Putting it Together

If you're reading this and you happen to be waiting for an update on my research paper (especially if your name happens to be Mr. Jim Ridolfo), all I can ask at this point is to please be patient. My method in writing this paper has consisted mainly of writing my thoughts on post-it notes and transferring to my paper. At this point I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 post-it notes that need to be transferred to my paper with more work to be done. I'm hoping that insurmountable amounts of tryptophan that I'm sure to ingest on Thursday won't inhibit my ability to finish with ferocity on this paper. Fellow students; good luck. I look forward to reading your works. Have a great holiday.

Finally A Breakthrough

Just a mere 24 hours since my last post, I find myself to be in a far greater position than where I was yesterday at this time. In all my research I've found books that have helped me piece together what I currently have but not a single one of those books encompassed what it was that I wanted to narrow my research in on. I've since obtained the book titled I Shop, Therefore I Am: Compulsive Buying and The Search for Self. This book has proven to be incredibly useful. Every single chapter extensively details exactly what it is that I wish to intend to narrow my topical realm of focus on. I'm still just in the beginning stages of researching this book but it seems to now be my most valuable research resource.

Cross Roads or Road Block?

I'm currently at a pivotal point within my writing. Earlier in my writing, I naively thought that if I continued my research I would eventually find a subtopic or a more specific point of interest within my work. Well that time has come and gone. It became clear to me that I'm looking at consumerism in its broadest sense and narrowing it down to make a specific inference would prove to be the most daunting task of the whole project. I feel like I've invested so much into this paper; I want to not only finish this paper and receive a good grade but I want to be proud of it. I'm still very optimistic but it still feels like a an ominous, dark cloud looming over my life right now.