Entry 11

I just read the last blog entry I wrote, which started off with an apology for how long it had been in between entries...well I’ve done that again. And just like the last one I’ve been home the last week. I really don’t have a lot to report since the last entry. In terms of my study I have been reading a lot but probably not as much as I should. I mean, I could probably read a heck of a lot more but I suppose it’s quality –in the sense that I am actually using the stuff I’m reading, while I’m reading it – over quantity, meaning just reading and highlighting for the sake of it. I’ve already handed in almost 5,000 words to my supervisor. Whether or not those 4,700 words are quality over quantity is debatable, however. But a start is a start, I keep telling myself.

I’ve also had a birthday in between entries. I’m now the big 2-5. I can’t explain why this particular age feels so important, I suppose it is because I had all of these plans that I had hoped to accomplish by this age. You know, like get married, have a family, that sort of thing. My life has taken a different route though, and I am now on my way to becoming an academic, which is great but I guess I now feel that the pressure is on now to get everything done before 30. I realise a lot can happen in a short time, and I have five years, but given how quickly the last five years has gone it is certainly worrying. Age is ironic, when we start out in life time passes quickly, then as children summers last forever, it seems like an eternity before our next birthday, and even longer until Christmas. Then, when we least expect, time speeds up again, just when all we want is for it to last. Don’t get me wrong, I agree ‘Time flies when you’re having fun’, and I’ll definitely attest to time dragging occasionally, but on the whole I feel time speeding up. Oh the cruel irony.

Regardless of the speed of time, I plan to enjoy it.