Getting stressed & a tad depressed is not the proper attitude right now.
Nationals is in 7 days and despite the constant matter loading each day, I don't feel at all anymore prepared than before I started. I just say the hell with it and keep on printing and reading in some vain effort to make a difference for the lack of consistency. I should earn this position, not just have it and not be deserving of it. 7 Days to try to make a dent and increase my lack of competence.
The second installment of my thesis is due in 2 weeks. I have barely finished rectifying the first installment since I realized that I had to start over last week. I'll have about a week, after Nationals, to focus on the second installment to set up my research design. Somehow, I'll have to muster all the bulk of the research and conclusions 2 weeks after that and compile it into my final presentation. I don't know who I want to invite to my final presentation either. Maybe I just won't invite anyone to witness it if I don't feel proud of what I do.
This lack of conversation in this first week is definitely fraying my nerves & making me feel unsettled. I hate how things only affect me; everything is my own fault, that's true. I feel so bottled up and things are just begging to spill out of me even if there isn't anyone to listen anymore. It saddens me greatly, but only me. I'm troubled by nothing and shadowed by everything.