Because I always seem to blog on a Monday morning. Maybe that is because I am procrastinating the beginning of yet another week. Which I’m usually afraid is going to suck.
But not for much longer!
The perk of being in academia is definitely the summer break. This summer, I have every intention of finishing my second [...]
I must like blogging away the Mondays.
Ah, spring break is finally here.
Me on Spring Break in Panama City - 1992. With my cheerleader girlfriend, Kathy.
Often my friends will ask me why I have decided to remain a lifetime student. They wonder why in the world would I forego a chance to earn more money and to have nice things. If I got a real job, they [...]
Procrastination: I’m supposed to be working, but instead, I’m wasting more of my potential.
Alas, it is a beautiful day here in Berkeley, California.
The sun is shining. I can hear the bells of the ice cream truck outside my window. The kids that live next door are enjoying their plastic pool. It’s 75° and a cool breeze is blowing.
I am inside.
Why?
Because I’m supposed to be writing my first field [...]
April 14, 2008
Categories: commentary, humor, life . Tags: academia, academic life, graduate school, life, potential, procrastination, self-help, writer's block, writing . Author: tmacphail . Comments: No Comments