Week in advance: 8-14 March

So... despite the negativity of last night's "week in review", it's time to move forward and look to the week ahead.  In doing so, I think the best thing to do is to keep going with what works: reading, writing and lab tasks.  These are jobs that must be done and spending anytime (during the day) worrying about my pace is wasted energy.  This week I'll keep up my habits that have suited me well in the recent past, however, just to give myself a slight boost, I plan to extend my days by at least two hours.  My plan is to front load the next month with work in the hopes of making the last month or so that much "easier".  In the end, only time will tell how things pan out, stay tuned (or as my kiwi colleagues say, "watch this space").