Finishing my thesis
Drastic times call for drastic measures. I intend to finish my thesis. This isn't something I've contemplated doing with much seriousness to date, but now I am getting towards the end(TM). As such, I have enacted a number of changes:
* In the office 9am-5pm. If I am late getting in, I stay that amount after. i.e. I got in at 9:35 today because my housemate was in the shower, so stayed until 5:35.
* Working on nothing but my thesis - no necessary tools, no programming at all - just thesis writing and arranging. All tools can be done at home after.
* No reading emails, apart from a 10 minute period after lunch. No responding to emails unless actually urgent.
* No newsy distractions, including Facebook, Reddit, Google Reader etc.
I followed these rules today, and got an awful lot done. I reckon that if I manage to keep this up, I may actually have an early first draft (complete with lots of todo annotations) of my thesis by the end of the week.
* In the office 9am-5pm. If I am late getting in, I stay that amount after. i.e. I got in at 9:35 today because my housemate was in the shower, so stayed until 5:35.
* Working on nothing but my thesis - no necessary tools, no programming at all - just thesis writing and arranging. All tools can be done at home after.
* No reading emails, apart from a 10 minute period after lunch. No responding to emails unless actually urgent.
* No newsy distractions, including Facebook, Reddit, Google Reader etc.
I followed these rules today, and got an awful lot done. I reckon that if I manage to keep this up, I may actually have an early first draft (complete with lots of todo annotations) of my thesis by the end of the week.