Epiphany

I just had a break-through on my writing assignment (wahoo!)

I owe my inspiration to my co-worker, Lucy, who gave me the idea.

This week I have still been dragging my feet on my 20 page paper.  The topic is new to me, I'm having a hard time knowing where to start, and I've been feeling majorly overwhelmed.

Until my epiphany yesterday afternoon.

I was working at the library.  My co-worker, Lucy, is also in my 490 class (aka. the class of DEATH!), for which the 20 page paper is due.  When she came in to work, of course she asked how my paper was going, and I sheepishly admitted that I still have barely worked on it.  That was when Lucy provided the spark that set me aflame with new hope.  She mentioned that she was having trouble finding enough sources, and that she was thinking of expanding on her paper from her History 200 class (a beginning history writing class that requires a 10 page paper) to become her 490 paper.

About then I started hearing heavenly choruses singing.  At least, I felt like I did.

Of course my history 200 paper!  For my history 200 class (it's required for all history majors) I wrote about Louisa May Alcott.  It was a fun topic for me, except that I procrastinated it too much and spent too many late nights in the library spewing out ideas right before it was due.  But, I could easily expand it and make it the basis for my 490 paper!  Genius!  I pulled it up and it is already 11 pages.  That cuts my writing load about in half.

So, I'm feeling much better about my paper.  In a few minutes I'll be hitting the stacks to snatch up as many Louisa May Alcott books as possible.

It looks like there is a light at the end of the tunnel after all!