a "doc" chronicle

The dissertation draft has been approved and now we are trying to decide the best time for the defense meeting. There is this electronic tool (I did not now about before) that can be used to schedule an event among a group of busy people. Its address is http://www.doodle.ch. It can also be used to create quick one question pools, ideal to sound out people’s opinions about a specific topic. I am already thinking about how I can incorporate this tool in my courses.

What I need to do next is to prepare the dissertation manuscript and send it out to the committee members. I am starting to feel a relief, but I can't let go until it is all finished. I am very close to the end of this journey! :)

Yes, that is true! I've written the first draft of the dissertation's last chapter. Little by little, even when things seemed overwhelming, even when I felt I did not want to work any more, I pushed myself. Little by little, I've come to the end. Well, almost ... At times I just told myself to work a little more and once I got started I kept going ... Now, I just need a little more to complete this project, one of the most important I have ever done. :)

July seemed to fly away! Working on revisions and putting my work under a magnifier has been hard, but it is almost done! Revisions for chapters 1, 2 and 7 are ready and now the conclusions are on their way. My goal for the summer is about to be fulfilled!