And the writing begins...

Half of February as flown by and I'm ashamed to say that I've broken my resolution of setting aside time every day to write. 

I cannot put it off any longer. I don't know why. I want to write my papers, but every time I turn on my computer, the internet beckons and I end up surfing randomly. Or I see the sheer amount of reading and a thousand an one miscellaneous files to work on and I end up doing all sorts of rubbish displacement activities. 

My current desktop. I know. It's a mess.

Its about time I stop and to do that, I need to focus on the important things at hand. I need to cut myself off from the web and while I can't bear to pull the plug, I can start little by little.

First step - Moving my workspace! I've created another account on the powerbook and this will be my writing room. My safari bookmarks aren't imported here and while that won't stop me from looking around the world wide web once in a while, I hope it will reduce the amount of time I spend online. I can't access email here and there is no IM programme (if you see me online, that's probably because I'm logged in from the original account). 

So what I see in the writing room now is this: 

Stripped down to the essentials. Will my productivity increase? Will I have a draft and a tree to show the boss by the end of this week?

I certainly hope so. Time to fatten up the CV!