That's my first blog ever so I feel a bit at sea. I even wonder if anybody will read it. If you haven't noticed, english is not my mother tongue. I apoligise for all the mistakes I made/will make. I hope it'll get better with every post. And now to the crux of the matter.
For the last four years I've been struggling with writing my master's thesis. I should have finished it two years ago, but failed. I had massive problems with motivating myself. And when I did I was terrified by the plethora of things that need to be done. Generally speaking I have written almost nothing. I really almost gave up hope that I will ever write it.
Few days ago I foung out about a method called "Getting Things Done". I really love the ideas created by David Allen and I plan on putting them to use. You can find loads of stuff about GTD in the internet and you definitely should read The Book.
During my reaserch about GTD I stumbled upon a blog called ZenHabits. It was one of the most inspiring things that happend to in the last few years. It has tons of articles about simply enjoying your life, regaining control of your life and getting things done. It gave me hope that I will be able to finish that one things that ruins my peace of mind "The Holy Master's Degree".
I found out, that one of the ways of keeping oneself motivated is commiting publicly. It's also advisable to post your progress on a blog so that everybody can check how ones doing. So that's why I'm starting this blog. I publicly state that "I will finish my master's thesis by the end of september". I will post my progress at least every 3 days.
Wish me luck.
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Hi, Flint here from the Zen Habits forums. I just wanted to wish you the best of luck, and remind you to post your progress again-it's been 3 days ;)
Also, consider joining the May challenge, with contributing to your thesis every day as your goal.
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