For my international security comprehensive exam, I was emailed an essay question last Wednesday, and I have until this coming Wednesday (1 week) to write an essay in response. This is my very last comp (of 6!), and I'm really excited to finish it.
On Friday, I woke up, printed, reviewed, and highlighted the books and papers from my reading list that I thought were most relevant. I took a bunch of notes based on my highlighting, and organized those notes into the structure of my basic outline. Then it was midnight and I went to bed. (But my mind was still going a million miles an hour, so I didn't fall asleep until 1:30am...)
I woke up at 8am, read over my notes, and started writing. Jeff made me coffee and eggs and toast - brain food.
I basically kept writing from then until about 9:30pm without any real breaks. But then, I had a full first draft written!
I'd like to review what I've written and improve it, and I also want to look at how some other papers on my reading list might fit in, but then that's it!
On Friday, I woke up, printed, reviewed, and highlighted the books and papers from my reading list that I thought were most relevant. I took a bunch of notes based on my highlighting, and organized those notes into the structure of my basic outline. Then it was midnight and I went to bed. (But my mind was still going a million miles an hour, so I didn't fall asleep until 1:30am...)
I woke up at 8am, read over my notes, and started writing. Jeff made me coffee and eggs and toast - brain food.
I basically kept writing from then until about 9:30pm without any real breaks. But then, I had a full first draft written!
I'd like to review what I've written and improve it, and I also want to look at how some other papers on my reading list might fit in, but then that's it!
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