This morning I chatted with my supervisor. It was both good and not so good, but not necessarily bad.
The good is that I am making good progress and understanding better what I am doing. π
The not so good is that I will probably not finish in 2013 and need to refocus my outcome to something more significant for a PhD. π
So…what do I do with all that? Well, first it is a darn good thing that I am on medication because I probably would be much more troubled and worried about it than is currently going through my mind. However, I am torn. Of course, I would like to be finished sooner and feel a bit of frustration that I did not have better guidance at least a year ago when I started this writing process. I think I probably would have been closer to a finish if I had had that. Still, I want the dissertation to be of quality and of significance so that it truly propels my life forward in a positive direction rather than just getting a piece of paper.
Thus, I’m in a bit of a mixed bag of thoughts/feelings with this. My supervisor said that the only way she finished was to take six months leave of absence from working without pay as she was also working full-time and it took her ages as well. So…I am not sure what I can do with that information, but I will see how I can go with things. I have actually considered taking a leave, but I cannot afford it at this moment….Therefore, I just gotta be more disciplined about things, I think.
With that said, I need to get back at it! π
-T
