When I am into something, I always read almost anything I can find.
Recently, I am very into productive stuff again. I said again because I did that a few years back when I just was starting my PhD. Graduate schools are where a lot of peers seeking ways to be more productive — publish or perish, they say. And I am familiar with the concepts of GTD (get things done), habit-building, and productive procrastination.
And I have successfully completed my PhD in four years. So what I learned back then (5 years ago) seemed to work…
But it is easy to become your old self when you are not paying attention. I suddenly realised the first half of 2020 has gone — and I achieved almost nothing.
How come? What have I done?
While I surely can blame COVID-19 for this seemingly unproductive half-year, I myself do have some responsibility for this period of unproductiveness.
It is not I really did nothing, surely I completed stuff that I have to complete for my paycheck. But that’s it. I feel no progress in my life. I learned nothing new. Maybe I did learn a few new programming tricks. Oh, and I did submit a paper that is currently under review… Also learned a bit of Python… But that’s it.
