August 1-8 Reflection
I don't feel great about how much work I got done this week. I feel like I hit writers block multiple times. I also am PMSing and am feeling moody and generally out of it. I'll try, however, to focus on what I did get done this week.
What worked?
-making a list at night and in the morning of what I need to do -I found the time reading and writing about how to write to be helpful even though it didn't involve me producing words for my dissertation – the 10 minute timer for emails and texts (even though I don't do it every day). – Using a Thesaurus, especially power thesaurus. I also have downloaded a Thesaurus software in case I want to write without the internet turned on. -Taking one sentence and putting it in a separate word document to parse out how to make it better
What didn't work?
-Working in places on my laptop where I am in bad posture. I need to make sure I spend as little time as possible working where I am in poor posture. – Being at home too much: I have to limit how often I work from home. And when I do it needs to be on my PC and not on my laptop.
Goals
-setting reasonable goals for what I want to accomplish instead of just “writing.” I suppose sometimes that is the right choice but that didn't work well for me this week. – Walking my dog first thing in the morning. -Finding a reasonable small non school task/goal to do every day