Getting Back on Task
Apr. 9th, 2013 01:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
forestofgloryI'm trying to get back in the habit of working on my thesis everyday. I haven't done much work on it since I got back form spring break. It is hard, because it such an amorphic task. I still find being self motivated hard work. Right now I have two tasks: writing what passes for lit review in history, and organizing all the pictures I took at the archives. I've set myself a goal of writing 300 words a day (about a double spaced page -- but I prefer a word count.) Today I met that goal my coping and pasting bits of stuff form other places, with a minimal of new writing.
One of my teachers sent my an article about a method of daily writing. I don't know if I want to try it -- it's based on timing your writing and I generally find that I do better setting myself tasks then allotting myself certain amounts of time. It is also very aimed at academics and goes on about how important publishing is, and I'm not sure I care.
The other thing I'm doing for the thesis right now is that I have book that I'm skimming and I've been taking that on the bus with me -- it's not something I need to have deep focus on so it works as bus reading. Sometimes I try to read stuff on the bus that is too complex and I just end up not reading it. So that's making me feel productive.
So if you have big task, especially a writing task, what strategies do you use to get it done?
One of my teachers sent my an article about a method of daily writing. I don't know if I want to try it -- it's based on timing your writing and I generally find that I do better setting myself tasks then allotting myself certain amounts of time. It is also very aimed at academics and goes on about how important publishing is, and I'm not sure I care.
The other thing I'm doing for the thesis right now is that I have book that I'm skimming and I've been taking that on the bus with me -- it's not something I need to have deep focus on so it works as bus reading. Sometimes I try to read stuff on the bus that is too complex and I just end up not reading it. So that's making me feel productive.
So if you have big task, especially a writing task, what strategies do you use to get it done?
