Posted by alexandra_k on January 27, 2019, at 22:24:11
In reply to Re: clash, posted by alexandra_k on January 27, 2019, at 22:17:06
and part of the reason why philosophy (or whatever) often requires so much crying in bed or whatever it is to get yourself into the state of being able to do it is that...
it can be done in around 1/2 the time that is 'normal' or that it is that people typically take.
so you are left spinning your wheels for a lot of the time. and i learned that sitting myself in front of the computer with the document open making changes to it for more time... doesn't necessarily make it better. more particularly, spending more hours in at some awful group shared office where people are continually making productive or mostly non-productive noises... interrupting each other all the time... doesn't necessarily make it better...
there was a good research culture at one place that... had a good research culture. yeah. work for a couple hours then shared morning tea for 1/2 and hour. usually shared lunch for an hour or meeting. shared afternoon tea. it meant you got to ask people questions about something you were stuck on / thinking about. quite a lot of the conversations were work focused and it was actually productive. productive people hanging out. for the good of all. yeah.
anyway...
spinning the wheels. that's what i'm doing now.
i have been doing it for years, now. i'm pretty good at working to deadline. to a timeframe. i always got my talks done and my papers written and so on before i left the house for conference. most others did not. but i always did.
and i'm just about in the place to start...
hence the procrastination.
what is required for the light touch.
i can't tell my 'friends' because they get themselves wound to procrastination to the extent that they in fact miss their deadlines. or... wind their... students... friends... up to the point that those other people miss their deadlines.
just gotta steer clear...
get it done.
maybe i will be in teh position where i can help them one day. when i have my needs met and when i'm in the position to help them.
but for now... they are paid to help me. hahaha. yeah. so close to done.
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