I devoted all weekend long (including today ~ and still going) on my dissertation: my Labor of ♥Love♥ … My goal is to finish writing my drafttoday and prepare my defense!
I luckily found a blank page in my stats book to jot down these blessings ~ I’m guaranteed to glance at them every single day since I study it anyway!
Here’s more stats comic relief… As I analyzed more results on the relationships between my research variables, I thought about the series of three numbers that I report in terms of body measurements.
With my smaller home office space during my sabbatical, I make the most of my workstation with eye candy ~ so *ASIA* adorns the side of this desk! 💺😻📷💻📇
💡Scholar⚡️ 📓Mode: revise my working document for as many as 12h/day
Shower: taking a cold one on these hot dog days of summer can energize me between my workout and study session or I’ll relax in the bath between my scholarshift and bed time to snuggle in clean sheets
🌈Pleasure🌟👓Reading: I haven’t read as much non-scholarly material as I used to love to before college & grad school, but I’ve found that a little bit helps to ease my mind & unwind lately ~ my current reads are relevant to my research in an unconventional way (stay tuned this Study Saturday)
💭Choose😴 to 💤Snooze: as a chronic insomniac, I must make a conscientious effort to hit the sack ~ while I tend to stay up late reviewing and proofing my paper, I find that I’m more effective when I work on it earlier in the day with energy!
Just like Vince Carter had discipline with the Dallas Mavericks a couple of seasons ago, I also didn’t take break days! Yes, it’s essential to have some R&R, but at this point, I’m
Once I kicked👟 my dissertation📖 work into high gear transitioning from July into August, I’ve actually resisted turning away from my work💼 after several-hours⌚️ worth of “shifts” lately!
But to prevent myself from 🍳frying⚡️ my 💡brain💭 from dozens of hours⏰ in front of my 💻computer ~ executing💥 my challenges while exercising my 💪🏽strengths:
Beachy Scene: I call this bad boy my Myrtle Beach Iced Tea (as opposed to Long Island) that calls for Arnold Palmer (tea & lemonade named for the golfer) spiked w/your spirit(s) of choice ~ mine was Midori for melon flavor and green color ~ + a cherry on top … Or to sink this ship! 🌊🌴🍹🍋🍈🍒⚓️🚢
That can be served ❄️chilled🍧 and 🍉chunky🍌
Peachy Keen: Other fruit to add to the mix (sweet if they swim in the drink while you sip): peaches * pineapple * strawberries 🍑🍍🍓🍒🍹
Crunching numbers on these 💻devices📱 with my 📔manual📙 on hand👋🏽
I now can empathize with my speech🎤 students who consider public speaking to be 😅nerve-racking, while I encourage them to step outside of their comfort zones!
Add something with which you’re comfortable into the 🔬mix so it’s an easier pill💊 to swallow!
{Just like a re-run of Tia & Tamera that I caught today when new mom Tia introduced her son to new solid food ~ he loved butternut squash while she tried to get him to warm up to peas}
Now that I’ve gotten the hang of it more after going through it in my grad classes plus one-on-one tutorials, I’m actually enjoying it on both my
laptop
and
desktop with the much larger screen!
Bearing in mind all of the above, my PhD program has been the hardest undertaking that I’ve ever experienced, and not simply because I initially anticipated stats with dread …
During my doc degree, I’ve encountered many emotional highs and lows:
Experiences
Emotions
Preparing for my final and comprehensive exams plus my statistics
Anxiety, Nervousness
Passing my final and comprehensive exams
Accomplishment, Achievement
Failing my first stats course and having to retake (never let this happen before)
Disappointment, Failure
Getting kicked out of my first study group (never gave anyone reason to want to before)
Rejection
Celebrating my luminary and candidacy convocations
With all of the abundant activities that have called for my attention lately, I’ve been mustering up every extra waking moment away to work on my dissertation ~ which is why I’ve actually appreciated these recent snow days.
Some of my colleagues have considered their own hours per day of dedication on their doctoral research as shift work
Others have only been able to devote even just a few minutes per day to their study
Lately, I’ve fallen under the latter category, rather than the former. Once upon a time, I was able to spend a whole work day’s worth, but with countless demands, I’m fortunate to invest up to an hour or so; for instance, with the additional studies that my department requires for us to review for our doctoral degrees, I’ve included at least one more per day. Regardless of how much time I’ve been able to write and research, the process is paying off as I keep making progress
My 2014 Series will consist of 20 repetitions (x) or seconds (s) of 14 different moves! Since I’ve been devoting many hours out of everyday to my dissertation, this routine has helped ease my ergonomic tension and loosened up tight muscles from sitting at my computers. When I taught my summer speech class, my students and I took a breather through this brief routine to hype the body up from Beast Mode while warming up the brain into Scholar Mode!
Work Break to Workout
1. Raise the Roof: chant (optional) “Put Your Hands up in the Air” while pumping up your arms (20x)
2a. Forward Arm Circles (20x)
2b. Backward Arm Circles (20x)
3a. Right Arm Stretch diagonally in front of you (20s)
3b. Left Arm Stretch diagonally in front of you (20s)
4a. Right Tricep Stretch behind your head (20s)
4b. Left Tricep Stretch behind your head (20s)
5a. Clockwise Neck Rolls (20x)
5b. Counterclockwise Neck Rolls (20x)
6a. Left Trunk Twist (20s)
6b. Right Trunk Twist (20s)
7a. Right Hamstring Stretch leaning on ankle, extending shin in front of you (20s)
7b. Left Hamstring Stretch leaning on ankle, extending shin in front of you (20s)
8a. Right Quadricep Stretch pulling in foot in behind you (20s)
8b. Left Quadricep Stretch pulling in foot behind you (20s)
13. Football Fun Run in place with quick feet (20s)
14. Jumping Jacks (20x): spell out a motivational word or phrase ~ mine for the day is this:
1. M
2. A
3. S
4. T
5. E
6. R
7. P
8. L
9. A
10. N
11. What does
12. that spell?
13. Master
14. -plan!
15. Master
16. -plan!
17. Master
18. -plan!
19. Master
20. -plan!
The Game Plan is to create more 2014 Workouts for various activities and to target certain areas with just our body weight or minimal equipment, with these tentative titles:
2014 Post-April Fools HIITs
2014 for Your Core
2014 Pre-Easter Thank GOD Stretch
2014 Upper Bod
2014 Slender Legs
Happy Studying & Exercising!!!
@blogilates #MiniBandSelfie #SweatySelfie #SweatBand #ExerciseBand #ResistanceBand great timing; I was already wearing my #headband before finding out about the #giveaway in this #workout! #KeepingItReal w/ #GymHead #GymRat #GymGlow #ManiMonday #VictoriasSecret #Addictive #NailLacquer #OPI #SilverSnowflakes #GlitterTopCoat #BeastMode #SweaterWeather #SnowDay #SexySweaty #GucciFrames #BaltimoreSweatshirt #PumpUpTheJam #GoodVibrations #valentines #love #HeartHealth
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