4-5-10 Monday (posted on Tuesday)

I didn't get any work done on Sunday. I flew back to Vegas on Saturday night and needed a day to get some random stuff done.

I worked for 55 minutes on Monday night. One of my close friends defended her dissertation today. I am really bummed about my lack of progress. It is motivating me to get something done. I didn't write at all tonight; instead, I read a short lit. review to look at how it was written.

4-3-10 Saturday (posted on 4-4-10)

Worked for 3 hours and 25 minutes. Wrote/put stuff into chapter 2. I am going the pace of a snail. It is getting depressing. For this upcoming week, my goal is to work/write 2 hours a day. I also noticed I am jumping all over the place while I am working. I am going to try to make a new to do list and go step by step adding articles and stuff to chapter 2 this up coming week.

4-2-10 Friday (posted 4-4-10)

Worked for 2 hours today. Working on putting articles into chapter 2. Wrote for mots of the time. Stressed out that writing is going so slow. I have barely gotten anywhere. I just need to keep plugging away!

4-1-10 Thursday (posted on 4-4-10)

Worked for 4 hours and 40 minutes. Wrote for about half the time.

3-31-10 Wednesday (posted on 4-4-10)

I worked for 3 hours today. Wrote for about half the time.

3-30-10 Tuesday (posted on 4-4-10)

Worked on my proposal for 5 hours and 15 minutes. Wrote for about half the time.

Schedule for rest of week

3-30-10 6 hours
3-31-10 6 hours
4-1-10 6 hours
4-2-10 6 hours
4-3-10 4 hours
4-4-10 4 hours

3-29-10 Monday (posted on 3-30-10)

Had a pretty productive day but still not getting enough writing done. Worked for 5 hours and 5 minutes. Wrote on and off for most of the time, but still need to speed it up and just start throwing things in and then revising it later. Writing is coming very slow.

3-28-10 Sunday (posted on 3-30-10)

Worked for 4 hours and 5 minutes today. It is spring break. I really need to make some serious progress this week! Writing for about half that time, but I am just not getting a lot down on paper.

3-27-10 (posted on 3-30-10)

Had a really busy week. My student teacher is keeping me on my toes at work and I had parent conferences and report cards! Yuck! I am home in Reno. My mom makes me write:) Worked for 2 hours and 45 minutes today. Still feel like I am not making the kind of progress that I need to be making! Wrote for about 30 minutes.

3-22-10 Monday (posted on 3-30-10)

I worked for 2 hours and 40 minutes. Not much writing.

My plan for the next two weeks (posted on 3-22-10)

3-22-10 Monday 3 hours
3-23-10 Tuesday 2 hours
3-24-10 Wednesday 1 hour (have a three hour training that night)
3-25-10 Thursday 3-4 hours
3-26-10 Friday 2 hours
I heading to my Mom's for spring break- I really need to make some progress this week!
3-27-10 Saturday 8 hours
3-28-10 Sunday 8 hours
3-29-10 Monday 8 hours
3-30-10 Tuesday 8 hours
3-31-10 Wednesday 8 hours
4-1-10 Thursday 8 hours
4-2-10 Friday 6 hours
4-3-10 Saturday 6 hours

I keep making goals of how many hours I will work and not sticking to them, so if I make my goal time 10 out of the next 13 days I am going to reward myself :)

3-21-10 Sunday (posted 3-22-10 Monday)

I downloaded/printed some articles today and read. I worked for about an hour. No writing time today.

3-19-10 Friday (posted on Monday 3-22-10)

Had a disappointing week, started getting sick on Wednesday. Had strep throat and was not up to doing much at all Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
I only worked for 20 minutes on this day. No writing today.

3-14-10 Sunday (posted on 3-16-10)

I worked for one hour and wrote for most of the hour.

3-13-10 Saturday (posted on 3-16-10)

I worked for 3 hours on Saturday. I wrote off and on for the 3 hours.

3-10-10 Wednesday (posted on 3-13-10)

I worked for 1 hour and 50 minutes today at the Boulder City Library. I wrote for 30 minutes.

3-9-10 Tuesday (posted 3-10-10)

I made myself write before I went to bed! Worked for 21 minutes. Wrote for 16 of those minutes.

3-8-10 Monday (posted on 3-10-10

Read for about an hour today.

3-7-10 Sunday (posted on 3-10-10)

I worked for 4 hours and 25 minutes today. I wrote for 54 minutes. I need to read some right now, but I also need to write more. I was with my mom in Reno. She makes sure I work:)

3-6-10 Saturday (posted on 3-10-10)

Spent a lot of time reading today because I am feeling like I am not really sure what to do in terms of writing. Ended up figuring out a much better angle for why to study student learning in this context, I think. Mainly read today, but I did write some stuff about changing my focus behind what I am going to study. Worked for 2 hours and 25 minutes.

