I am back in writing mode and have been writing all day. It feels good, except that I haven’t exercised all day and am starting to feel a bit of social anxiety. I was supposed to go to a dinner tonight - sort of a reunion of colleagues, but finishing this paper is really #1 priority since advancing to candidacy in November is my top goal of 2010. This means that all my papers have to be turned in, edited, approved and have been assigned credit so that I become a doctoral candidate and begin dissertation work. Financially, it means that my tuition gets cut in half - from $5,500 per quarter to $2,250. Accomplishing this goal will save me a minimum of $5,500.
I thought of a way that I can reach my goal and get all seven papers done within the 6 1/2 week time frame...by writing 1500 words and posting them on my blog every day for the next 21 days starting today. Then I will post another 1500 words every day in November for the following 19 days until Dave and I go to Reno for Ikaika’s Bar Mitzvah. That’s a total of 40 days. If I need more time, I can take Nov 22, 23 & 24; I’ll take Thanksgiving off, and if I need additional days, I’ll write on the 26th , 27th , 28th , 29th and 30th …that’s an additional 8 days before December 1st. This means writing every day without fail. I know that if I blog daily and write the minimum of 1500 words, I can advance to candidacy in November. This is going to take severe discipline. It took me all day to write on my day off, and I barely got 1500 words in – that includes this journal and the two sections I did on Malama ‘Aina. Well, I can only become a better writer by writing more often. Tonight I am going to write a little while longer, and start my blog for tomorrow’s 1500 words.
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