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January 26, 2008
A fresh start
This afternoon, Tim babysat the kids while I worked on my dissertation. This is my first real venture into it since the kids were born. It's time to put the academic hat back on, too. The twins are sleeping at more regular intervals during the day, and I have a few spare moments that could be put to use. I'm also learning to multitask nearly 24/7, so maybe I can incorporate dissertation research into it. Maybe listening to music while the kids are calm? Reading while feeding?* Anyways, Tim has volunteered to watch them on a regular basis during the evenings and Saturdays so I can get some serious research done.
It helps, too, that he works at the library and can pick up some books or make a photocopy on his breaks for me.
Project of the day: a complete overhaul and reorganization of my research materials.
Rather than four disorganized files, I now have four organized file boxes:
1) non-dissertation stuff (teaching materials, unrelated classwork)
2) Oversized dissertation materials (scores, etc.)
3) General materials and research from past chapters
4) Research for current chapters (organized by general information, and then by individual composers.
(I'm starting to feel like Tim)
Now it looks clean and colorful (thanks to bright folders and a sharpie) and surprisingly appealing! Hopefully it will inspire me to use my bits and pieces of time wisely. And I'll try to blog about it to keep myself accountable (feel free to write nice comments to encourage me to keep at it, LOL!).
*it can be done thanks to this amazing pillow!
dissertation | By Tim and Jo | 5:01 PM
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