3-4-10 Thursday (posted 3-9-10)

Worked for only 15 minutes. I looked over what I had for chapter 2. No writing.

3-3-10 wednesday (posted 3-9-10)

I wrote for 25 minutes tonight.

3-2-10 Tuesday

There is something odd about the Boulder City Library. I can almost always get something done here. I had a pretty good night. I worked for one hour and 40 minutes tonight and it is just after 7pm. I wrote for exactly one hour (I am trying to write done the times to keep better track). If I could just keep this going this month, I think I could get somewhere!

3-1-10

Made a goal for this month that I have to write at least fifteen minutes every day! I am proud of myself because I wouldn't let myself go to bed before I wrote for 15 minutes:) I ended up writing for 30 minutes.

2-28-10 Sunday

I worked for 2 hours today. I revised/wrote for about 1 hour. Today started out rough. I was really thinking about giving up on this whole thing, but things got better later in the day when I printed out one of the chapters and started revising by hand.

2-25-10 Thursday

I only worked for 10 minutes. No writing.

2-23-10 Tuesday (posted on 3-1-10)

I worked on my proposal for one hour. No writing.

2-21-10 Sunday (posted blog on 3-1-10)

Worked on proposal for 3 hours and 15 minutes
Wrote for about 1 hour
Trying to send something to advisor every Sunday (sent something to her on 2/21/10)

2-19-10 Friday (posted on Saturday)

Worked for 1 hour and 25 minutes. I wrote for about half of the time.

2-18-10 Thursday (posted on Friday)

Only worked for a little bit tonight because I spent quite a bit of time working on my presentation today.
Worked for 25 minutes on downloading a really slow article!

2-17-10 Wednesday (posted on Friday)

Worked for 1 hour and 15 minutes. I mostly looked up/downloaded some articles.

schedule for the rest of this week (2-17-10)

In Portland for a conference, my plan is also to use the time away to write.
Schedule/goals for the week:
2-17-10 Wednesday 2-4 hours
2-18-10 Thursday 4 hours
2-19-10 Friday 4 hours
2-20-10 Saturday 2-4 hours
2-21-10 Sunday 2-4 hours
I am thinking that if I get a lot accomplished in Portland for the next 5 days, then I might give myself another weekend away soon to do this again in Big Bear Lake:) I also need to get my presentation ready for this Saturday! Yikes:)

2-15-09 Monday (writing this blog on Wednesday)

10:37pm- I am so tired from the long weekend and from driving home from Southern California- but I have to write for 15 minutes
10:40pm- writing- working on the DAP section- looking at which articles I have in my DAP section first- 10:50- now I am going to look at my notes on Van Horn lit. review.
I wrote for 15 minutes.

2-14-10 Sunday

I wrote for 1 hour and 11 minutes today. Now that I am started, I just need to keep going. Sent Christy a rough draft I have been getting started on.

2-10-10

I am tryig to focus on writing and not reading. So far tonight I am doing pretty good with it. I have already worked on my DAP section of chapter 2 for 30 minutes of writing time. (7:15pm)

It is 8:15 and I am packing up to drive home. I have written for 1 hour and 15 minutes tonight. It is coming slow, but I feel like I am getting somewhere.

2-9-10 Tuesday

I wrote for 24 minutes tonight. I worked on my DAP section of chapter 2. I am planning on going to the library tomorrow night because I get so much more done there.

2-7-10 (post for Sunday)

I have a writing journal that I keep and I did actually write for exactly 15 minutes on Sunday night:) I need to be writing more!

schedule

Here is my schedule for the next week and a half:
Tonight (2/9): 15 minutes of writing
Wednesday (2/10): work on proposal for 2 hours
Thursday (2/11): work on proposal for 1 hour (have a busy night with a training from 4-7)
Friday (2/12): work on proposal for 1 hour (driving to LA)
Saturday (2/13): 2 hours
Sunday (2/14): 2 hours
Monday (2/15): 2 hours

2-6-10 Saturday (writing blog on Sunday)

I worked on my proposal for 2 hours and 40 minutes yesterday. I wrote for some of that time. I also wrote notes as I read through some of my old writing and as I read an article. I feel like I am now getting some momentum. I am happy about this!

2-5-10 (posting this for Friday on Saturday am)

Rough week at work! I drove up to St. George to write with two other Doc students at a friend's condo for the weekend. It makes me sad that they are almost done with their dissertations and I am still working on my proposal. I worked for 30 minutes last night. It was a combination between reading my old writing from December and writing notes about it out to the side. I plan on having a productive day today!

2-3-10

Ok, I finally got myself to look at my proposal again. I need to start by looking at where I was at in the beginning of January with my writing and reading. So, tonight I started by reading through my notes and writing. I worked for an hour and a half tonight, but I didn't really write at all. I am just happy that I got started again. My goal is to continue reading through my current proposal and write notes as I am rereading it. Then, I will be reading to start writing and reading again.