Half-way Through Failed New Year Resolutions

We are halfway through the year, and I am sure that everyone is looking back at his or her New-Year Resolutions with a little bit of guilt... I would be if I made any - it is a practice that I typically abstain from since I generally know it is doomed to fail. But that is an old story.

Today I read my Thesis from just over two years ago. I am so glad that I went back and revisited it - firstly, because I have been missing intellectual stimuli, basically since I have been back. And secondly, because I love reading my work about something that still excites me: the relation between language and experience, and primarily regarding subjugated and oppressed women. Immediately after I had finished reading the paper, I pulled out my Statement of Intent - which is waiting patiently for Grad School Application submission in the fall. I was so happy to see that the place I was at two years ago, while writing my thesis, is the same place that I am at today, getting ready to apply for grad school.

From my Statement of Intent:
"A lot of my undergraduate degree focused on women’s issues and inequality. However, I find that though the feminist movements that swept change throughout much of the developed world opened new doors and opportunities for women that were never possible before, a startling majority of women in developing countries cannot yet enjoy these privileges. It is here where I would like to focus my study. French feminist writer and theorist Helene Cixous perfectly encapsulates my desired focus when she writes that “Woman must write herself: must write about women and bring women to writing, from which they have been driven away as violently as from their bodies – for the same reasons, by the same laws, with the same fatal goal. Woman must put herself into the text – as into the world and into history – by her own movement” (347). Even more than just spreading the stories about these women, however, I would eventually like to be involved with teaching the skills I would have as a journalist to women around the world so that they can become a voice within their own communities. Though I understand the enormity of this task, I believe that information in the hands of women can change lives."

Yeah - it needs a little polishing. But this is exciting! It gives me an incredible sense of direction when I read these two things together. Now I just have to get past my current ennui and enjoy the present moment. I find myself in a rut - I don't feel like reading anything, and writing is like pulling nails. Any suggestions about how I can get out of this? What would be a perfect read to excite my creativity once again? SUGGESTIONS PLEASE!!