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+ Thesis update: it's been a struggle to stay motivated and write this week in the heat. I've finished 1st draft of chapter 3 so its just chapter 9 and the intro/outro to go now. This week I hope to finish chapter 9 and hopefully I'll have a 1st draft done by august
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