Thanks to work by Helen earlier this year the Rainforest section is now done. So that makes three down and eight to go. Only problem is the first three sections averaged under 70 items each and the next eight look like this:
Agroforestry 325
Ecology 355
Ethnobotany 199
Natural Resources Management 154
Soil 302
Sustainable Agriculture 367
Traditional Medicine 160
Water Management 177
Next goal is to finish Agroforestry by the end of January or earlier.
Happy New Year everyone
Friday, December 27, 2013
Friday, December 20, 2013
Progress ?
The last week has been good. Biodiversity has been completed and Aquatic Resources should be finished this afternoon. Went into the office to pick up the Rainforest items so I can work on them next week. To give you an idea of the size of the collection here is a photo of what I have at home:
And here is what I still have to work on:
And please don't ask what I have been doing for the past 3 1/2 months.
And here is what I still have to work on:
Friday, December 13, 2013
Realization
Just so the two of you actually reading this know, I am writing this more for me than you.
Sabbatical is now more than halfway over and I have come to the realization that I am not going to finish this by March. Time to change my goals. The problem is I am a perfectionist and was hoping to have perfect results. That is not going to happen. Each time I work on the bibliography I find more problems so the new goal is to get as much information as possible posted and not worry about little things like consistency in the use of tags and capitalization. Good news is that I have been finding unique items and they are being cataloged and added to the collection. There are also a number of items that are available online. Problems are items are missing and some are not matching up with the original bibliography.
I think this just shows that I will be able to handle retirement when the time comes. I like waking up at 8 and doing house stuff and then working on the project at night. Maybe I am part vampire ...
Word of advice for anyone out there thinking of applying for sabbatical - drop all other committee assignments. Basically this feels like I am working from home instead of my office. Hmm I wonder if I can keep this up once sabbatical is over?
Case in point - I have been working for the past hour on one that looks like report to the Canadian International Agency but could also have morphed into a book chapter. Time to give up and process it as a report and take their word on the author.
Sabbatical is now more than halfway over and I have come to the realization that I am not going to finish this by March. Time to change my goals. The problem is I am a perfectionist and was hoping to have perfect results. That is not going to happen. Each time I work on the bibliography I find more problems so the new goal is to get as much information as possible posted and not worry about little things like consistency in the use of tags and capitalization. Good news is that I have been finding unique items and they are being cataloged and added to the collection. There are also a number of items that are available online. Problems are items are missing and some are not matching up with the original bibliography.
I think this just shows that I will be able to handle retirement when the time comes. I like waking up at 8 and doing house stuff and then working on the project at night. Maybe I am part vampire ...
Word of advice for anyone out there thinking of applying for sabbatical - drop all other committee assignments. Basically this feels like I am working from home instead of my office. Hmm I wonder if I can keep this up once sabbatical is over?
Case in point - I have been working for the past hour on one that looks like report to the Canadian International Agency but could also have morphed into a book chapter. Time to give up and process it as a report and take their word on the author.
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