I cannot believe that the semester is almost over. I began the semester having only a vague idea of the author I wanted to write my thesis on. As the semester progressed, I’ve slowly but surely molded the vague idea into something more concrete. I was very surprised with myself and my progress over the Thanksgiving holiday; I actually spent some time going over my prospectus and making some changes. This alarming behavior of not putting work off until the last minute probably stems from the fact that I needed a small break from the family by Friday afternoon, and schoolwork is a very convenient excuse! I hope that this momentum that I have picked up during this Thanksgiving holiday will carry over into the Christmas Break and all throughout the Spring semester. I know that is a slightly unrealistic goal, but if I capitalize on similar bouts of momentum when they presents themselves, I maybe can get this thesis done in the end after all.
Finally turning in the prospectus will be a extremely harrowing experience. I have already looked over it dozens of times in the past couple of weeks, and I’ve moved from making large changes in sentence structure and overall ideas to obsessively tweaking word choice and debating over the use of commas. But eventually, I must let the prospectus go and STOP LOOKING AT IT. If I am having trouble with knowing when to stop with my prospectus, which is just the preliminary proposal of my thesis, I do not even want to imagine how I will feel when my thesis is done and I’m in the editing phase. However, I imagine one of the roles my adviser will play is to help me to realize when my thesis is truly done and when it is ready for submission.
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