Comments on: Dreaming http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/ adventures in knitting (and other stuff) Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:05:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: melissa http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2812 melissa Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:52:30 +0000 http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2812 ooh, that pale yellow yarn on the top left is dreamy. i'm lovin the shibui colors you've got there too, and the malabrigo! hopefully they can bring a little cheer to your life right now. hope things look up for you soon! ooh, that pale yellow yarn on the top left is dreamy. i’m lovin the shibui colors you’ve got there too, and the malabrigo! hopefully they can bring a little cheer to your life right now. hope things look up for you soon!

]]> By: Jodi http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2813 Jodi Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:58:06 +0000 http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2813 mmmmalabrigo.... I'm feeling a little crazy as I prepare for my last (of 5!!!) prelim exams, which is coming up in 2 weeks. Best of luck to you. Usually more sunshine, spring flowers, and springtime help motivate me -- we're almost through the winter doldrums. mmmmalabrigo….

I’m feeling a little crazy as I prepare for my last (of 5!!!) prelim exams, which is coming up in 2 weeks.

Best of luck to you. Usually more sunshine, spring flowers, and springtime help motivate me — we’re almost through the winter doldrums.

]]> By: Chris http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2814 Chris Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:14:24 +0000 http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2814 Yummy yarns! Do you and BrainyLady Alison have a diss support group?! Yummy yarns! Do you and BrainyLady Alison have a diss support group?!

]]> By: LizKnits http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2815 LizKnits Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:13:13 +0000 http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2815 Hang in there... that dissertation hump can be frightening, but it will feel sooooo good when you're done! Hang in there… that dissertation hump can be frightening, but it will feel sooooo good when you’re done!

]]> By: Stella http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2816 Stella Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:15:30 +0000 http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2816 Well, even if it doesn't brighten your current mood, a dream like that can still serve as a reminder that it won't last forever. And if that doesn't work, then that pale yellow Lorna's Laces would almost have to.... Well, even if it doesn’t brighten your current mood, a dream like that can still serve as a reminder that it won’t last forever.

And if that doesn’t work, then that pale yellow Lorna’s Laces would almost have to….

]]> By: Laura http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2819 Laura Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:39:39 +0000 http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2819 Oh hey! I made some fingerless mitts out of that exact same Fortissima. I have maybe 1/4 ball of two balls leftover, if you need it! Oh hey! I made some fingerless mitts out of that exact same Fortissima. I have maybe 1/4 ball of two balls leftover, if you need it!

]]> By: Dad http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2820 Dad Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:18:56 +0000 http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2820 Cogito Ergo Doleo - I think therefore I am depressed Cogito Ergo Doleo
- I think therefore I am depressed

]]> By: lanajoh http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2824 lanajoh Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:45:27 +0000 http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2824 Hey... the dissertation stuff does end. Eventually. It helps if you can think of it as ordinary work and lose yourself in it and then put it out of your mind otherwise... because it can be very intimidating, which interferes with writing... and then increases the associated anxiety. It also helps to remember that it is to THEIR advantage... your advisor, your department... if you finish successfully. In my experience, it seems that as long as you make PROGRESS towards completion, an extension (while a very ugly thing to contemplate) is more than possible. I had (ahem) one or two... and finished, eventually. However, if I hadn't set the extension in my mind as an impossible horrible awful thing, I think that I may have been more relaxed and less stressed about the writing, which would have meant better progress. Hey… the dissertation stuff does end. Eventually. It helps if you can think of it as ordinary work and lose yourself in it and then put it out of your mind otherwise… because it can be very intimidating, which interferes with writing… and then increases the associated anxiety.

It also helps to remember that it is to THEIR advantage… your advisor, your department… if you finish successfully. In my experience, it seems that as long as you make PROGRESS towards completion, an extension (while a very ugly thing to contemplate) is more than possible. I had (ahem) one or two… and finished, eventually. However, if I hadn’t set the extension in my mind as an impossible horrible awful thing, I think that I may have been more relaxed and less stressed about the writing, which would have meant better progress.

]]> By: Mintyfresh http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2825 Mintyfresh Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:04:23 +0000 http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2825 You have a very respectable stash to be delving into! And you can get through the dissertation! Just think, DOCTOR Jennie. You have a very respectable stash to be delving into! And you can get through the dissertation! Just think, DOCTOR Jennie.

]]> By: alison http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2828 alison Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:43:49 +0000 http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2828 I feel your pain. I had a breakthrough yesterday, talking to a friend who is trying to finish writing her thesis. (It was so much easier for each of us to tell the other what to do, of course, than to tell ourselves.) Anyway, I came away with a new and improved attitude about my comps reading -- mostly that I'm *so over it* ("it" being the stress as much as the actual reading) and it's time to just get done. So I e-mailed my supervisors and told them I'd be done my reading and ready for my questions on March 18. Period. Done. Enough is enough! I guess what I'm trying to say is that it is so, so easy to get overwhelmed by what needs to be done, but it always does get done. You wouldn't be at this point if it was all too much for you. In other words, rah! rah! rah! Go, Jennie, go! I feel your pain. I had a breakthrough yesterday, talking to a friend who is trying to finish writing her thesis. (It was so much easier for each of us to tell the other what to do, of course, than to tell ourselves.) Anyway, I came away with a new and improved attitude about my comps reading — mostly that I’m *so over it* (”it” being the stress as much as the actual reading) and it’s time to just get done. So I e-mailed my supervisors and told them I’d be done my reading and ready for my questions on March 18. Period. Done. Enough is enough!

I guess what I’m trying to say is that it is so, so easy to get overwhelmed by what needs to be done, but it always does get done. You wouldn’t be at this point if it was all too much for you.

In other words, rah! rah! rah! Go, Jennie, go!

]]> By: Specs http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2831 Specs Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:03:50 +0000 http://twin-knit.com/2008/02/19/dreaming/#comment-2831 That malabrigo is delicious looking. I hope you've got big plans for it :) And hang in there -- the diss does end and life does start up again on the other side. At least, that's what they tell me. That malabrigo is delicious looking. I hope you’ve got big plans for it :)

And hang in there — the diss does end and life does start up again on the other side. At least, that’s what they tell me.

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