (hmm what's with all the words having to do with posteriors?) and start working before I can officially kick off the week-end this afternoon.
How's the rest of the blogosphere holding up?
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