I have been exactly there, reduced courseloads, disabilities, and all. Deciding not to do the paperwork because I'm all right, really, and I can handle it now, and I really need to stay on track in order to graduate within my scholarship terms, etc. And I hate like fire getting any concessions because of my disabilities, which is stupid, because that's what they're there for.
Then life has a way of adding wonkiness (in my case, a bike accident). And it becomes nigh impossible to meet the schedule I've set myself. And it's too late (or nearly so) to do anything about it, because of administrative deadlines.
But the self-recrimination part is counter-productive--you have work to do right now and you don't have a lot of spare cycles to spend on beating yourself up. Just remember it for the next time: get the forms filed ahead of time just in case. And ask for help where you can.
(Now if only I'll remember my own advice next term.)
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beating yourself up doesn't do any good
Date: 2004-03-10 06:47 pm (UTC)I have been exactly there, reduced courseloads, disabilities, and all. Deciding not to do the paperwork because I'm all right, really, and I can handle it now, and I really need to stay on track in order to graduate within my scholarship terms, etc. And I hate like fire getting any concessions because of my disabilities, which is stupid, because that's what they're there for.
Then life has a way of adding wonkiness (in my case, a bike accident). And it becomes nigh impossible to meet the schedule I've set myself. And it's too late (or nearly so) to do anything about it, because of administrative deadlines.
But the self-recrimination part is counter-productive--you have work to do right now and you don't have a lot of spare cycles to spend on beating yourself up. Just remember it for the next time: get the forms filed ahead of time just in case. And ask for help where you can.
(Now if only I'll remember my own advice next term.)