[written earlier on the train]
i don't know if i'm tired from work or tired from traveling.
as for this week, i'm taking a short trip and spending a few days at a nearby university: a colleague (and friend) moved there for a position and i've been invited to speak in his new seminar, maybe work together on a problem or two.
it's been a week since i've returned from a 2-week stay in spain. i don't know where those seven days went, but they didn't amount to too much. then again, it's hard to compare the daily grind to, say, working for hours with collaborators every day for a while; the latter case certainly sets a rather high standard, of course.
i know that i showed up to the office, committed to a list of tasks, and completed some of them .. yet it feels like i've not accomplished anything since coming back. part of the problem is that i've been too preoccupied with this next trip, for no other reason than i have to plan for it and stick to the plan.
it is a curse to have a one-track mind, incapable of multi-tasking.
at any rate, a week is too short: i should have arranged more space between these trips .. at least two weeks, in order to rebuild a routine.
the holidays are coming. taking time off sounds very good right now, but there are so many things to do. the year is ending and all i can think about are the things i've not yet done but wanted to do.
those kinds of thoughts are exhausting ones, and they only lead to a vicious cycle of unproductivity and self-recrimination ..
[written later, having arrived]
epilogue: it's always worth visiting friends. (-:
i don't know if i'm tired from work or tired from traveling.
as for this week, i'm taking a short trip and spending a few days at a nearby university: a colleague (and friend) moved there for a position and i've been invited to speak in his new seminar, maybe work together on a problem or two.
it's been a week since i've returned from a 2-week stay in spain. i don't know where those seven days went, but they didn't amount to too much. then again, it's hard to compare the daily grind to, say, working for hours with collaborators every day for a while; the latter case certainly sets a rather high standard, of course.
i know that i showed up to the office, committed to a list of tasks, and completed some of them .. yet it feels like i've not accomplished anything since coming back. part of the problem is that i've been too preoccupied with this next trip, for no other reason than i have to plan for it and stick to the plan.
it is a curse to have a one-track mind, incapable of multi-tasking.
at any rate, a week is too short: i should have arranged more space between these trips .. at least two weeks, in order to rebuild a routine.
habit and routine have become my main tools to develop any kind of work efficiency.
it sounds boring, but it really works.
i suspect that this is something that everyone just knows ..
.. well, except me, who had to actually learn it.
it sounds boring, but it really works.
i suspect that this is something that everyone just knows ..
.. well, except me, who had to actually learn it.
the holidays are coming. taking time off sounds very good right now, but there are so many things to do. the year is ending and all i can think about are the things i've not yet done but wanted to do.
those kinds of thoughts are exhausting ones, and they only lead to a vicious cycle of unproductivity and self-recrimination ..
.. that is, i think about my shortcomings,i don't know if i'm really tired, but that's how i feel.
feeling bad about them, i sulk and do nothing;
having done nothing, i develop new shortcomings,
then think about them again .. 7-:
[written later, having arrived]
epilogue: it's always worth visiting friends. (-:
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