Diary of a Single, Successful and Complicated Woman

I’m a 30 year-old woman trying to make it day to day, in this crazy thing we call life…

Increased Productivity…

So, I really need to get my act together this week.  I have two drafts due on Friday and again, that crazy procrastinitis is sneaking up on my.  Lord, please give me the strength and the determination to get these drafts done.  Please and thank you….

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Clean House…

For the record, there is nothing better than a Clean House…Or maybe the smell of a Clean House!  I woke up this morning to a mixture of Clorox and Glade’s Lavender Meadow Scented Oil.  Mmmmmmmmmm….Heaven!!  Sorry, I just had a moment…and I am back.  As you can tell, I have had a MAJOR case of procrastinitis this weekend, particularly yesterday.

Instead of working on my three papers…I decided to do a little Spring Cleaning.  At first I started in the kitchen…then transitioned to the living room…on to the dining room area…next upstairs…and then the bathrooms…Sigh.

I even DUSTED!  LOL!  I basically did any and everything I could to keep my mind off of the three papers that are looming over me.

And even today, I am in no mood to read an article or write a paper.  I just want to chill and catch up on my DVR’d 60 Minutes episodes.  I know, I know…60 Minutes?!?  YES!!  But I LOVE the news and I love the different segments and contributors.  But I digress…

There has to be some cure for procrastinitis, right?  Or maybe, I really needed this weekend to relax, catch up on 60 Minutes and clean my house.  Seriously, I had research articles everywhere.  Now, I can actually see my dining room table.  Holla!!  Man…will I be happy when graduate school is OVER and I have my life back!!

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Ummm…seriously…

So…I believe I am truly, madly, deeply over my graduate program, advisor and qualifying (quals) exams chair.  I just had one of the worst meetings of my life.  I do not know what to do.  I know a change is in order; however I really do not know what to do.  Do I change advisors and quals committee and start anew?  Or do I suck it up and keep on going?  I am beyond confused, sad and dismayed at this moment.  Luckily, one of my BFFs is coming over tomorrow night so I’ll get to debrief with her and get a fresh perspective.  Sigh…

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Rough Week…

So…this past week was sort of a doozie…with tremendous highs and disastrous lows.  For the time being…I’m OVER a couple of people in my life right now.  I hate that I cannot entirely be myself and I am tired of apologizing or feeling as if I have done something wrong (when I have done nothing wrong).  I am seriously contemplating making a few major changes.  Sometimes you need to get rid of the old to make more room for the new and more positive.  Sigh…here is hoping for a more positive week!

~ “Make sure the people around you are lifting you up and not pulling you down. Surround yourself with people who share your vision and passion for life. You’ll be like whom you hang around and the quality of your company will determine the quality of your life. Make no mistake about it: eagles don’t walk with turkeys and turkeys don’t soar with eagles!” – Tony A. Gaskins Jr.

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Motivation

Sigh…I need a little motivation at the moment.  I have a couple of papers due and I have no desire to write them.  When I say no, I really mean…NONE, ZILCH, NADA, ZERO…I don’t know what to do.  I thought take a few days off from work would help my writer’s block, but it hasn’t.  I am just not being productive right now.  And I’m not going to lie, I rather enjoy doing nothing.  Double sigh!  Clearly, I need a little help…

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