A Master in the Making

I have to admit, this white paper has challenged me these past two weeks in ways that I have never been challenged in before. In fact, I don’t think I have ever had such a clear, long-term assignment where I needed to make the most of my time almost everyday to help me in completing my end goal. I can even admit that each person who I have spoken to in these past weeks has most likely heard me go on and on about writing this white paper.

I have learned so much over the past seven weeks in my Intro to Grad course. More specifically, I have learned just how important it is to learn how to manage time properly and schedule my days out better. Writing a white paper on productivity and attention loss often felt like a contradiction as I sat and struggled to gain traction in my writing for hours on end. I also think I overall just learned how important it is to break things down into smaller pieces. It’s a lot more scary to think about needing to write 15 pages than it is 2 or 3.

At the end of the day, I’m proud of myself for what I was able to complete. I have never done this much research before and I went into this paper being quite confused on how to structure myself. My outline was not enough to help me while writing and if I could go back in time and change anything, it would be to take more time to perfect my outline and draft. There’s a reason this class is considered an intro to grad studies course, and I’m glad I’m learning these skills now before I start heading into more of these courses!

Check out my white paper here!