It's Saturday late afternoon...I should be working hard to finish my chapter (only three weeks left--yikes!) but feel absolutely no motivation whatsover. I'm mad at myself: I had the entire day to write, but have barely made any progress. Could hardly string together sentences. I don't know why, my mind just can't settle down. I guess perhaps my discipline and will aren't strong enough.

There's a part of me that wants to be doing holiday stuff, like shopping for presents, enjoying the festive season, write Christmas cards, etc. Instead, I'm kind of sad that it's going to be such a busy next three weeks, with finishing teaching and writing my chapter, and then getting ready to leave for Taiwan. I feel like this time of year is always packed with activities and responsibilities, and I can rarely ever enjoy it. I'm going to try to (hopefully) simplify next year.