I'm an OFFICIAL Ph.D. Candidate!

Made it to the next step in my Ph.D. journey...

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Get Me Through This Lord!!

So the oral portion of my Ph.D. qualifier's exam is this upcoming Monday. Every time I think about it, my heart literally starts to beat faster and I get this queasy feeling in my stomach. In fact, last night I only got 1 hr of sleep (not because I was up late studying), but because I'm so anxious about this exam that its robbing both my AM and PM hours = MY LIFE!! Have you ever felt so overwhelmed that you're discouraged to study something even before you've picked up the book. There is just so much material and so little time and I really am trying not to psych myself out. My friends and family keep telling me that they know I'm going to do just fine. My question is...why don't I feel that way right now? Sometimes, I think that the intensity of this whole process is lost on someone who hasn't...