.....and then it hits you

NP: Be Near Me - ABC

In high school, one of my vocabulary words at some point was "epiphany." In Pulp Fiction, Jules refers to, what alcoholics term, a "moment of clarity." Well, I'm proud to report, that today I had one regarding my dissertation.

As I have said before, writing a dissertation is like swimming in peanut butter. When you start, you have a lot of energy and you can cleary see the other side of the pool. ONce you get into it, you start losing steam because, well, peanut butter is a little thicker than water. Then, when you get towards the middle, you are in over your head and you aren't sure if you are on course because, obviously, peanut butter is harder to see through than water. After the struggle, as you push on, you get a second wind and get closer to the end....and at some point you can see the edge of the pool. That last part was today. I now know what exactly all the information I have gathered, all the chapters I have written, all the interviews I have read....I know what they mean.

The argument is totally clear and the framework as to how I want to structure it makes more sense. This is all a good thing since the first draft is due to the grad school on Friday.