I'm currently pursuing this strategy tonight to finish a research article that needs to be submitted ASAP. I'll let you know how it works out.
Step 1: Get home from the office as soon as classes are over.
Step 2: During Step 1, lay hands on some of the chocolates that your colleague has thoughtfully laid out in the kitchen area. Justify this to yourself by remembering that you have a grueling day of work ahead.
Step 3: Spend the next four hours dealing with unexpected personal drama that saps your energy.
Step 4: Wolf down your lunch at some point during Step 3.
Step 5: About an hour later than your caffeine addiction would require, brew yourself a fresh cup of coffee.
Step 6: Fuck around on the internet for an hour or so, because you just cannot deal. Not now. No.
Step 7: Pour yourself a stiff drink for the dual purposes of enjoying a Friday afternoon pick-me-up and numbing your mind to all that other shit that keeps you from focusing on work.
Step 8: I forget what eight was for.
Step 9: Write a blog post whining about how hard writing is. (Meta, right?)
Step 10: Pour a second drink, crank up the music, and return to the goddamned writing. Revise it into motherfucking brilliance.
This is the plan of a responsible grown-up, isn't it?
Step 1: Get home from the office as soon as classes are over.
Step 2: During Step 1, lay hands on some of the chocolates that your colleague has thoughtfully laid out in the kitchen area. Justify this to yourself by remembering that you have a grueling day of work ahead.
Step 3: Spend the next four hours dealing with unexpected personal drama that saps your energy.
Step 4: Wolf down your lunch at some point during Step 3.
Step 5: About an hour later than your caffeine addiction would require, brew yourself a fresh cup of coffee.
Step 6: Fuck around on the internet for an hour or so, because you just cannot deal. Not now. No.
Step 7: Pour yourself a stiff drink for the dual purposes of enjoying a Friday afternoon pick-me-up and numbing your mind to all that other shit that keeps you from focusing on work.
Step 8: I forget what eight was for.
Step 9: Write a blog post whining about how hard writing is. (Meta, right?)
Step 10: Pour a second drink, crank up the music, and return to the goddamned writing. Revise it into motherfucking brilliance.
This is the plan of a responsible grown-up, isn't it?
You had me at step 8.
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DeleteHeh. You're a Violent Femmes fan? That seems so quotidian for you. :)
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about the dramatic day. God luck getting the article done! And don't forget about our date with Spanish Prof for the Ides of March!
And now you know (partly) why I am frantic to get this things over with!
DeleteI'm not seeing any flaws in this plan.
ReplyDeleteGood to know it passes peer review! And welcome to the blog, meansomething!
DeleteThanks! It's nice to be here.
DeleteI approve of the stiff drink! How did your plan go for striking fear into the hearts of your students?
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, when I know, you'll know. That'll be a blog post of its own, for sure.
DeleteAnd ten, ten, ten, ten--for EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING.
ReplyDeleteSounds perfectly normal to me.
ReplyDeleteI've used that plan.
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