Tidbits from an Atmospheric Sciences Ph.D. student, teacher, writer, journalist, martial artist, cyclist, and general geek
Monday, September 21, 2009
Grad student confessional
Forgive me, advisor, for I have stalled. It has been seven weeks since I've done research and at least two since I've backed up my computer. I really want to get back to research, I swear. The personal issues are nearly resolved, so I hope this will happen soon.
Granted, I finished my master's in two years while carrying a heavy load of person ordeals and TAing a semester (not common in my department). And I haven't backed up my computer because I recently wiped its hard drive, haven't done any research since then, and need to reformat my backup drive as well. Perhaps I should just blame the equipment... except that my guilty conscience is less understanding than my advisor and would never accept that excuse.
I am quite lucky that my advisor has been so accommodating. My current situation would be much worse without that.
Thank you.
Labels:
advising,
being thankful,
computing,
goals,
motivation,
research,
time management
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
haitus... again
Research hasn't happened lately. I'm keeping up with my classes, so that's at least good. Posting has been sparse and will continue to be sparse while I work out some unbloggable, non-professional issues. Sorry :/
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
ugh
I live in a soap opera (but it's so much more than that).
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