Today I almost spend the whole day doing unplanned things. So I was happy that at least I spent the first 30 minutes of my day doing the planned things that some of my to-do-list still get cleared.
From 9 am onwards, I was doing other things which are more urgent but not in my list. And when we were rushing, things can go wrong such as doing the same procedure but cause unexpected stuff because other people have changed something.
The point is that we need to be ready that things are not going as planned. And we need to keep reminding ourselves about this truth. So although last minute may work well for me, it is still better to do earlier.
Another consequences of the unexpected stuff is that we need to be flexible on the methods to reach the goal. This means that in the first place, we need to be clear on what the objectives are. Once they are clear, we need to remember that there may be more than 1 way to reach the objective. So if one method does not work, find the alternative. Similarly, we may want to do something that is not planned if it meets the objective more efficiently.
As I continue to prepare the draft of the paper, I need to remember that the goal is to submit the paper and not to produce the best quality of the paper. So focus on the essential stuffs and do the unessential stuff at a later stage if time allows, otherwise let them go.
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