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I have been pushing my self to do some of the things I know will give me naturally energy. However, I have always found an excuse. Until Friday when one of my colleagues/mentor told me about the iPhone app called Couch to 10k. This program trains you and me to run a 10k in 13 weeks. It has 3 workouts a week that has you walk and run in intervals until your endurance is up to get you to the finish line of a 10k. I like that you can listen to music and the app will tell you when to walk or run. I started on week 2 and did the first workout today. It felt great, but I am pretty sure I will sleep well tonight. I hope to keep this up. Night...
(Photo from: eruptingmind.com)
I just want to take time to say that I have an awesome support network. My research focuses on support both online and offline so, I know how important it is and I feel extremely blessed. The encouraging words, the pep-talks, the accountability, the smiles, the text messages, the bath salts, and even the meals when I am so into my writing that I refuse to break, have been so helpful. I also have a great cohort of other doc students that will help me maintain perspective. Although I will say that this is one of the most stressful times in my life, I feel so blessed to know how much you all love and support me. Thanks so much, I do not take it for granted.
I am still writing and.... Are those bags under my eyes? That is unacceptable. Moving on. I am gearing up for a meeting with my advisor on Wednesday, followed by a meeting with one committee member later that day and one on Thursday. Until then, I am sure that I will edit, rearrange, and re-write my first three chapters and my IRB several times. This whole process is so strange to me. It is one of the most independent projects that depends on so many other factors. Although I have several meeting, I am looking forward to them because they always help to give me a sense of where I am at in this whole process. Of course, I usually have a million changes (slight exxageration) and tons of new ideas, but who's complaining. I'm a therapist who is "all about the process" so, I need to learn to be "all about the process" of writing this dissertation. LOL. Thanks for letting me vent.
