Today, I discovered the key to being on-task while writing or revising academic papers — find someone in the computer lab or library, who looks like s/he will be working there for the next 3 hours, and sit next to her/him. I never thought of this before. Before this, when I needed to get some serious writing done, I was usually either in my room or at a quiet spot in the library. But I struggled to even get started. This afternoon, while I was in the computer lab, someone sat next to me and he was diligently working. Somehow that rubbed off on me, and I managed to revise my introduction in 4 hours. So, that is what I will do from now on - look out for diligent-looking people.

Since I completed my work for today, I can have a guilt-free blog entry.