Day 2 of 180: Christmas Eve
A warm Christmas Eve tis has been!

Managed to get an hour of work done today, which was impressive with all the other plans that I had lined up. Meeting the family, going for a 4 hour walk in the city, wrapping presents, attending my Thursday poetry night event and prepping the Christmas day decorations!

I realized working after 8pm is not a good idea, because I get very focused at that time my brain isn’t ready to go to bed even though I may be very tired! Also at that point in time I am more likely to have to repeat a step because my thoughts aren’t as clear as the morning time. So ideally I should always work on my PhD in the mornings. It’s easy for the next few days because I don’t have work, the tough part will be getting up around 5am on my work days. We’ll fight that battle when we get there, not gonna build up any thoughts at this point in time!

On a lighter note I was reminded how much I love walking around the city and the beauty of being surrounded my nature, old buildings, cool architecture, pretty lights, animals, and people (even if they are masked!). It was 56 F today which is very warm for the east coast this time of the year but meant a very enjoyable walk.

Off to read “uncomfortable conversations with a black man” for my Jan book club.
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['Reflections', 'Phd Dissertation', 'Life Improvement', 'Challenge', 'Time Management']