Friday, April 8, 2011

Dissertation Writing

Step 1) Spill your hot tea across all your accumulated documents and turn your post it notes to a sponge...

Yeah, this isn't going as smoothly as I'd like. I need to get myself some distance from work to get things done. I've done the reading I wanted to do before I get too committed to my outline, and developing that is today's project. Sadly, while I have most of my papers at work, I don't think I'll be very productive at my desk- I'd rather chat with my coworkers, I get asked for advice... and I really just need to be selfish and efficient right now. I still need to go to work 3-4 days a week due to meetings, but I need to find a way to be productive despite all the distractions. Sitting at home in the spare room having the cat force his way onto my computer and spilling my tea isn't seeming like much of an improvement.

My project for the next bit is to turn my (now soggy) notes into a more coherent outline, and maybe commit some words to paper. Don't be surprised if this turns out a bit like Noel's liveblogging- I'll have lots to say at the start, and then it'll get crazy, and I won't want to spend an extra second on my keyboard and then we'll just say- graduated! Party!

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