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thriftyscotslass

Sounds to me like MrFW knows you too well and left you a little memo

Firewalker

Wow! Today feels brighter and better - could it be the medication? Did I mention that last Monday I was put on medication for high blood pressure and that it was really. frightfully high? No...It is the meditating.

Last night I went to the group meditation session and had the most wonderful experience. Managed to go so deep that I could feel tension going away in peels; and my head tingling and my 'third eye' bright and focused. I really will have to incorporate this as part of my daily routine - probably not as long as at the session but even 5-10 minutes will be great.

Not much happening financially - negative wealth is going down automatically for the time being and there has been nothing to add. I have several things outstanding and really hope ther come off - this will be so helpful and wonderful. Have been sending indtruction to the Universe about this one - and I know that it is gracious and that 'my wish is its command'. So watch this space...

Have been running as well - about 4 miles a go, three four times a week. Sometimes it feels great and sometimes it doesn't. But I'll race again and one day I'll do an ultra-marathon; I just know it.

Firewalker

Firewalker

Have I mentioned that I have been getting up at six every morning (except the weekend) and starting to write early for about two months now? Well, I have; and the results are rather interesting.

One is that I am and feel much more productive - usually by about this time in the morning I have already done loads of writing, and am moving on to other (related) activities. Between early September and today I have finished (and submitted) three academic papers, edited and re-submitted one academic paper, written and submitted a proposal for a rather large amount of money and prepared two workshops. I suppose I have been productive and it is not only a feeling. (Not to mention that I have written an estimated 17,000 words in blog posts and that it is starting to pay off: the blog is climbing the rankings like an Olympic athlete).

Onother one is that I suppose that I have been overdoing it a bit. I will always remember one of my best professors at university telling soneone that there is no problem if they wake up at 10 am if they work till 8 pm; otherwise it is a bummer. In this case, there is no problem if I wake up at 6am if I work till 4pm; big problem if I work till 8pm - not sustainable in the long run and one may end up dead.

On the positive side I have started going to bed earlier and although I still take sometime to read I sleep better and a bit longer.

So what has been accomplished this morning:

Changes to a paper that has been through peer review figured out and discussed with co-author;
Bread maker is on (well, OH did this really);
DS3 sent to school with a cake (victoria sponge he made last night on his own; and it is better than any cake I managed to bake) and spotty make up on;
Orange pork in slow cooker in anticipation of dinner party tonight;
Reading done....

...and continuing.

Hope you are all well and.... It is time to stop being busy and get productive!

What is the productive thing you have done/will do today?

Firewalker

Lara44

FW that is *seriously* productive, I am quite in awe :starmod:

We would miss you too much if you disappeared through burnout - hope you're planning a nice Christmas holiday with some fun and rest.

Today -
I am going to write 1600 absolutely horrible words that feel wrong and don't even make sense for my next chapter draft. Just over a week until my deadline.

At the moment I have to write so much mangled, garbled prose to produce even one or two decent points. I can't 'see' any arguments in advance, I have to get tangled up in them through writing first. It feels a lot like groping around in the dark! I am always unsure of what I am doing.

I am keeping the faith though, somehow. I am picturing that lovely bound book in Lancaster library.

Firewalker

Lara44 wrote: »

Today -
I am going to write 1600 absolutely horrible words that feel wrong and don't even make sense for my next chapter draft. Just over a week until my deadline.

At the moment I have to write so much mangled, garbled prose to produce even one or two decent points. I can't 'see' any arguments in advance, I have to get tangled up in them through writing first. It feels a lot like groping around in the dark! I am always unsure of what I am doing.

I am keeping the faith though, somehow. I am picturing that lovely bound book in Lancaster library.

Lara, this is exactly how you should be feeling; at least this is how I feel everytime I start a new piece of work. Probably this is why I have been having high BP - the process of creation is very hard because of the high level of uncertainty.

I find that what works best is an iterative process between garbled writing and logical thinking - so produce some messy text and then organised it, and so on till the argument emerges...Mind mapping helps.

Thinking of you.

Firewalker

greenbee

FW is right Lara. That's why I love collaborative writing... You can write the drivel and then pull it apart with help from others to come up with the good stuff. It's so much harder on your own.

Thought you might like to see further evidence that Goldman Sachs do indeed run the world... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/what-price-the-new-democracy-goldman-sachs-conquers-europe-6264091.html

Firewalker

Had a lovely weekend - not much done but this is exactly what I needed. Main thing is that I did a very nice run with DS1 - he is young, strong and sporty but not very fit at the moment. A mile into the run he started asking whether we are going back - bo, we are not young man. Anyhow, I relented at one point and we are going to continue together. I am hoping that running will help him get out of a hole - he still has no job (applying for everyhting that goes and loads of TA jobs) and is feeling the pressure. Being unemployed is a horrible curse - even more scary the economists are talking about 'lost decade'. This will be devastating - a generation that started under Thatcher (so lost out on primary education) and graduated from universities under this lot. Talking about pulling the short straw.

No news on finances, I am afraid. I am going to hear about some of my undertakings in mid-December and about others in January. I am so much wishing these come off.

Anyway, back to my work now - need to get something off to a colleague within three hours or so.

Firewalker

Firewalker

I am officially anouncing a day of rest - feeling absolutely exhausted. Later will be travelling (within the UK) so have to get ready for an overnight stay.

Can't decide whether to be a scruffy academic tomorrow or to go a notch higher and wear something smarter. Decisions, decisions...

Firewalker

Marru

I'll vote for smart casual that is also comfortable. Or is that contradictory in terms. :undecided

tellmeitsfriday

Either academic or high flyer - nothing in the middle