the screaming pages http://screamingpages.net morning has shattered all the windows in my mind Sun, 10 Mar 2019 17:57:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 Onwards http://screamingpages.net/?p=2014 http://screamingpages.net/?p=2014#respond Sun, 10 Mar 2019 10:57:57 +0000 http://valianthosting.ca/clients/daemon/?p=2014 When I was considering returning to school to work on a PhD, one of the main pieces of advice I’d read was to keep a journal. Some recommended handwriting one – I tried that in my Master’s program and missed more days than I wrote – while others recommended electronic methods.

I had the best of intentions of tracking my progress – mainly what I’m thinking about the experience – via this blog. It existed. No one reads it. Seemed like the perfect avenue to get thoughts down into words.

And I’ve discovered that I just don’t have the focus and temperament to do so.

It’s not that I don’t like to write or babble about what I’m thinking. It’s an issue of time. Working full-time, then attempting to complete a “part-time” PhD that eats up more waking hours than my day job, leaves me with precious little time for extraneous writing. And, while I do think I need to find some way to set aside time to journal my PhD, not being able to do so regularly has become a source of stress and anxiety. Just what I needed…

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A gal walks into a class http://screamingpages.net/?p=2011 http://screamingpages.net/?p=2011#respond Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:16:39 +0000 http://valianthosting.ca/clients/daemon/?p=2011 … and 8 months later still has no idea what she’s doing!

I’m mid-way through my second class in my PhD – having provisionally passed the first – and feel like I know less now than I did when I applied to be accepted in the program. I don’t even know if what I wanted to research when I applied is even remotely related to what I’ll end up writing my dissertation on. *sigh*

I know squat about squat. That’s it. That’s all I’ve figured out at this point.

Oh, and somehow I have to edit a paper for journal submission. EEP!

 

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PhD – week 1 http://screamingpages.net/?p=2008 http://screamingpages.net/?p=2008#respond Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:47:50 +0000 http://valianthosting.ca/clients/daemon/?p=2008 With my first week of classes under my belt I already feel horribly unprepared, overwhelmed, and out of my depths. While I managed to get my first assignment in with time to spare, the time I had originally budgeting for completing my assigned readings proved insufficient and I only managed one optional reading by the end of the weekend.

I did learn that there’s another Edmontonian in my cohort, which will make the journey interesting and far less isolating outside of residential periods.

I also managed to get Library access at the local university libraries (yay Alberta TAL card!) so I’m a bit less stressed about getting access to required reading materials that I can’t get through the online library databases. Between the Edmonton Public Library system, U of A Libraries, and McEwan Libraries, I should be able to find everything I need.

Now, if I can manage to submit my partial assignment this evening for critiquing, then I’ll be in good shape for the rest of the week. I think…

 

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