Unharness my potential

This Monday, I stayed up all night to finish a proposal draft. I did it! 30 pages in one night. Wow, I never realized I could have so much potential. Then I started to ponder over how much more work I could get done, and how to do things more efficiently. My ultimate goal is to graduate in two years.

 

This Ph.D comic says all. Truly we all have our ups and downs. But there's always a better way to organize time. Therefore I'm making a plan to be more efficient.

Below are the things that take up a lot of my time. I'm listing my solutions to save time.

To save time on parking

This semester parking is really a pain. To save time, I should:.

(In pseudo-Python)

#! /usr/bin/python
if (go_to_bed_last_night <= 1am):
        while (6:30am <= 7:30am):
                get_up() 
                go_to_school()
else:
        while (7:30am < time <= 8:00am):
                get_up() 
        while (8:00am <= time < 11:30am): 
                work_at_home()
        while (11:30am <= time < 12:00pm): 
                lunch()
        go_to_school() 
while(1):
        work_hard()    

To save time on cooking
Monday -- Friday: simple lunch and dinner
Saturday -- Sunday: quality lunch, simple dinner

To save time on shopping

1. No shopping list, no go.
2. The frequency should be less than twice per week. Go right before supermarkets close, to get things fast.
3. Go to Costco no more then once per week. Only visit in the weekends.
4. Do NOT go to malls unless absolutely necessary

To save time on TA work

This is the tricky part, since I have to spend lots of time making all the slides because the old version is out of date. Besides borrowing some slides from slideshare.net and give credits, and reminding myself that enough is enough, I can't think of any to save more time.

Misc.

• No more than one movie at home per two weeks. Try to stop watching TV. Go to cinemas no more than once per 3 months.
• Try to stay away from Google Reader Play, Google Reader, Facebook, Renren, or any social network, unless it's work-related.
• Check email less frequently
• Do not chat with people in the lab, and do not get involved