I'll do my best at this analogy - a PhD is somewhere between childbirth and the stomach bug...very exciting but makes you very nauseous. In keeping (mostly) with my tradition of not looking ahead at courses because hello, nauseous I realized some time ago that I wasn't doing myself any favors and probably should plan more for what's ahead. Control the controllables and all that. And it worked out.
Taking my new bag from The Note Bags with me!
Then, it came to a point where I needed to repeat the looking ahead process and I got a little shocked when I believed I would be completing the actual fieldwork part of this research next Spring (a year from now). Instead, I will spend the summer writing the lit review (which is actually great timing) and the fall is dedicated to the research and methods portion. Great, I was an entire season off in my calculations. Sure, it sounds like no big deal, why stress when we haven't even made it through spring yet much less summer. But that's what I do. I stress!
I know for sure I'm going to the border. Despite some who have attempted to talk me out of it, that's where my research will take me. Surely my limited, rusty Spanish, sarcasm, and wit will keep me out of trouble and prevent inadvertent kidnappings. I talk too much to be a valuable asset. This is why...border communities are stigmatized. Much to my point of going there!
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I ask you -
Have you heard of The Note Bags?
What are your stress levels like? 30. Minimum.
Go ahead - give me your best safety advice.
(The post Another Miscalculation! first appeared here at Running on Fumes.)
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