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Tag: dissertation

They’re all long runs

Recently I passed around a draft of a 50 page chapter, a chapter that honestly isn’t quite done yet but is already my longest.
The other day I ran 38 miles for the first time. I was aiming for 40, so I guess that run wasn’t quite done yet, either. Cutting it short was the right [...]

Writer’s block

I am suffering from some writer’s block that is seriously interfering with my dissertation progress. On a positive note, however, it looks like I’ll be presenting at THE conference in my field this autumn. And most of that paper is written already.

The Shortest Day of the Year

Apparently today was the shortest day of the year. So, theoretically the sun coming up earlier each morning should make it warmer, right? Please?
Even though the days had been getting shorter to this point, I was able to get quite a few chapters of the dissertation done this semester. By the start of next semester [...]

Time-suck

It’s amazing what a time-suck working on other people’s websites can be. I’m not complaining, really; the fact that time goes by so quickly while I’m working on them is a good indication that I don’t find the work boring, though it can become tedious. It’s just an observation, really.
Similarly, I’ve found that time passes [...]