Anyway, with the hesitant, but still official, approval of my prospectus last month, I am now working on the larger proposal for my research, specifically on Chapter 2. Chapter 2 is the literature review in which I need to analyze at least 50-70 peer reviewed journal articles and studies on the topic that I want to research and then synthesize that information into a coherent explanation for why my research study is needed. However, I have lost a great deal of the drive that fueled me through my doctoral level courses and even the first few months of my prospectus.
I've been finding it all too easy to only look at an article or two, make some half-hearted entries into my organizational spreadsheet, and maybe write a paragraph or two ... in a week ... and a productive week, at that. Worse, I often go for days without looking at anything to do with my dissertation at all.
I have plenty of excuses (and good ones, even), but this process has already been MUCH more expensive than I anticipated, and the finish line is looking like it's a year or more out there even if I do get my act together (due to the review process for each stage being similar to the one for the prospectus). I have to rededicate myself to this task and GET IT DONE for both my family's financial security and my personal sanity.
I'm putting this out there as a public appeal to please keep up the prayers and encouragement for me and my research.
I've got Dinobots waiting, after all.