So, I am so overwhelmed right now, and trying hard not to crash into frantic crying – though I cry a little inside. It feels like I am stuck firefighting inside a burning forest. And it has been like that for the the past few months already. This is it, I think, the peak.
I am so stressed out that my thesis is not completed yet despite of quite extreme measures I did to speed up my writing. I promised my supervisors to submit on Tuesday latest by Wednesday (today is already Thursday almost 5pm, oh my God!). I am just about 7,000 words shy of finishing them all together. It’s only the discussion part that I have to finish. Then, double check on the figures and tabling numbers and references. Just a little bit more.
I am at boiling point right now. I still have a class to teach tonight, an assignment to submit tomorrow, a flight to catch tomorrow and I haven’t packed yet. And also I’m nervous plus excited to compete this weekend. It’s also my birthday in a few days.
Maybe I put too much expectation on myself. I am also scared, what if I can’t finish it before I fly tomorrow? What’s my plan? Will I face any harsh consequences if it doesn’t get done by tomorrow?
I guess, at this rate, I have to come out with a plan. What’s the minimum effort that I can do with the time I have now to just produce a working thesis. After all, we are only required to submit a 90-95% completed thesis this week. I may take some time to think and strategise a plan that could work for 3-4 hours. Seriously, I’m gonna fold my laundry now to ease the pressure.