Well, I did it. I finally finished writing my dissertation, and I distributed hard copies to my committee today. If you would like to download a copy, visit the following hyperlink:
http://users.ices.utexas.edu/~evans/Dissertation/Dissertation.pdf
As the date of my defense approaches, I have been feeling all sorts of waves of emotion. I have been in school for 24 continuous years. It is pretty much all I know. That being said, most of the emotions I have been feeling are of joy. I am very excited with where my life is heading. I am happy with the direction my PhD research took, and I am excited to advance it in my future postdoctoral work. I feel privileged, and I am ever so glad not to feel burnt out at this late stage in the game.
Naturally, with the dissertation out, I am now able to catch up on fun things I have desperately been missing. Long talks with Sarah, running, cooking, wine, Arrested Development (it's coming back!). And I am pretty sure those are the things life is all about.
http://users.ices.utexas.edu/~evans/Dissertation/Dissertation.pdf
As the date of my defense approaches, I have been feeling all sorts of waves of emotion. I have been in school for 24 continuous years. It is pretty much all I know. That being said, most of the emotions I have been feeling are of joy. I am very excited with where my life is heading. I am happy with the direction my PhD research took, and I am excited to advance it in my future postdoctoral work. I feel privileged, and I am ever so glad not to feel burnt out at this late stage in the game.
Naturally, with the dissertation out, I am now able to catch up on fun things I have desperately been missing. Long talks with Sarah, running, cooking, wine, Arrested Development (it's coming back!). And I am pretty sure those are the things life is all about.
