Life is a STAGE!

Key quotes that I need to remind myself and imbibe in my day to day:

1.  What is it I believe it?  What is my belief system?  Because my beliefs dictate my action.  If I beleive anything can be achieved my actions will show that.  And as Marie Forleo says it, clarity comes from ACTION not thoughts.

Take one step at a time.

I have been finding it difficult to start my lab work, so I broke it down.  I asked what are the actions I need and all the things laid out clearly will get me into action mode.

Do I have the buffers and solutions?  Or do I need to make fresh ones?

Have I made the booking?

Did I check the standards I have?

How much stock do I need?

I ralised there were too many (cockroachs) running in too many different directions.  I need to target one cockroach at a time.  

With that I am publishing this!

I learnt valuable lessons in life this week, and happy to share them here. Read at leisure 

1. I ask and curious why did I have become upset or hurt?

2. ⁠is it because i gave them too much importance ? Id so why or what do they represent?

2. ⁠my energy grows where my focus/awareness goes 

2. ⁠is it true what they are saying? I would reflect. Is it worth having a conversation with them?

3. ⁠what lesson can I learn  about myself, about them or the situation?

4. ⁠could I give the benefit of the doubt to them?

5. ⁠how or where can I be mindful of my behaviour?

6. ⁠am I wasting my time in this that I am not doing more important tasks like PhD?

7. ⁠has this happened in the past and how did I get over it?

8. ⁠is it that time of the month

9. ⁠did I eat well, sleep well that the environment is affecting me?!?

Been a while

 It has been a while since I wrote a blog.  I am using this as a reflection to process and improve on my development.

 

I sat down to do data analysis and none of it is making sense, any sense.

 

I had a nice long brisk walk with my supervisor, and I made a pact ... that I will read 10 abstracts a day.  First thing in the morning and I shall monitor my progress.

First of all, I need to monitor how long does this take and then read and write.  I am thinking it will take me max 30 minutes.  Prior to that I need to have the ten articles ready.  So that would take me another 10 minutes - key words, data base - Scopus, Web of science, EBSCO, and Google Scholar - separate them into reviews and relevance.  All up max an hour.  may be ten minutes to write up a summary.  I know if I monitor this weekly, I will get somewhere - this would have covered 70 articles in seven days.  Yes, I don’t' plan to have any days OFF especially for readying.  

I also need to work out backwards fromt eh date of thesis submission to now.  

I want to accomplish one journal article by the end of this year and two next year.

I want to present at a conference.

Finish my experiments too.

I feel all energised and when I actually get to work, feels overwhelming and I SHRINK.  I need to apply all the tools and hacks of motivating myself - incluing actions builds motivations and that builds confidence and not in the opposite way of confidence to motivation to action.