Ugh

[mosaic]

people, i have never heard of acupuncture helping like that. hmm interesting.

i know that when it comes to the dissertation process i'm already determined to "reframe" it...

The bookends to the process are a Proposal Defense, and the Dissertation Defense.

i know the word defense has such strong negative valence for me that i'm privately calling it proposal presentation and dissertation presentation... hoping that removing the word defense will help.

i know i still struggle with presentations, but it's even worse if i think i'm defending something.

you know i might have a fear of success... never looked at it that way. it's really difficult for me to admit that i've been successful in school thus far, i always expect that the next challenge is the one that will be my undoing.