Sunday, August 02, 2015

Quick preview into the mind of a doctoral student that I am, today, now.

Arriving at a dissertation topic can be so overwhelming and anxiety-filled.  Or, it can be a fun way of walking along a park taking in all beauties around and filling the missing pieces into the big picture.

It is time for me to choose which approach I would have in this Doctoral journey.

I must admit that I did not want to engage in a formal program for the fear of program driving me to the destination in a jiffy and not letting me enjoy the walk to my destination.

When I chose to do this Doctoral program, I committed to myself that I would enjoy this journey.  That I would not let this become another degree that I am working towards, but truly an exploratory trail that I would take to see how much I know what I want to do and how much can I learn so that I know how I can do it.

I seem to have lost my calm and composure on the way - well, it has just been 4 weeks, but still.  I am in the attempt of regaining my composure and accepting the situation as is to make the most of what is happening to me at this moment and not get drowned by what all 'needs' to happen.

Good luck to me.