I finally put the final period on my dissertation, just after the last of the conclusions. This morning, when I thought I was just about to finish, I found another procedure that could improve my calculations so I did them AGAIN, for the thousandth time (just to find out that they weren't as bad as I thought). I finished just before the library closed today, at 7p.m.
I know that even if the last period was put today, it is not over yet, I might finally find the Inexistent Survey that proves that all my results are not original, old, or perhaps irrelevant. I am still looking, because I have not the courage of making the papers up, like one of my contributors kindly suggested. It made me laugh though, just imagining how a made up paper would look like. And I have not the courage either to give up.
I know is not the end because I am not sure yet my work is good enough. In fact I am worried about the unbelievable short number of words: only 5900, when the maximum allowed is 10000. People try to cheer me up saying that my dissertation is practical (so there are lots of calculations and not so many words) and original (therefore the limited amount of references available).
*Is is that Economics is not inspiring me anymore?*
I know this is not the end because just after updating my blog I will open the file, read it through again and perhaps change something more. I know this is not the end because I want to do this right, this is my very last chance here otherwise what follows is oblivion...
Because of this fear that doesn't let me put the final period on my dissertation,
Other fields scores a goal, so it's 3-2 vs Economics.
