why tho

I am known, mostly by giggling office mates throughout my working life, for having to talk myself through tasks, especially organizational ones. Well, I have my general exams coming in May, and rather than camping out in my advisor’s office every day for the next [time frame that you didn’t know had expletives in its name] while I not only read for them, but continue with my dissertation research, I’m using this blog to write myself through the process.

The major task I’ll be covering this semester, alongside my comps reading overall, is a field statement on political ecology. My research is about policy effects, specifically those of the National Flood Insurance Program, on coastal communities, so one of my major advisors thought this was the appropriate field (that I didn’t know is a topic for another post).

Given the scope of the connections I have to make, and to keep the process organized, I need accountability. And that’s you. You are now my giggling office mates. And I’m sorry to tell you: I can’t sit still.