I am in the midst of another chapter and I am lost in the wilderness of notes, events, and "really good examples" to make my point. But, what exactly is my point? Ah...that is the problem. I am working on a chapter that is basically a show and tell of events. The basic premise is that this Big Turning Point which few take note of occurred and then the Obvious Big Turning Point happened and then all heck broke loose over the next two decades. So, I have already made my point about the two turning points in a previous chapter. Now I am dealing with all the heck breaking loose. So, let us just say my current chapter is replete with potential examples, but very little interpretation. Hence my current problem.
I would like to be a better blogger. I would like to be a more consistent poster. (Wouldn't hurt to have some actual readers, either.) Right now, I am quite consumed by this project and problems like the one mentioned here. I am making my way through it and I hope to come to the point where I am on the other side of this work. I want to move onto the next thing. I was asked what I was going to do next yesterday and I had no idea what to say. We have to have that next project; it is part of the professional intellectual life. The next step in my professional life will take me off into a new world (sort of) and I am not sure what I will have time for intellectually. I will be more dependent upon my own ambition and motivation to continue an intellectual life. At this moment, when I am intellectually exhausted from my current project, I have a hard time seeing myself pushing on to the next thing.
Is it for that reason that I have stalled and taken a wrong turn and found myself lost? Is that why I cannot develop a theoretical framework for this chapter? Or is it that I am just tired? Not quite sure. Maybe I should stop blogging and get back to work.
I would like to be a better blogger. I would like to be a more consistent poster. (Wouldn't hurt to have some actual readers, either.) Right now, I am quite consumed by this project and problems like the one mentioned here. I am making my way through it and I hope to come to the point where I am on the other side of this work. I want to move onto the next thing. I was asked what I was going to do next yesterday and I had no idea what to say. We have to have that next project; it is part of the professional intellectual life. The next step in my professional life will take me off into a new world (sort of) and I am not sure what I will have time for intellectually. I will be more dependent upon my own ambition and motivation to continue an intellectual life. At this moment, when I am intellectually exhausted from my current project, I have a hard time seeing myself pushing on to the next thing.
Is it for that reason that I have stalled and taken a wrong turn and found myself lost? Is that why I cannot develop a theoretical framework for this chapter? Or is it that I am just tired? Not quite sure. Maybe I should stop blogging and get back to work.
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