The end is in Sight

This return to college is catching up with me, my initial enthusiasm remains but the getting out of bed and facing rush hour traffic is starting to pall slightly - I've never been a morning person and at 7.00 in the morning as the mornings grow chillier and darker I can find more and more excuses to stay warm and cosy under the duvet!!

So today was a late start but eventually quite productive as I struggle on with the ever on going dissertation scenario. No one will be as pleased as me to see it reaching its conclusion and almost final word count of words that have some semblance of usefulness and the feeling I have something worth handing in. Its not going to be a nobel prize winner and its not making any amazing discoveries but it will do the job and allow me freedom to place my energies into the rest of my creative work.

Don't get me wrong I have mostly enjoyed some of the dissertation experience, mainly the reading. I am a voracious reader but its mainly for relaxation and centres a lot around fiction and so its been really interesting to find some enjoyable academic reading material.

Over reading has been my mistake! I have found so much interesting material that I have totally without shame digressed miles away from anything remotely useful to my actual subject leaving my head full of interesting but pointless facts and stories which cloud my judgement about what I should be writing about... not so much clouding but totally eclipsing and leaving me a bit dazed and confused. Its taken a lot of reigning in to get back to the point and make the essay relevant. but I feel its there or mostly so - I have a supervision next week and may be disappointed with feedback but I'm sure its heading in the right direction!!

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