Getting the Ph.D.

Caroliena C. She/Her. 34. polyproticamory is my main.

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Set my dissertation defense. July 8 let’s GOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

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2 May 2026 | Lincoln, NE

How grading finds me today.

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27 April 2026 | Lincoln, NE

How the grading grind finds me.

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23 April 2026 | Lincoln, NE

Storms and tornado watch, so I’m locking in at the library. Edits, let’s goooooooooo.

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14 April 2026 | Lincoln, NE

Getting started early this morning.

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13 April 2026 | Lincoln, NE

How this afternoon is finding me. Taxes are filed, emails have been answered, and the laundry is in the basket ready for when there’s a free machine.

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12 April 2026 | Lincoln, NE

How this afternoon is finding me.

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9 April 2026 | Lincoln, NE

Reading book prize submissions while at Crescent Moon. The cinnamon roll is necessary fuel.

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30 March 2026 | Lincoln, NE

I finished the grading I’ve been procrastinating on (in my defense, I’ve been sick or traveling or judging youth poetry slams until past 9pm for a few weeks now) and rewarded myself with a long-ish walk in the nice weather.

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2026.03.29 | Lincoln, NE

Starting the gradual transition into a new Theme System journal. Here’s to planning the week ahead!

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2026.03.28 | Lincoln, NE

It’s been a while, but I’m earnestly going to try and revive this blog for the last real month of my PhD. April is going to be bananas, but I’m hopeful that it’ll bring good things.

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05.08.2024 // day 165 // submitted my review documents

thesis overview was a mess but writing it really made me think about the scope and focus of my project. drafting the timeline made me panic a lot because 3.5-4 years is so little time!

also, i need to write every fucking day. today was nearly a perfect day wrt productivity, but only because I survived on coffee + water. I did make time for skincare and shower though ... that's something.

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does anyone know what you’re supposed to do after graduating college

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Teaching resumes tomorrow, and the academic semester next week. The break passed quickly, with many emotional rises and falls, and I don't yet feel fully prepared to return to the usual M.O.—I hope I can balance myself in the coming days. I want to teach well, do well by the students, be a good student myself, be good to those around me. I have to try my best, and I have to be better.

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100 Days of Productivity | 4 of 100

My productivity days have not been productive lol, but I'm trying not to let that stop me. Today I rushed through a blog post about NaNoWriMo and how I'm trying to use NaNo to start writing my dissertation novel, which I'm counting as "dissertation progress" in my little counter. The dice pictured here are the dice I'm using to help me outline my novel. (I'm basically playing a solo TTRPG to get the basic structure and scenes down. It's fun--and also draining.)

I haven't been thinking about comps beyond just reading more books in my lists, though it's definitely slow going. I'm supposed to have a draft of at least one of my portfolio essays done by Thanksgiving. I know I can do it, but I'm starting to feel the pressure.

And in a bit I'm going to start working out--that's been the one thing I've been keeping up lately.