The Akashic Field Chronicle

Oh my! How time flies when you’re having fun (or not). It’s almost March, and for me, that means the time has come to choose. Do I graduate on time or not? Uhmmm… I think I’ll choose the former, thank you very much.

It’s hard to believe that it has already been 2 years. Now, it all boils down to the last 2 WEEKS! Yep, in two weeks, I should have a draft thesis documentation to give out to my panel. I plan to accomplish that goal whatever it takes.

So now I need a system that will allow me to cope with the extreme time pressure of writing a pseudo-book in the span of 2 weeks. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating a little, since a lot of the content is already lying around and I just have to put them into a coherent form.

My plan is to have daily milestones instead of the usual weekly/bi-monthly/God-forbid-monthly thesis updates I currently have. Everyday I’ll finish a significant part of the work. Unfortunately that means Saturdays and Sundays too. So, right now I’m making a list of the absolute minimum work I should get done for the next 14 days so I get a draft copy of my thesis manuscript by March 6. After that’s done, it’s just a matter of having the discipline and the energy to stick to that very tight schedule.

It’s gonna be tough, but I do have a lot of motivations to finish the thesis as soon as possible. These includes:

• Summer is “raket” mode, i.e. make some money/save up for the rainy days. I can’t do that if I’m still working on my thesis.
• I already have an informal admission to a good US school (see life-goal #1). I would hate to disappoint by not graduating on time.
• My scholarship / TA-ship technically ends this sem so I don’t have money anymore (unless I win in the lottery system bet, wink wink!). Hehehe.
• The longer you work on your thesis the harder it gets to actually finish it (imho)

There are lots of other motivating factors, some of which are of a personal nature. Suffice to say, I have every reason to finish and absolutely no reason not to. Please wish me luck and I’ll really need your prayers.

I probably won’t blog until I’m done with my plan (otherwise, it just defeats the purpose). So I guess I’ll just see you on the other side.