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did you miss me?

Posted in over-thinking on Friday, October 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Yeah, it’s been a while. A lot has happened in the last two months. Most of it went by so fast, I didn’t even have time to think about blogging about it.
And then suddenly this week I started thinking about writing here. Maybe I need the outlet again.
This week I found myself pretty near paralyzed [...]

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comfortable

Posted in grad school, over-thinking, tagged , , , on Friday, April 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Could it be that after all the time and energy I’ve spent trying to finish grad school, and get back to the east coast, that in going through the motions of “getting there,” I’ve managed to make myself (too) comfortable here?
Someone once noted that I’m definitely a “nester.” I think that’s true. I love to [...]

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tripping over myself

Posted in over-thinking on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment »

I have this tendency to make things extraordinarily difficult for myself. So very difficult that I loose sleep over what ought to be a simple, tiny thing that I blow out of proportion. This week the aforementioned 750 word paper triggered this lapse in reason. It is like I trip over myself- I am doing [...]

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aftermath

Posted in grad school, over-thinking, prelims on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 | Leave a Comment »

I may seem like I am doing okay, but really I am in a funk that I can seem to shake. I see the positive side of things- I know everything is a learning experience, and I am so thankful for support from caring people around me. I just feel kind of blue- thrown for [...]

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satisfaction

Posted in over-thinking, prelims on Monday, July 4, 2005 | Leave a Comment »

The problem with me (Actually, I volley back and forth on whether or not this is a problem or a good driving force, but that is beside the point and right now this seems mostly problematic.) is that no matter how much I do, I always think I could have done more.
Even though I spent [...]

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(on) nodding (off)

Posted in over-thinking on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment »

Last night I had terrible insomnia. It wasn’t the kind of insomnia that makes me toss and turn and feel generally miserable about not sleeping. It was the kind that keeps me wide awake (maybe that was the coffee I drank?) staring wide-eyed at the ceiling. Here’s a snapshot of the crap going through my [...]

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do the thing you think you cannot do

Posted in over-thinking, prelims on Monday, May 30, 2005 | Leave a Comment »

this is my personal mantra. I have it tacked right above my computer.
“Do the thing you think you cannot do.” (Eleanor Roosevelt)
So much of grad school (and life, I suppose, as well) can be chalked up to courage and confidence. For some courage and confidence seem to come so easily- but I suspect everyone must [...]

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the light at the end of the tunnel?

Posted in over-thinking on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 | Leave a Comment »

I don’t want blog much when I am especially stressed out. I just don’t think it is very interesting stuff to read about. Instead I just try to survive and take care of myself in all the ways I am learning how. I actually really feel like I have stuff piled on me and that [...]

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