A New Quarter

Today begins a new quarter. Already I have high hopes for what I will accomplish. I wonder if I can finish my qualifying paper, write a quant methods paper, and finalize my oral exam lists in ten weeks. I guess I could stretch that to eleven if you count finals week. Sounds like a lot, but I'll try. It's funny how I start off with faith that I can do all these papers and projects in the span of a couple months, but then come June I'll be saying to myself, "What the heck was I thinking? I can't do all that in one quarter." For now, I'll stick with the positive attitude and hopefully that will pull me through. If nothing else, I'll work as hard as I can (with the obligatory fun thrown in) that way if I don't get everything done, I'll at least know I put all I could into it.

Today's Grad Gravy: It's not about meeting every goal every time, it's about knowing you did as much as you could to get there.