dispair

[truepenny]

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed right at the moment.

I look at my nice list of things I need to write into the dissertation (like, you know, my argument), and my brain just locks. It says it can't. It says it doesn't know the words. It says it doesn't understand.

I know it's lying to me, but there it is, hiding underneath the bed and refusing to come out.

I have nineteen days. This is Not Good.

Comments

[marith.livejournal.com]

Bleah. Mental tetanus is the pits. :/

Give yourself permission to not think about the dissertation for one whole day? Spend it coddling your inner porpentine, with a long backrub from someone and whatever else recharges truepennies. Do nothing useful whatsoever.

The next day, lay a trail of unagi nigiri or chocolate truffles from the edge of the bed to the computer. Maybe your brain will come creeping out.

Works for me sometimes, anyway. Good luck! Ganbatte!