Never could get the hang of Thursdays.

[owlectomy]

I keep telling myself that things are going to get better once I'm finished that whole IRB/proposal process; I don't like my proposal much in its current state, but I didn't like the last one either, and that seemed fine. I just need to be able to stop worrying about other people judging me and go forward, and that's very hard when I have to fill out 17 pages about how I'm not going to be using ionizing radiation or fetal tissue in my final project.

So then, while I was putting off my real work, I did 20 or 30 pages of manga translation, and...closed the file without saving. Oh, but I did get paid for all my pre-Christmas-break hours, so that much is good.

Some mantras:

"It's only a master's paper. Not a dissertation."
"All I'm really grading you on is the research process."
"I know someone who did their master's paper in a week."