The beginning...

I have been dithering about writing a blog for too long, and today just seemed like the right time to start. I should be busy trying to begin the long haul that will be my phd research, but seriously, how do you even begin to pace yourself for what is going to be years and years of work? The analogy from psycgirl about grad school being 'a marathon, not a sprint' makes me think that I am still in the stretching phase, still getting limbered up, I haven't even begun the race.