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If you have no other option, you will succeed.

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Day2_230727

Dang, another one filled with existential dread and not a lot of productivity. Woke up early to try to get a jump start on things and got a headache instead.

Pros:

tons of good advice and reassurance (and just straight up problem solving done for me) from the PhDs and post-docs today

feeling somewhat reassured that this is hard and new to me and I can't know everything immediately

advanced notice on canceled meetings tomorrow?? maybe I can trick myself into getting something done

Cons:

I feel like I need to redo all the analysis I was hoping to have wrapped up and ready for review by tomorrow. I guess I'd rather have something good a bit late then something garbage now? or am I killing the good by wanting perfection

the continuing heat is making me insane

Alright, well here's to tomorrow being better

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Day1_26072023

Summer research is proving to be the worst because of the lack of schedule. It’s not the lack of things to do, just the lack of structure around the days. There are still meetings, but they are impromptu and I often find myself ill-prepared. If there weren’t obligations with other people, would I be better about creating structure for myself?

Here’s to hoping that documenting my journey around productivity will help me improve it.

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