Comments on: The Power of a Routine http://www.happenchance.net/the-power-of-a-routine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-power-of-a-routine Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:28:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: uberVU - social comments http://www.happenchance.net/the-power-of-a-routine/comment-page-1/#comment-939 uberVU - social comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:31:25 +0000 http://www.happenchance.net/?p=1545#comment-939 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by 304blogs: The Power of a Routine http://bit.ly/dnmQcp... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Seth http://www.happenchance.net/the-power-of-a-routine/comment-page-1/#comment-937 Seth Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:06:24 +0000 http://www.happenchance.net/?p=1545#comment-937 Hello Peter, welcome back. Your rigid determination not to follow a routine'' made me laugh, sorry if it was inappropriate. Maybe you could set daily word count goals, make that part of your routine. I do better when I am for 2,000 words a day rather than just 2 hours of writing. In fact, daily word counts are a part of my routine. I finish a lot sooner and have more time to screw off. Break that 70,000 word thesis into small chunks, chapters, sections, however you want to organize it. Aside from that, I hear there are great advances in gene therapy. Wonder if they have one for determination and willpower... Best of luck! Hello Peter, welcome back. Your rigid determination not to follow a routine” made me laugh, sorry if it was inappropriate.

Maybe you could set daily word count goals, make that part of your routine. I do better when I am for 2,000 words a day rather than just 2 hours of writing. In fact, daily word counts are a part of my routine. I finish a lot sooner and have more time to screw off. Break that 70,000 word thesis into small chunks, chapters, sections, however you want to organize it.

Aside from that, I hear there are great advances in gene therapy. Wonder if they have one for determination and willpower…

Best of luck!

]]> By: Peter Roberts http://www.happenchance.net/the-power-of-a-routine/comment-page-1/#comment-924 Peter Roberts Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:27:22 +0000 http://www.happenchance.net/?p=1545#comment-924 But how on earth do you keep to a routine even for a day when your determination and willpower gene was removed at birth? I have a routine mindmap; every day I look at it and every day I do something else instead: my actual routine is driven by a rigid determination not to follow my routine. Only a frighteningly imminent and real deadline forces me to write. If it's not real and not imminent, I drift away thinking there is plenty of time. Which is fine for a twenty minute talk; for a 70,000 word thesis it is becoming problematic. Any ideas? But how on earth do you keep to a routine even for a day when your determination and willpower gene was removed at birth? I have a routine mindmap; every day I look at it and every day I do something else instead: my actual routine is driven by a rigid determination not to follow my routine. Only a frighteningly imminent and real deadline forces me to write. If it’s not real and not imminent, I drift away thinking there is plenty of time. Which is fine for a twenty minute talk; for a 70,000 word thesis it is becoming problematic. Any ideas?

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