Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Here we go again...

I'm on leave again. Yay! But I have too much work to do. Boo!

It's the grant writing season at the moment. Researchers all over Australia are trying to cobble together their ideas and submitting their requests for funding from the Commonwealth Government. Last year, I nearly went insane cobbling together my proposal. I even experienced what I thought was a heart attack (you know its bad when you accept that it might actually be better for the heart attack to kill you than to persist with the agony of grant-writing). After all the heartache (literally), the project still didn't get funded.

So...this year, I'm trying a different tact. I have a pile of papers I need to read but I've decided not to go to the office (since I'm technically on leave). Instead, I'm going to plant myself in the corner of the coffee shop at the NGV, order a soy chai latte, and try and enjoy the experience.

3 comments:

Cazzie!!! said...

I hope that is the place you find most inspiring and or relaxing to do it all. I often see so many people in a book shop of cafe with papers and a laptop in front of them trying to get through what would perhaps be a thesis or something.
Just remember to take time out for yourself every now and then. When you come back to what it is you are working on, then, you may have a clearer head and can work through what it is you need to get across :)

Adaptive Radiation said...

Golod advice Cazzie. Am trying my hardest to keep a work-life balance.

FletcherBeaver said...

Oh no, I've been there. If I could just have a heart attack right here and now, it would be the neatest, simpliest resolution to the problem.