Synchala

I was wrong.

I’ve been working hard on a number of things over the last few months. The biggest of which is doing the best I can to be an asset to my company and I definitely think I’ve succeeded in that goal. I’ve been putting in a lot of time  (not too much) at the office and working at home and I’ve really managed to make a dent in developing my professional reputation. I have not however managed to make as much of a dent in my capstone as I would have liked. Unfortunately I overestimated my ability to work on both my professional and academic lives simultaneously and still keep up the pace on both. So… I was wrong. A few people have noted this fact, so I’m repeating it here because I know that one of my failings is not always admitting when I was wrong. I do have to say that I don’t regret this fact all that much because I’m still doing good! The fact is that I’ve managed to do exceptionally well at a new job while getting some work done on my own capstone, helping friends with theirs and with other tasks, and maintaining a healthy social life.

I’m setting a new goal, which I’ve already communicated to my Masters Commitee; I now plan to be finished with my capstone by the beginning of Fall Quarter 2008. This would still have me finished well before the university guideline of within two quarters of walking at graduation.

In addition to this timeline resolution, I am also announcing my intention to write at least one post on my capstone blog each week, regardless of progress. I am hoping that this will assist me in keeping my resolve to finish fresh and lively. This particular idea owes it’s life to my recent decision to use the Nutrisystem meal plan to help me eat right for awhile. On said plan you are required to track your foods in a booklet or on their website. It isn’t a calorie counter, it’s more of a food blog. I think it’s helped in exactly the way I hope the capstone blog helps. In fact, over the last week I’ve lost 9 lbs. That’s probably way too much, but I’m chalking it up to the first week effect. At least I’m fairly certain it’s not water loss since I’ve been drinking tons of water every day. I suppose it could partially be muscle loss, but I doubt it’s too much of that.

If anyone is currently still reading this blog (something I’m not certain of), please feel free to help keep me on track on both my diet and capstone. Email/txt/IM are all good ways to poke me with a metaphorical stick.