Things accomplished

Yesterday I had off because it was Good Friday and I work for a Catholic School. Nice to have a 3-day weekend after having 2-week spring break So I took yesterday to work on my thesis. I am having trouble nailing down a topic so yesterday I did some brainstorming. I also did some looking around the web and found a great article on writing a thesis. One of the things they said was that as you get further and further into the research the topic will seem larger and larger. You really have to remain laser focused on your specific topic. That was good to read because that is what’s happening to me. I have an idea but then I start the research and it quickly becomes a monster. So I need to be precise in my focus and stay on topic. So I did some brainstorming to try and focus my topic and I created a timeline to help me keep on track for this thing. I want to be finished by the end of August, 5 months. That’s more than enough time if I keep on top of things. A timeline should help me stay on task. I have allotted days for reading, writing, reviewing, etc. Hopefully that will keep this thing from becoming a monster. When I am facing a huge project I tend to shut down and do nothing. But if I break it into small pieces I am able to manage it better. So that’s what I did with the thesis. I want to have most of the reading/research done by June, the writing done by July, and all the revisions done by the end of August. That makes it sound much better.

I spent a lot of time on the Internet yesterday and I was really surprised at the number of ads for things like acne treatment. I’m not sure why it surprised me but there are so many different treatments out there how can you possibly pick one that will work for you? I think things like acne treatments are similar to weight loss, there are a thousand possibilities and you have to find the one that works for you. Because I don’t believe everyone works for everybody. When I started this paragraph I had a point I wanted to make but I got interrupted and walked away for a few minutes. Now I completely forget where I was going with this. So I’ll stop here and go on with my day