Rejuvenated - Be Blessed

I don't know why, I feel better and I'm ready to go at it again. I took a day away from the world and had to reflect and refocus. I'm going back to the old school me....accountability.. No sleep until I'm finished or pass out. Everyday that passes, is gone, never to return again. Maximize your time, minimize your whine.

Seeking Gas

The whole dissertation process has turned me off, I should be done, I'm over the struggle, the satisfying multiple gods, and making sense out of the senseless. It's been years and I have ZERO motivation to continue. Latest news is that they fired the reviewer that denied my dissertation. I was told to continue the path that I was on previously and make the minute changes for submission. I'm off for a few days, nothing else to do with my life so let's see what progress I can make tonight. I really need to find a way to work on my mood. Holiday season has me down...way down...anyways...ready, set...let's go!

Waiting for these years and hours of time to pay off.

Not a quitter but...

Been hacking at the Dissertation..kind of..not really..kind of discouraging. I really can't stand it. I've lost ambition and drive but I've invested a ridiculous amount of time and energy. I also think that the results and study are very valuable to the Asian American community. I've been on this pony for years and I think I've worn through my chaps..

Double check with the basics..

So far APA looks good to go, no complaints, I really want to get this submission through on the first go, so last step...Grammar, word usage, style, and structure.

It's only 9PM, watching a little TV, hanging on the couch, chilling in the snuggie...someday this will all be over...some day!

Fine tooth - timeout

Been at it for 48 hours on and off, a few personal hurdles had me down and moving very s-l-o-w, but I'm back on the saddle trying to clean out all of the small areas of the study. I'm going line by line trying to catch every APA, gramatical, style & format, and inconsistency in the 160+pg/35,000 word document. Such a challenge..such a reward...such an enormous time requirement.

My blog keeps me accountable to myself, motivated, traceable/trackable, and hey, it's entertaining for me.

APA Woes

As the struggle continues...so do I. It really gets incredibly frustrating with this APA formatting. Do you know how difficult it is to add something to a 180 page document and ensure that all the formatting, spacing, designs, etc are symmetric? Even worst is reviewing other approved pages with the same "errors" and inconsistencies. I'm not much for crying but I'm always up for a good complaint. Complaints don't get papers written though, right? I'm not up for quitting so I'm predicting another intimate night of reading every page and trying to be as meticulous as possible...Ready set...um, wait up..ok..now..wait, not now...alright...GO!!!

Modern Robust Statistical Methods

Read a great article addressing modern statistical methods and problems with classic parametric methods...Very interesting, has me revising my paper yet...again!!!  Ugh, sucks, but it's okay, I'm sure it will strengthen my paper and assist future researchers.

Read this article Modern Robust Statistical Methods (Erceg-Hurn, Mirosevich, 2008).

So, up a little late but still in the PJs with my OJ and Emergen-C. I'm at it!! I'll have a new submission today!

Great Sources for Statistical Framework

Using Multivariate Statistics
http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r16424/PSY7102/Document3.pdf

Modern Robust Statistical Methods
http://www.unt.edu/rss/class/mike/5700/articles/robustAmerPsyc.pdf

Four Assumptions of Multiple Regression that Researchers should test
http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=8&n=2

Same $hit different toilet bowl

First night doing the dissertation in Washington, it's been weeks since I've received a response from my advisor and when I did, they're were changes. Good changes, I can't complain..yes, I can complain...welp, I AM complaining. It's not legit but hey, it's my blog, correct? (self response) yup!!

All easy but time consuming changes, small APA and a few suggestions to improve and support the theoretical framework. One day at a time, right? I often feel like quitting, but sheesh, I ridiculously close to the end. I had a defense date on the 17th, what happened? I still don't fully understand...oh well..I continue..

New Committee member..new changes

So, once again, another change (they are actually good changes) but still very frustrating, new location, my computer isn't set up, no internet (normal) access, and all my fancy tools are gone (keyboard, dual screen, mouse, software). Let me get to it and stop hesitating..