Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Darn thesis
Man. I go through these cycles. I'll be happily writing my thesis and things look great and then, bam. Stupid thesis. I just hit one of those low spots. This one stems from the realization that I understand roughly what everyone else in my field already knew. In other words, I haven't done anything new. I know that I'm not supposed to be tremendously advancing the field, that kinda of research is reserved for a doctoral degree, but still. I'd like to know that I have done something *trivial*. Further, something that has alreayd been done. So I'm feeling like I'm never going to finish at this point. Well not really. I mean I know I'll finish or give up soon. (I'm kidding about giving up, mostly...well two days ago Iwasn't kidding...for a half-hour or so).
It's wierd. I think I'm missing a major piece of doing this thesis:
I do the research/experimentation it goes slow, but I think that's normal.
I do some writing/results graphing that also happens in bursts.
But somewhere (right now) I'm missing some piece. I have a hard time going back to what I've written and cleaning it up (and sometimes adding more). I'm not sure if it's the fact that I'm unsure if my results and what I've written is even useful or if it's just a fear of doing lots and lots of work.
Well. On to tackling this. Again. Or at least trying.
It's wierd. I think I'm missing a major piece of doing this thesis:
I do the research/experimentation it goes slow, but I think that's normal.
I do some writing/results graphing that also happens in bursts.
But somewhere (right now) I'm missing some piece. I have a hard time going back to what I've written and cleaning it up (and sometimes adding more). I'm not sure if it's the fact that I'm unsure if my results and what I've written is even useful or if it's just a fear of doing lots and lots of work.
Well. On to tackling this. Again. Or at least trying.
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Dustin,
I'd try it one more time.
Actually what you may be looking for is that point where the logical left side gives up and the intuitive right side takes over for a while. Thats where the writing on like a schedule plays a part. Think of it as a sampling exercise to see what side of your brain is dominant at the moment. IOWs, try writeing, say, first thing in the morning for 15min, every day - oh, you already knew that I knew that you knew that... ~Z
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I'd try it one more time.
Actually what you may be looking for is that point where the logical left side gives up and the intuitive right side takes over for a while. Thats where the writing on like a schedule plays a part. Think of it as a sampling exercise to see what side of your brain is dominant at the moment. IOWs, try writeing, say, first thing in the morning for 15min, every day - oh, you already knew that I knew that you knew that... ~Z
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