March 21, 2007, 11:39pm

My head is spinning. Have been working on literature review and the hypotheses for the statistics final project. This assignment will be related to a research proposal for another class and my dissertation.

I want to study socio-economic status and psychological well-being across the adult lifespan. This is the project I have been ruminating since 1997 when I was an intern reporter. I wanted to do psychological well-being in older adults. Then I wanted to add socio-economic status since when I was at LSE. Finally, I wanted to study the adult lifespan, instead of focusing on older adults, since when I was in Florida.

And now, I'm beginning to work on this project. It took me a long time to reach this point. With a dissertation topic in mind, I feel like I'm close to finishing my dissertation. So, I'm closer to graduation. :)

Three more years to go...

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Have been reading this book. Got some practical tips on how to generate and maintain the motivation to write. Sort of like how to beat myself up to achieve goals and reward myself when goals are achieved.