"pit of despair"

So in the last week, I've gone from the previous "pit of despair" area on my dissertation to feeling pretty darn good. Sunday (ish) I came up, in my sleep, with some ideas. Monday & Tuesday I wrote a BUNCH, on both the proposal/intro chapter & the Buffy chapter. I haven't revised that writing yet, but when I do, I expect it to give me something like 30 pages of writing. Yesterday & today were/are lazy days, and then tomorrow & the weekend I plan to do a bunch of writing again. It feels really good, and for the first time in a couple of weeks, I feel as though this is actually do-able again.

One of the things that helped a lot was going over to Keval's condo to write. It's all empty, and very feng shui with a water fountain gushing in the courtyard & no distractions. I also hung out at the Starbuck's down the street, which, unlike the one near my house, seemed quieter & more conducive to work. I will try the closer one again this weekend, and if it is, as has been the case in the past, too noisy & distracting, I'll go to the 281 & Bitters one (like that makes sense to ANYONE but me.!) :) I want to get a trickly fountain for my house, now, though. It has to be big enough to make a good amount of noise.... the one my mom got me a few years ago didn't do much.

It's all good!!

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