I use memos a lot in data analysis, but an unintended benefit I only just recognized today is a psychological one.

Memos feel way more low stakes than adding paragraphs to my dissertation chapter drafts. I'll probably cut and paste today's memo directly into my dissertation, but I wrote it with none of pressure I'd normally feel to "get it right."

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Today's bad grief day so I fooled around on 🐦 too long, saved a couple things to read, and will attend a webinar I forgot I signed up for now. Hoping for a reset after that & maybe a modest work session.

Working on being ok with the ebbs and flows, both with #work and #grief.
(Still hating it.)

My motivation has been super low lately, but today I'm tapping into a powerful energy source:

✨️spite✨️

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Coming up with an idea but immediately preparing myself for critique:

"This is a great argument!"

"Well, it's pretty good, I think."

"It's a...good argument?"

"It's an argument. I definitely have an argument."

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#DissertationProgress: Considering running away to join a #psychology lab that has multiple projects relevant to my research areas. No one in my program does what I do - imagine a whole lab!

I know #sociology doesn't do many labs but sometimes the grass looks real green over there, as I sit at home alone, in transcription hell.

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For today's #DissertationProgress-- jk this morning I'm still processing something completely unhinged that a faculty member said to a younger student. 💀

Still deciding if/how I should address it.

I have a good relationship w/this faculty member, but how would I approach a conversation where I just want to say "please stop X"?

Is there something that would make you receptive to hearing that from a student/employee/someone with less power than you?

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Good: I set yesterday's expectations low enough to meet.

Bad: Grief doesn't cooperate just because there's a deadline. (Shoot.)

But lately I've been focused on the idea of the "minimum viable product." I can't remember where I picked it up, but that's the motto for today.

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Sitting down for a little writing session after two weeks of grieving + doing the minimum.

Whew.

It's hard to decide where to start but since #ASA submissions are due soon, probably that.

Today, for accountability:
-Re-read submission guidelines
-Copy/paste/edit intro
-30 min data cleaning

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Transcribing interviews has me measuring time in pages.

"Wow we talked (about X) for 8 pages!"

"Oh they only had a half a page to say on Y?"

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