Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Dilemma

Some stuff I should do:

  1. Write papers.  Three work papers are in limbo, waiting for me to bring them to life.  The research is all done.  It's all there.  Somehow I just have to write....
  2. Read papers.  I have two student meetings tomorrow, and a thesis defense in a few days.  And I need to look at all of their writings and give them useful feedback before they go off into the wide world.
  3. Review papers.  Because people want to know whether they should publish or extend funding or give job to said paper writer. 
  4. Prepare lecture.  I'm speaking in our seminar tomorrow on stuff I haven't read for a while.
  5. Grade.  Because grading never goes away.  
  6. Learn French.  That's the first item that's only marginally work related.  I have a couple upcoming work trips to French speaking locales, and I grow nervous that I will not be able to communicate.  
  7. Exercise.  30 to 60 minutes per day.  
  8. Eat vegetables.  
Some stuff I'd rather do:
  1. Read online news.
  2. Skim recent events on facebook.
  3. Angry birds.
  4. Eat candy from the Valentine's day stash. Not until tomorrow.  
*Sigh*.  Back to work.

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