I was soooo tired after the last deadline and soooo ridiculously burned out I couldn't function properly for a while. Then I spent a week working 12 hour days on my thesis which was productive but ended up in another major burn-out. This week was Thanksgiving. I ate, played football for the first time in my life and went for a hike - November in Arizona is one of the most beautiful times of the year! I am working on another batch of applications due on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. Half of them are regular postdocs so I am just doing a generic one-size-fits-all application. The other half are several fellowships - some of the really nice (Carnegie and Princeton), some more obscure and not as mainstream (Toronto, Zurich). Work, me, work, please! My brain is threatening a strike, I sleep 12 hours, and I get easily distracted. I do realize this is all very important but it is so hard to stay motivated when at times the "nobody loves me, am I gonna get a job" voices in my head get a little too vocal. Work, me, work! Please!