On Monday, I triumphantly emerged from the other side of my accepted paper revisions. Since then, I've been to a week-long workshop. I decided that while workshopping, I'd try to cut back on my coffee consumption, which went up radically while working on revisions. The unfortunate result of this is that I've been a zombie for most of this week.
I hit a low point yesterday, when I had friends over for dinner, and felt like I was being an irritable hostess because I'd held off on my afternoon espresso. I used to give up coffee every summer, but I'm not sure I can do that anymore. I have a lot of writing that needs to happen this summer, and lack of caffeine doesn't help with productivity.
So far today, I've had a nice croissant and cappucino for breakfast, picked up some vegetables at the farmers market, had lunch with some friends and biked home. I'm functioning reasonably okay, but I could use more coffee already! What am I going to do with myself? What about you? How do you stop yourself from ramping up the coffee when you have a deadline?
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I never ramp up the coffee for deadlines. I've just kept a steady stream going at all times, pretty much since 1989.
ping!
i've been wondering about the same thing... i'm in the midst of qualifying exams and have allowed myself free-reign on the coffee consumption, but 2 weeks after i finish i leave for fieldwork in China, where my coffee consumption will take a nose-dive... and i fear the withdrawal symptoms. But i don't want to compromise my productivity in the mean time! My only concession has been that if I find myself thinking I need either nap or coffee, I've been choosing the nap. It's a grand extravagance, but it's worth it!
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