I am trying to seriously and completely leave behind the image I had of the "perfect dissertation" that has been looming in my mind for years! And which causes me to panic when I see myself in the always-imagined-situation of "the end" of that also imagined "perfect dissertation". So I am thinking of writing just a paper, just trying to cover as much ground as possible, above all to give it the appearance of a finished, complete and sufficient thing. This is not "that" dissertation!
And I was thinking that I need to be more practical and ruthless ("hacer de tripas corazon") in just leaving things out that I had always planned to include, and really just be a little mediocre... so to speak. No! you see, there it is creeping in again: not just "so to speak", but really dare to be mediocre.
I am hoping for a little of my cultural background from school in Mexico to come to my rescue... just hand something in and fake it a little bit if you have to.
YOU MADE IT!!!
