If you are a mama and you are working on a thesis, then you must check out this great little section called Mama PhD on the blog: Inside Higher Ed. Well, even if you aren’t the student and even if you aren’t a momma, the topics and articles covered are really insightful and interesting. I was particularly inspired by this one describing a life full of ‘works in progress’. I can relate with so many ‘projects’ here and there, with some in full swing and some on the back-burner, and some that might never come to fruition.
“But a project can also bring satisfaction, enjoyment, accomplishment in the process of working on it, in ways that others may not appreciate because there is no final product to show. As long as the process is still appealing and interesting to me, these projects will stay on my list, not dismissed as failures – and I hope to return to enjoying them again (and again). And maybe finishing some.”
Check out the full list of Mama PhD articles on the site and enjoy exploring and connecting!
the graduate wife 
I’m glad you like the columns on inside Higher Ed! You might also want to check out the book behind the blog: Mama, PhD: Women Write About Motherhood and Academic Life (Rutgers UP, 2008).
Thanks, Caroline! We’ll check it out.