Amidst the chaos, I must continue to create.
A lot of the books I've read over the past couple of years in an effort to improve my productivity (whose efficacy so far has yet to be demonstrated definitively) boil down to a simple thing: set aside time, every single day, when you chip away at difficult things.
Deep Work talks about "lead measures." Tenure Hacks calls them "billable hours." How to Write a Lot talks about making a writing schedule and sticking to it, making writing a banal habit instead of a major event.
I need to take a cue from people like Cory Wong who continually crank out album after album. I'm still not sure what the proper units are for me. Papers? Proposals? Something in between?
What if I just say to myself "I am going to create research-related things from 9 to 10 AM every single day this week, and see where it takes me?"
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