So I’ve been busy writing my prospectus and putting together my HSRB stuff recently; I haven’t gotten to blog much about my dissertation project.  What I really think the blog has helped me to do is to think through my ideas, but not necessarily help during drafting.  In fact, I don’t know how much more I’ll be blogging my project from now on, unless I have issues or blocks in my project.  But it’s not going to be anywhere near daily–I found that when I had to write daily, I kept going around in circles.  I find that taking a step back and holding off on writing more for a few days helps.  (of course I know that in drafting, writing a bit every day is useful.  But as for articulating thesis ideas, writing every day is sort of overkill.)

So where am I now?  I’ve handed in my prospectus to my chair, and sent a draft to my internal committee members to start looking through, and I’m within a day of handing in my HSRB requirements (you know, it’s not as hard as it looks.  Really).  Hopefully within a short time I’ll be scheduling my grad lecture!!  I’ll let everyone know when that is.

–ejfleitz