Saturday Afternoon
26/05/07 16:29 Filed in: Personal
One of my favorite pass-times is to sit in a coffeeshop and work. I'm not quite sure why. However, long ago I conditioned myself to study, solve problems, and do homework for long hours in coffee houses. Now that I'm no longer a student, I have a bit of a difficult time justifying time away from my work desk and the lab. But there are still times when I get my best work done in them.
Perhaps it's just that I've been doing it for so long, or perhaps that I'm a bit free from distraction while at one. No phone calls, no games to play, just a laptop, some papers, and maybe a book.
A corollary of that is that Saturday afternoons are often my best chance to get away from both lab and home to find myself in a coffee-shop. And so here I am today, happily working away (well, and doing this too, but mostly working). I managed to update a few figures for a publication, start some new simulations on my workstation, and check the results from the last batch that finished running. All the while enjoying a nice espresso.
Perhaps it's just that I've been doing it for so long, or perhaps that I'm a bit free from distraction while at one. No phone calls, no games to play, just a laptop, some papers, and maybe a book.
A corollary of that is that Saturday afternoons are often my best chance to get away from both lab and home to find myself in a coffee-shop. And so here I am today, happily working away (well, and doing this too, but mostly working). I managed to update a few figures for a publication, start some new simulations on my workstation, and check the results from the last batch that finished running. All the while enjoying a nice espresso.