Over and over I keep telling myself... if earning a doctorate degree were easy, everyone would do it! But still, this is hard. I mean really hard for this 51 year old who was never very smart in school anyway! I was an average student. In some cases, a BELOW average student. I was an average student in college. Yet here I am... trying to be really, really smart. Getting my masters degree made me feel smart. Heck, I'll even say it MADE me smart in some areas. But this, this is different. This is really pushing me to my limits. This is exhausting. And I'm only in my third semester!!!
My brain works on too many things at once, yet writing a paper means focusing on one thing. That's a challenge in itself!
So every day I pray, "God, PLEASE give me smart brain cells in abundance!!!" Ok. I'm done venting. Back to the real work at hand... writing a literature review.
(caffeine in large doses is required.)
It will be a real miracle if I actually finish this program and graduate!
My brain works on too many things at once, yet writing a paper means focusing on one thing. That's a challenge in itself!
So every day I pray, "God, PLEASE give me smart brain cells in abundance!!!" Ok. I'm done venting. Back to the real work at hand... writing a literature review.
(caffeine in large doses is required.)
It will be a real miracle if I actually finish this program and graduate!
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