The barrier is broken

Since some time yesterday afternoon, I have been writing actual words for the body of my dissertation. Real, analytical words that are part of the main point of the essay.

This isn't to imply that I've just been twiddling my thumbs otherwise; the prep work and literature review and stuff that I've done is important, but this is the actual meat of the thing, and I've had a terrible mental barrier about starting to do it. Breaking the barrier is a great relief :-)