Comments on: Divining the future… no! DEFINING it! http://qrystal.name/defining-the-future/ Quiddities and quandries from my quintessential quest Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Qrystal http://qrystal.name/defining-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Qrystal Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:17:12 +0000 http://qrystal.name/defining-the-future/#comment-203 Dangis, that's an excellent question. The simple answer is no: I am not on track with my plan, at least not as far as dates go. However, I still consider myself to be following the steps of the plan, though it is taking longer than I had anticipated--in fact, I am still on the first step of the plan. I never actually reviewed the plan because I knew that I've been on the first step for so long. It wasn't long into 2008 that I started to get intensely worried about this; what is wrong with me, if I can't follow through on my own exciting life plans? Why can't I just sit down and finish the thesis so I can move on to the things I really want to do? It seems I underestimated a lot of the ways that a thesis can be difficult, but most importantly, I underestimated the difficulties I was having with myself. The main thing seems to be that I want to do so much, it overwhelms me. Even in writing this comment, I find I want to explain everything in so much detail, I keep losing track of what I really want to say. So what do I want to say? I suppose it's this: Even though I haven't yet finished my thesis, I am very proud of what I've figured out about myself and my research topic. I can't forget this, because if I stress about what I haven't done yet, I get overwhelmed, and then progress tends to stop outright. I guess what I need is to simplify what I want to do, and also to simplify what I do towards those ends. Maybe this is the key idea I need to use to decide on a New Year's Resolution. Food for thought! :) Dangis, that’s an excellent question.

The simple answer is no: I am not on track with my plan, at least not as far as dates go. However, I still consider myself to be following the steps of the plan, though it is taking longer than I had anticipated–in fact, I am still on the first step of the plan.

I never actually reviewed the plan because I knew that I’ve been on the first step for so long. It wasn’t long into 2008 that I started to get intensely worried about this; what is wrong with me, if I can’t follow through on my own exciting life plans? Why can’t I just sit down and finish the thesis so I can move on to the things I really want to do?

It seems I underestimated a lot of the ways that a thesis can be difficult, but most importantly, I underestimated the difficulties I was having with myself. The main thing seems to be that I want to do so much, it overwhelms me. Even in writing this comment, I find I want to explain everything in so much detail, I keep losing track of what I really want to say.

So what do I want to say? I suppose it’s this: Even though I haven’t yet finished my thesis, I am very proud of what I’ve figured out about myself and my research topic. I can’t forget this, because if I stress about what I haven’t done yet, I get overwhelmed, and then progress tends to stop outright.

I guess what I need is to simplify what I want to do, and also to simplify what I do towards those ends. Maybe this is the key idea I need to use to decide on a New Year’s Resolution. Food for thought! :)

]]> By: Qrystal http://qrystal.name/defining-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Qrystal Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:17:00 +0000 http://qrystal.name/defining-the-future/#comment-237 Dangis, that's an excellent question. The simple answer is no: I am not on track with my plan, at least not as far as dates go. However, I still consider myself to be following the steps of the plan, though it is taking longer than I had anticipated--in fact, I am still on the first step of the plan. I never actually reviewed the plan because I knew that I've been on the first step for so long. It wasn't long into 2008 that I started to get intensely worried about this; what is wrong with me, if I can't follow through on my own exciting life plans? Why can't I just sit down and finish the thesis so I can move on to the things I really want to do? It seems I underestimated a lot of the ways that a thesis can be difficult, but most importantly, I underestimated the difficulties I was having with myself. The main thing seems to be that I want to do so much, it overwhelms me. Even in writing this comment, I find I want to explain everything in so much detail, I keep losing track of what I really want to say. So what do I want to say? I suppose it's this: Even though I haven't yet finished my thesis, I am very proud of what I've figured out about myself and my research topic. I can't forget this, because if I stress about what I haven't done yet, I get overwhelmed, and then progress tends to stop outright. I guess what I need is to simplify what I want to do, and also to simplify what I do towards those ends. Maybe this is the key idea I need to use to decide on a New Year's Resolution. Food for thought! :) Dangis, that’s an excellent question.

The simple answer is no: I am not on track with my plan, at least not as far as dates go. However, I still consider myself to be following the steps of the plan, though it is taking longer than I had anticipated–in fact, I am still on the first step of the plan.

I never actually reviewed the plan because I knew that I’ve been on the first step for so long. It wasn’t long into 2008 that I started to get intensely worried about this; what is wrong with me, if I can’t follow through on my own exciting life plans? Why can’t I just sit down and finish the thesis so I can move on to the things I really want to do?

It seems I underestimated a lot of the ways that a thesis can be difficult, but most importantly, I underestimated the difficulties I was having with myself. The main thing seems to be that I want to do so much, it overwhelms me. Even in writing this comment, I find I want to explain everything in so much detail, I keep losing track of what I really want to say.

So what do I want to say? I suppose it’s this: Even though I haven’t yet finished my thesis, I am very proud of what I’ve figured out about myself and my research topic. I can’t forget this, because if I stress about what I haven’t done yet, I get overwhelmed, and then progress tends to stop outright.

I guess what I need is to simplify what I want to do, and also to simplify what I do towards those ends. Maybe this is the key idea I need to use to decide on a New Year’s Resolution. Food for thought! :)

]]> By: Dangis http://qrystal.name/defining-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Dangis Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:50:56 +0000 http://qrystal.name/defining-the-future/#comment-202 Are you on track with your plan? Have you been reviewing it? Would be interesting to hear an update, thanks! Are you on track with your plan? Have you been reviewing it? Would be interesting to hear an update, thanks!

]]> By: Dangis http://qrystal.name/defining-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Dangis Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:50:00 +0000 http://qrystal.name/defining-the-future/#comment-236 Are you on track with your plan? Have you been reviewing it? Would be interesting to hear an update, thanks! Are you on track with your plan? Have you been reviewing it? Would be interesting to hear an update, thanks!

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