I have yet to write a damned word... reinforcing my sense of being a loser and failure as an academic
here it is 7 p.m. and *I* have yet to write a word today. (don't know if you've been keeping up with LJ while on holiday but) hmmmm, this sounds strangely familiar.
my *new* plan, which I highly recommend, is to try to set time limits rather than page limits for how much work I'm going to do every day. and just see what comes out without stressing about when it's going to be *done*. because maybe the latter is important, in reality, but stressing about it doesn't seem to make things go any faster (quite the contrary, in fact).
thus far, this plan has not been so successful in terms of getting lots of work done (though I have been doing *some*), but it has been a smash hit in terms of me not being miserable and insane.
the other things I do everyday -- the LJ and the poking around online and whatnot -- I am now thinking of as meaningful things I am *supposed* to spend some time on every day in addition to spending some time on the paper, rather than as teh ev0l procrastination.
also, I am attempting to work on the Janeway story while taking breaks from the paper, and vice versa (the different forms of creativity do seem to compliment each other). hint hint. will it be done by the 22nd? we'll see.
oh, so while I'm here, I can ask you about my firstline. without giving too much away, can I change it from first to third person?
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Date: 2005-01-04 01:31 am (UTC)here it is 7 p.m. and *I* have yet to write a word today. (don't know if you've been keeping up with LJ while on holiday but) hmmmm, this sounds strangely familiar.
my *new* plan, which I highly recommend, is to try to set time limits rather than page limits for how much work I'm going to do every day. and just see what comes out without stressing about when it's going to be *done*. because maybe the latter is important, in reality, but stressing about it doesn't seem to make things go any faster (quite the contrary, in fact).
thus far, this plan has not been so successful in terms of getting lots of work done (though I have been doing *some*), but it has been a smash hit in terms of me not being miserable and insane.
the other things I do everyday -- the LJ and the poking around online and whatnot -- I am now thinking of as meaningful things I am *supposed* to spend some time on every day in addition to spending some time on the paper, rather than as teh ev0l procrastination.
also, I am attempting to work on the Janeway story while taking breaks from the paper, and vice versa (the different forms of creativity do seem to compliment each other). hint hint. will it be done by the 22nd? we'll see.
oh, so while I'm here, I can ask you about my firstline. without giving too much away, can I change it from first to third person?
hey, what is your book about??
and, my #: 401.952.1096. in case of study dates.