Constant Distraction

I have to keep myself in a position of constant distraction, which is awesome because no one can distract me better than myself. So here I am writing here when I should be writing my thesis. The problem is that I don't know how to write a thesis. Well, I know how to write a thesis, I mean I get the mechanics of it and what its supposed to look like in the end. I just don't know a good way to manage my research. You see, the more I read about thesis writing I've found I've done it all backwards. I have piles and piles of valid, wonderful, research but nothing for that research to comment on yet. So now I need to just write as much as I possibly can about "Online Collaborative Professional Development for Teachers" and hope that something clicks. But, I sit writing here.

That reminds me...

I wish I had some writing habits. As witnessed here I am no good at keeping a schedule for writing. I do a fair amount of writing everyday but not on one thing, more like on everything, paper, hall passes, notes, emails, walls, occaisonally here, in my private diary.

Brandon sits at his desk writing furiously in a notebook

BRANDON (VO): Dear diary, a lot has happened since I last wrote in you. I hope no one finds you and reads you and then all of my secrets would get out. Anyway, Jaime told Mikey...

What does it take to establish GOOD writing habits? I have always fancied myself a writer but to be honest I think I just liked the image that other writers had and wanted some of that. I enjoy writing though, it never winds up a priority.

I read a book that says that there is almost no such thing as genius. Behind every piano or violin virtuoso is 20,000 or so hours of practice. Now, knowing that how do I get myself to sit down and write for 20,000 hours? Does that even translate to writing?

What the crap?

I, really, like, commas...

Thesising...