The months since January began have been trying. Combining and balancing research, thesis writing and all my regular course work has been hard. Really hard. I do love my research topic and enjoy discovering more and more about it. It is just that the balance between uni work and “other stuff” has had the scales completely tipping over in favour of the former. I feel like the only things I’ve done since 2015 started is work for uni and sleep. Some of my class mates spread the work over 2 years instead of trying to do it all in one year, and to be honest I don’t blame them. My personal life is virtually non existent at the moment. Weeks have past in which I have not knitted a stitch (seriously I don’t think I knit at all during the whole of February and March). I used to write in a personal diary at least a bit every day, now weeks can pass without me having even opened my notebook. And let’s not even mention my sewing machine. Now if you know me, you know that this is really unusual. I’ve had busy periods before, and complained about them, but this is insanity on a whole new level.
This blog post is to remind myself, and people in a similar situation, that these things do not last. Even though sometimes it may seem like it does…it doesn’t. It is also a promise to myself. A promise of all the good things to come when things, eventually, ease up. When it does, I plan to make the most of it.
Eep! It's an intense time, but you're right it is only temporary, limited time only, then your time is yours! Hope it all goes alright. It's totally okay to put stuff aside when you're working on something important, it will still be there at the end! š x
Oh, I remember dealing with something similar while working on my thesis. IT WILL PASS, no matter how you feel right now. Good luck with it all, and try to keep your head up. Not too long from now, you'll be out of it and look back, free and clear. š
Thanks for the kind words, they mean a lot right now. I'm counting down the days till summer! š
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