Weeks 20 and 21

I am having to put these two weeks together because basically I ain't done jack! The only times I went to the fitness center were my sessions with Jeremy. I have not been good about going on my own, and I have no excuses either. I'm just discouraged. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. He is doing a great job and I am working hard when I'm with him. I'm just not doing what I need to do to see results, and I am having a devil of a time motivating myself.

In my graduate program, Dr. Kennedy (my major professor) used a technique of social pressure to motivate us. We had to address our progress on our dissertation to our entire research team. This worked really well. I know I didn't want to go to a team meeting and say, "I ain't done jack!" So I would do something, maybe something little but it was something. All of those somethings little added up to a completed dissertation and a Ph.D. Maybe by confessing in this blog, I am using the same technique. I hope this works.

Oh, and I'm 38...'nuff said.