Really enjoyed my session today.
I kept my focus on the research. I'm still finding a lot of rich ideas in my journals. In fact, I've only really tapped into one journal [Daily Stoic] from the period of time I'm looking at. I've still got a few other resources to tap into - I was using Evernote a lot during this period, and I was keeping another personal journal, and a journal specific for work.
It's important that I keep going with the research. It's not time to actually write the book yet - perhaps I won't start the writing until July or August.
My prediction is that the more research I do, the more clear the book will become. So, instead of trying research and write at the same time, which was really difficult for me, and I can separate out the two activities, and forget about trying to write a book until I've done the research.
Having index cards and a pen right next to me on my desk has been really helpful and has stopped me from getting distracted with other unrelated thoughts.
That's another deep work session under my belt, and I've planned in two sessions for next week.
Onwards!
Here's an entry from 9th March 2020:
“I’m pretty good at managing who I spend my time with, but one of those 5 people is me...and that’s the person I need to be better at hanging out with.”
I kept my focus on the research. I'm still finding a lot of rich ideas in my journals. In fact, I've only really tapped into one journal [Daily Stoic] from the period of time I'm looking at. I've still got a few other resources to tap into - I was using Evernote a lot during this period, and I was keeping another personal journal, and a journal specific for work.
It's important that I keep going with the research. It's not time to actually write the book yet - perhaps I won't start the writing until July or August.
My prediction is that the more research I do, the more clear the book will become. So, instead of trying research and write at the same time, which was really difficult for me, and I can separate out the two activities, and forget about trying to write a book until I've done the research.
Having index cards and a pen right next to me on my desk has been really helpful and has stopped me from getting distracted with other unrelated thoughts.
That's another deep work session under my belt, and I've planned in two sessions for next week.
Onwards!
Here's an entry from 9th March 2020:
“I’m pretty good at managing who I spend my time with, but one of those 5 people is me...and that’s the person I need to be better at hanging out with.”