Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Yet again . . .

I had an "I really, really feel like quitting" week last week, and tonight, my ideas for my prospectus (and its theoretical basis) came together quite nicely--at least in my head. I hope sleeping on it makes it even better.

Hope you two are having good endings to good semesters.

3 comments:

Good Enough Woman said...

Why did you feel like quitting last week? Anything in particular?

I congratulate you on having a theoretical basis. I'm lacking such a basis--or any clear methodology at all.

I'm getting close to being done, but I've been going through the stress of submitting grades for people, trying to decide whether they get the D or the C.

Amstr said...

I think I cycle through really wanting to quit about once a month. I think if I start thinking about actually working on the WHOLE project, it seems too overwhelming and seems like it will take too long to finish. And there are other things I want to do in my life. And I had a birthday coming up. And ...

We'll see if anyone buys my theoretical basis. :) My advisor is definitely a proponent of "see what you do and then decide how you can define it as a methodology."

And those Ds and Cs are pesky.

Good Enough Woman said...

Very interesting advice from your supervisor. It makes me feel better about how my project is developing. I definitely cannot yet articulate a methodology, but now I have hope!