So I’ve officially started writing my PhD thesis. I’ve downloaded the latex template and written an outline and everything.
My typical thesis-writing day goes like this:
| 9 AM | Bike to the lab. |
| 10 AM | Procrastinate. |
| 11 AM | Procrastinate. |
| 12 PM | Stress out about procrastinating. Man, that was a long bike ride into school. I’ll be able to work better when I’m not so hungry. |
| 1 PM | Lunch. |
| 2 PM | Procrastinate. |
| 3 PM | Procrastinate. |
| 4 PM | Stress out about procrastinating. |
| 5 PM | Really stress out about procrastinating. |
| 6 PM | Really, really stress out about procrastinating. |
| 7 PM | Jesus, I have to go home soon, and I’ve done nothing all day! Why am I so lazy and stupid!? Aaargh! At this rate, I’ll never graduate! Time to really buckle down, no matter how long it’s going to take! |
| 7:10 PM | Cut and paste two pages from a paper written two years ago. It’s going to have to go in, anyway. The notation doesn’t match, but I can fix that later. Maybe I should make a file to put all my macros in? It’ll make it easier to keep everything consistent. |
| 7:20 PM | Recompile thesis file. Hey, with the title page and table of contents and table of figures and chapter headings and bibliography, it’s already 8 pages! |
| 7:30 PM | Well, no point forcing myself to stay all night, that’s just masochistic, and a masochist I am not. And anyway, I’m hungry. Head home. |
| 8 PM | Eat dinner. Watch about 6 episodes of Peep Show. I’ve earned it. |
| 12 AM | Oh, God, I was at school all day and got nothing done! Nothing! I’ll never graduate! Tomorrow, no excuses, I am going to work. |