I did it!

[rebeccmeister]

I have this funny complex about writing--academic writing, that is. Sometimes I have to trick myself into working on something, like, say, my dissertation proposal. Occasionally, the oblique approach works best. I start out by thinking about some other semi-related puzzle, and then all of a sudden, hey, I've opened my proposal draft and have started editing/re-thinking the introduction! Success!

Of course, sometimes this gets sidelined by more devious subconscious procrastination methods, like updating my blog.

Hmm.

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Re: tricks of the trade

[rebeccmeister.livejournal.com]

Theoretically, that could work, and I'll often resort to that tactic. But even when I set the time aside, I'll often let myself get distracted by other tasks. Usually, they're related to my dissertation proposal, but are slightly off-topic. So I feel like I'm getting something done although I'm not working on the topic at hand.