Writing and Thinking

I started my new courses last week. One of them (stats!) will be great, the other one I am dropping.

I initially registered in the second (qualitative research methods - I know) because it lined up with my thesis project, which initially comprised only of interviews. However in the last two weeks I have completely overhauled my project, and it now only deals with statistics. Having never really done qualitative research, I decided it would make sense for me to at least audit the second course, so that I could benefit from the readings and the discussion. The course even sounded amazing in the first class. But the professor doesn't let people audit her courses, so that's that. I have one more week before I have to drop it, so I will attend that class and get all I can out of it, but for now I only have one beautiful thought to share from that class:

Writing is a way of improving our thinking. 

This was really the push to start this blog. I constantly attempt to keep a journal, but only succeed for a few weeks before I forget and my writing drops off. As I move into the big fat scary writing phase of my Masters degree, hopefully this space will allow me to keep a slightly organized journal of my ideas, if not my personal life, and will lead to keeping a better personal journal offline. I'm currently hesitant to wedge this blog into any "genre" of blog since I don't know where the content will go, or what I will find a passion in. Maybe we'll figure it out on the way, and maybe it will just remain a conglomerate of my own thoughts (and hopefully some of yours!) as I move through this year of my life.

As I have learned in life, some of the best things happen with no planning, but you have to start somewhere.