So not to jinx anything, but I've been making more progress on chapter 4. I'm figuring out what I need to do to move forward: it involves wasting a lot of paper and printing out a version of the chapter, sitting on the couch with a pencil, and making hand-written revisions on the page. Then I go back to the computer and make all the revisions. For some reason, I can see more clearly what needs to be done that way. I also managed to sit down and work on it in the evening hours last night...the shock! It's the only way - I have to find more hours to do this, so breaking my habit of no-work-in-the-evening is one way. I am definitely more tired, but I've never known of anyone who was well-rested and fresh as a daisy while trying to meet their dissertation deadlines, right? Sheesh.
I also tried re-visiting an old standby last Friday: a certain coffee shop with large tables and a library-like atmosphere. The change of scenery worked pretty well, though it still took me about 3 hours to write one paragraph (which is more than I was doing at home). Sometimes it's just excruciating to get that first bit down, but then you've broken the ice and it flows better from there.
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