I needed to take a moment away from all of the synthesizing for my paper due on Monday to reflect briefly on how it feels to be excited about actually having tons of things to do while also being extremely overwhelmed. I must say that I feel that in the academic community we often cover up our excitement by complaining or stating that we have tons to do. I personally believe that if you have gone this far to reach doctoral status, then you actually enjoy all of the reading, the writing, and the hours spent talking about research with others. I personally LOVE IT! I am happy I have the opportunity to do what I do well! So, I plan to embrace my love for reading and writing by telling people about my excitement instead of sharing how overwhelmed I am...starting with who ever reads this.
Peace;)
