I must admit that the revelation of "Glacial Speed" in the proposal process threw me for a loop yesterday. A classmate who is ahead of me in the process told me yesterday that proposal versionS have a three to six week turn-around time. Yes, that's "versions" with an "s"--plural.
Therefore, I have to anticipate that the May 14th call will result in submitting version 2 of the proposal. Say that I turn that around by Memorial Day, we are probably looking at mid-July for feedback on it. When I expected to be turning in the final draft of entire dissertation, I'll probably be turning in version 3 of the proposal.
Add to that revelation the pollen count, and it proved to be a rather sucky Monday. But after a good night's rest last night, I'm realizing that balance in life facets cannot be accomplished (without stress) if I work three hours a day (Monday through Friday, that is) on the dissertation...particularly in light of the latest developments. Accepting that reality, I will continue with the literature review - it clearly is the most work out of everything. And even if Dr. S poo-poohs some of the sections I've outlined in the proposal, I can always use that research and write-up for future academic papers. So really, nothing lost here.
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