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Last year

Thursday 19 January 2012 at 15:25
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This is the last year of my doctorate (EdD) at the OU.

I feel quite anxious as I'm not quite sure that I'll manage to produce the thesis in time. The thought of having to ask for an extension and submitting in 2013 fills me with dread as it would have several negative implications for me.

But I must stay positive. Today is my first day working in a better environment (a private study room in the library) with no phone or interruptions.

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Picture: View from study room in the library (Salamanca, Mexico)

It's time to press hard with the analysis section of my study so that I can produce a convincing first draft (40,000) by 16th April.

Time to work!

Best wishes to everyone.

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THOUGHTS

Tuesday 8 June 2010 at 21:56
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I resumed work on my EdD studies after a month of being busy with other things. It's horrible. It's so hard to get into it again after a period of downtime.

It feels as though taking up my studies again is as hard as quitting smoking.

I was a smoker once and quitting was very painful - the constant temptation to light up again, headaches,stress, anxiety, the general state of dizziness, 'doziness', laziness caused by the withdrawal, etc.

Going back to my studies feels the same in reverse. Picking up the habit again where I left it entails very similar symptoms - the constant temptation of doing something else (or doing nothing), headaches, stress, anxiety, and the exact same state of general clunkiness in my head and body.

Weird. Must remember not to smoke ever again. Not to abandon my studies ever again.

Best wishes to all.

Carlos

Tags: downtime, anxiety, procrastination, stress, symptoms, quitting, taking up, resuming
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Time

Sunday 7 June 2009 at 04:00
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Edited by Carlos Montoro, Monday 3 August 2009 at 01:47

It's so hard to find the time to work on the EdD... Work and family commitments take up most of my day, and working on my studies is left for the small hours...

This is frustrating, but I realised that this will be a different kind of study programme altogether. In the past, I had all the time to myself to study. Right now, at this point in my life, time to myself is scarce, and I somehow have to make the most of it.

It's like reading a good book... you want to enjoy every word, take your time.

I'd like to enjoy the EdD in such a way... but that won't be possible. I'll have to be very good at managing my time.

CM

 

 

Tags: enjoyment, time, anxiety, frustration
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