I bought myself a big bag of Hershey's Nuggets to use as rewards for work done. Read a paper? Get a nugget. Do a set of statistical tests? Get a nugget. Write a paragraph? Get a nugget.
One of the papers from my PhD needs to get submitted very soon. It's perhaps the most interesting of my thesis chapters, but also the most complex. My grad adviser and I sent samples from the project to one group of collaborators so they could make some measurements for an independent project and we sent data to another group so they could use it in a new model, and both groups will be ready to start writing soon. In addition, my postdoc adviser and I finally figured out how to revamp a paper that has been rejected twice, and I have substantial responsibilities for making that happen.
I don't care if I eat 25 nuggets a day if it means getting these two papers moving.
7 comments:
I like your style! I may copy it :)
Any incentive that gets the papers going is great :)
Any ideas for incentives that are not contraindicated while making futile efforts to ditch the momma-belly? I could sure use some. Too bad Inadwrimo disappeared...
@ScienceGirl: I'd suggest strawberries or some other sort of berries. Healthy and tasty! Other options: sugar-free hard candy, minutes of an activity you thoroughly enjoy, coins in a jar for whatever treat you dream up.
NJS - berries sound good, I'll give it a try :)
I was really productive last week, so I recommend the nuggets to all!
SG, I was going to say something similar to NJS. You like running, right? But don't always have time for it? Could you award yourself 5 min of running for each accomplishment? If you are getting things done at work, you should then be able to afford to leave earlier to get a run in!
The point is really to find a way to break the work down into manageable chunks. I can't always do it, but it's always good when I do.
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