Following up from my comments yesterday, my plan for this week is to work from a to do list AND set time aside each day for necessary work. With regards to the former, I need to prepare a presentation for a conference I am speaking at next week. Additionally, I have some work I'd like to do in the lab with one of my instruments (circuit work and programming work). In addition to these jobs, I plan to set aside a minimum of 2 hours each day to write. Now seeing as this is my first week and there are plenty of "writing" options (presentation slides, manuscripts, thesis) I won't prescribe the time to any specific project, but I will set a block of my day specifically to write uninterrupted. Also, I would like to start a habit of reviewing journal articles. I have a stack of literature from the past three years and no I need to get all these references into my thesis. To do so, I'll be setting one hour aside each day just for reading and note taking. Now there's a good chance I'll come across bodies of work that need more than an hour of my attention and in these cases, I'll flag the article and add a further sit down to my to do list.
Pioneering these new habits this week will be a bit tricky as Monday is a half day and Friday is a public holiday. Regardless, I've laid out my goals and I'll do my best to see them through. Progress reports to come (as always).
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