It is 430pm and the library has announced that they are closing in 30minutes. Based on my productivity it feels like I just arrived –sigh!! It has been a difficult week. Lots of change at work and I was also on the road for a few days. Simultaneously, I have been grappling with some family issues so need to take an unexpected international flight tomorrow. Suffice it to say, my head is not fully in the research space. Upon reading this post, I have decided that “dogpaddling” is all that can be expected given the circumstances so I am going to give myself a break.
I will depart shortly to do some errands and then finish packing for my flight. The bright side to the day was finally printing the submission guidelines and technical set up and formatting advice for my thesis, there are about 30 pages to review. It is very important for me to resist my desire to just continue writing. Instead, next Saturday I am going to focus on understanding and executing the proper set up. I will then populate it with what I have already written before adding new content. Begin with the end in mind!!!