Today was a good day. It may change tomorrow when I get feedback from my advisor. But today, after sending my advisor a quite long paper with much of my recent work, I finally (3 months after my friend emailed it to me!) downloaded and opened the MIT thesis LaTeX template. It felt quite daunting and terrifying at first, but after putting in a few hours getting things set up, I quickly can see how a thesis can become as long as they often are.
Also, I've realized in the past day or so how many of the side-track projects that I delved into only briefly over the past couple of years -- many of which I had basically forgotten about -- it's clear that I actually have done quite a lot during my tenure here. But only recently, perhaps forced by the weight of an impending deadline, have I come to recognize and synthesize the outcomes of these various endeavors into a broader framework of my topic of hurricane size.
The result has been, perhaps for the first time in at least one year but perhaps more like two or three, I felt a surge of pride about what I've accomplished.
I hope this continues. At least for a little while.
Also, I've realized in the past day or so how many of the side-track projects that I delved into only briefly over the past couple of years -- many of which I had basically forgotten about -- it's clear that I actually have done quite a lot during my tenure here. But only recently, perhaps forced by the weight of an impending deadline, have I come to recognize and synthesize the outcomes of these various endeavors into a broader framework of my topic of hurricane size.
The result has been, perhaps for the first time in at least one year but perhaps more like two or three, I felt a surge of pride about what I've accomplished.
I hope this continues. At least for a little while.
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