December 8

It has been a while since I've posted. Time has flown by, and we are almost at the end of yet another year.

I feel that I've made a modest modicum of progress since my last post. I've gotten invited to submit a full proposal to the DOE ECRP. I've decided on a postdoc candidate to hire. I submitted a proposal for the R21 Trailblazer award that I'm proud of.

But I need to push it to the next level. I need to be writing reliably, every single day. Make it an automatic habit, and one that I exercise out of enjoyment, not out of obligation. I need to hold myself accountable daily and weekly with check-ins on the FSP writing forums. 

I need to make a strategic plan for the next 3 years and for the next 10. The clock is ticking, and I need to have a good sense of where I'm headed. But checking my last post, at least things are still moving forward.

Gradatim ferociter.