Finding the Balance

So I'm feeling quite honest today and thought I'd write about some of the things I'm struggling with this semester. I think that the biggest challenge in writing a thesis is finding the balance between personal life and work life and school life. I know that whenever I give time to one category, I feel slightly guilty because I know that there are two other categories of life vying for my time that are missing out. Especially since writing a thesis is such a unique assignment...not like taking normal classes. Is anyone else feeling the pressure of school vs. the rest of your life?

I'm having to re-work some of my methodology which I'm actually a bit relieved about. I think the updated methodology will widen my research field a bit and make my project stronger in the end. I know from reading your blogs that at least one other of you are having to do this as well...guess it just comes with being a Masters student, and not a Master! I'm feeling a little frustrated because I'm always so hard on myself to succeed and right now I don't feel like my thesis project is perfect and chugging along at the rate of success it should be. But, I'm having to remain positive and know that it will get researched, written and perfected over the next few months and that this is the last semester of graduate school that I have to do. (My husband has forbidden me, for the time being at least, to even entertain the possibility of getting my Doctorate. He thinks (and he's totally correct) that we both need a break from me being in school!)

So now I'm off to update my methodology in hopes of creating a stronger and better thesis.