tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post1761401941402775677..comments2023-06-11T02:19:27.429-07:00Comments on Academic Cog: Circadian What-now?Sisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-1096887392565014632007-07-18T22:58:00.000-07:002007-07-18T22:58:00.000-07:00No, no, Undine, these naps were on the floor, sans...No, no, Undine, these naps were on the floor, sans pillow. And involved full-on sleep, not just dozing. <BR/><BR/>Flavia, I've tried your "trick yourself into working by procrastinating on something else that is due" and now I just have four projects in various stages of completion, none of which I want to work on. <BR/><BR/>jb, I agree that there's a big system problem here. If one person decides the system is stupid and just doesn't do work, that person gets kicked out; it doesn't work to change on an individual level. It would have to be all of us in the profession counting 1, 2, 3, jump! and going down together. <BR/><BR/>What would happen if we organized a nationwide nap-in?Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-64948971333221301662007-07-18T22:28:00.000-07:002007-07-18T22:28:00.000-07:00Yes, indeed--what flavia and tiruncula said.And it...Yes, indeed--what flavia and tiruncula said.<BR/><BR/>And it is totally possible to fall asleep sitting bolt upright on a hard chair in a tiny cubicle, even twice during a day. Think of it as the corporate types do; surely they have a name for it, like "energy recharging alertness production" or some such thing.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-34340750782530003222007-07-18T04:52:00.000-07:002007-07-18T04:52:00.000-07:00Oh, yes, meeee toooooooo. Brilliant post.Oh, yes, meeee toooooooo. Brilliant post.Tirunculahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788199657297216288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-44728409231004956122007-07-17T20:46:00.000-07:002007-07-17T20:46:00.000-07:00This is a brilliant post. I spent too much time cl...This is a brilliant post. I spent too much time clockwatching today myself (in the sense of noting that time was passing, while not doing much with it), but since I'm revising I was able to say, "okay, so I spent barely 2.5 hours actually working today, but I revised 10 pages! Some of them extensively!" I'm totally getting back on the output- rather than input-based goals bandwagon.<BR/><BR/>And incidentally, I love this:<BR/><BR/><I>Times of sub-par productivity in this cog's life include: immediately after eating; immediately before eating; when thirsty; when drinking; when in need of a bathroom break; five minutes after any actual slice of productivity has been accomplished; any point, anywhere in the world, a blog feed has been updated; when the moon exerts gravitational pull.</I>Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-21636624625424234412007-07-17T20:16:00.000-07:002007-07-17T20:16:00.000-07:00Yeah, I know. It dawned on me recently that I don'...Yeah, I know. It dawned on me recently that I don't get my first paycheck until September 15, and yet I've been working pretty hard--on stuff directly related to my new job--since about June 1. But if I *don't* do all of this advance and unpaid labor, I myself will be the one and only person to be totally screwed this fall. Something seems fishy in the system...or perhaps my degree simply didn't prepare me for my new job, which is in fact exactly what the problem is here.heu mihihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08529298049179816825noreply@blogger.com