Something about me, my nails grow ridiculously fast, like pretty much the speed of light. Second thing, I always lose my nail clippers, so you may be able to imagine the situation that has been going on with my feet. I finally found my clips after many many moons. I always feel like a new woman when I give my nails a clip and some color. I like these nights where I do my nails, wear a face mask, listen to the same Walkmen album over and over, and stare at my clothes to clean my closet out even more. I think I should take these nights more frequently, maybe instead of every few weeks, I should do them every other night. I forget to pluck my eye brows, paint my toes etc, I need these nights to remind myself I am a human, and no humans boyfriend should be subject to kissing a mustache or being scratched by feet claws.

I also started my summer work plan today. I transcribed all morning, went to meetings, and I am about to finish my reading for my summer reading schedule. I like being busy with projects and deadlines. I especially like that I am working on all my projects. I can't tell you how much pleasure I get from transcribing my interviews. It is long, and shitty, but when my ideas and theories are so there, I just get so excited!

The good news is, I am slowly letting go of trying to control everything. I am starting to feel less anxious about things I need and want to do, and am able to see the benefits of focusing on small projects now to add to the overall goals later. That is huge for me. I always want to do everything, and to be able to organize myself and be okay with waiting is really new for me.

Here is my timeline of accomplishments. I need to write them down, before I explode.

Goals


Summer
- transcribe interviews
-reading list
-t.a
-put my class together for fall

fall
-classes
-teach
-write thesis
-put together proposals for conferences/go to conferences

Spring
-teach
-go to conferences
-defend masters thesis
-put together manuscripts for journal publications/send out
-graduate with MA.

Summer
-backpack through Europe
-prepare for PhD program

<3 Also in there, keep up on nails.