Perspective

It's frequently brought back home to me that there's only so much one can do, and that at all times we've got to maintain perspective.

I had a bit of a down day today, mainly because of the proposal writing practicum I'm taking and my own ridiculous expectations. After all, even though I'm in my fourth year of funding, I am not a fourth year. I'm a third year. Consequently, I should be proud of myself for getting into a professional conference at this stage of my career and not really that surprised to find that I'm not the best grant writer in the world yet.

See? Perspective.

And that stinging comment one of my peers made wasn't meant to be stinging. It was thoughtless but not deliberate. And that means it can be gotten over.

See? Perspective.

And even though I need to prepare for Chinese, and read more of this week's Japanese article, and continue to put my conference paper in order, and ready materials for my committee meeting next week... what I really need to do tonight is go to a Richard Thompson concert with my friend.

See? Perspective.