That was your whole plan, huh…

I suppose ambition without a plan is tantamount to frantic busyness. As I drifted off to sleep last night thinking about my return to the Doc Blog and the months ahead I realized that I had no plan. Then a funny thing happened, I had a flash to Ghostbusters and the library scene:

What is missing in that clip is when Venkman says, “Get her!” That was your whole plan, huh, “get her.” Very scientific.”.

That how I felt last night. So, then if get her isn’t going to be the plan what is?

I think the answer lies in the work itself. I need to read my proposal as it stands now and begin thinking the processes it needs to go through out more clearly. I need 3 levels of approval beyond my dissertation committee’s. This means I need to get to work understanding my proposal and the needs of the approving bodies so I can ace this on the first couple of attempts.

So, no full fledged plan but a beginning point. Read, understand, write for approval, and submit. I suspect that in the process I will need to collaborate on some of the approval processes but that won’t be bad. I find teaching something makes that thing become real for me.

So beyond get her to something more concrete. Now, where did I leave that proposal?

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