"my graduate thesis" I commit to:
completing by April a graduate thesis project I am proud of. That means being able to look myself in the eye honestly and acknowledge that I did the work to the best of my ability. That I took charge and made this the kind of academic experience that has always eluded me. This is probably the last school semester of my life. I have one final, awesome chance to give it all I've got, to prove my worth and demonstrate how far I've come and how much I've grown and learned.
Contract End:
26 Mar 2010
Contract Length:
11 week(s)
Recipient of Stakes:
Money to a friend ($700.00 to JoelSCollier per failed reporting period)
Seriously on the right track at last! Now I've got to really crank up the discipline and employ all the strategies I've taught myself over the last few years. The road ahead is clear, I just have to get to the end of it. Gotta be a CHAMP!!!
6 Mar 2010 07:35 PM
COME ON GIRLIE!!!! you can DO IT!!! i know it! Good luck and I miss you like CRAZY! LOOOOVE***
1 Feb 2010 03:35 PM
I WILL say that I have mastered at least one thing so far. I have stuck to my daily time schedule like IRON. I am IN bed each night by 10:30p, and AT work in the morning by 9:00a. I have not been so much as a minute late for two weeks. Because if I AM even a MINUTe late, I forfeit my stakes. That has worked. And the structure it has brought to my life is WONderful, even if I sometimes wriggle around it and do bad things anyway during the day.
1 Feb 2010 03:29 PM
Soooo, I've earned myself a defeat for this period. I didn't submit a report because I wasn't proud of my week, and in general I've been less than honest with myself about my progress.
The loss of the money is really nothing next to the loss of the opportunity I waste when I don't do my stuff. The price I am paying in $$$ seems high, but the wake up call is worth at least that much to me.
I started this commitment because of a deep need and a conviction and an understanding of what it means for me to be happy. Just like this contract, that TRUTH will be there whether I like it or not, whether I acknowledge it or ignore it.
And right now, I'm doing some acknowledging.
30 Jan 2010 06:25 PM
*clears throat* *taps foot*
30 Jan 2010 06:56 AM
hey girl!! the end is in sight!! keep it up- I'm rooting for you!! woohoo!!!!!
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