On track?

Thesis writing lacks the weekly deadlines that have driven my previous three semesters of graduate school. There is the big final deadline—the defense. But, many weeks have passed without consequences for not getting enough work done.

While I have not cast my work aside, I have also not worked nearly as hard as I have in other semesters. I've taken days off when I felt like it and slept late if I liked.

My thesis advisor assured me at our last meeting that I was making good progress. Still, I have a nagging fear that May will arrive and I won't have a manuscript that I am proud of. Perhaps this is the nature of long-term deadlines. Maybe it's more reflective of real world work assignments and the level of oversight from bosses and editors.

In the meantime, I am trying to enjoy life and be grateful for its slower pace.