After five months of saying, “I’ve got to finish this”, today I did it – I finished the prospectus for my dissertation.<\/p>\n\n\n
If you’re not familiar with the terminology, the prospectus is simply the proposal for the topic I want to study and my approach to the project overall. It was 13 pages plus 3 pages of bibliography.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
It will need to be accepted by my academic advisor and I hear first drafts rarely are, so I anticipate needing to make some revisions before my project is formerly approved. The question is how extensive those revisions will be.<\/p>\n\n\n
(I have no Plan B if the whole idea gets shot down, so I am praying my prospectus is well-received.)<\/p>\n\n\n
Although this milestone represents several months of blowing past self-imposed deadlines, I feel encouraged because I have reached the starting line and I am excited about the work to come. That fact alone is worth celebrating. I don’t know how I would be able to complete my degree work this next year if I didn’t have enthusiasm for it.<\/p>\n\n\n
As far as I can tell, this dissertation is the main reason the Lord opened this door of doctorate work through Wesley Biblical Seminary three years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
I am eager now to walk through it and I am curious as to what waits on the other side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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