Day 177: 9/24/2018
The first thought that popped in my head once waking up in the morning was whether I should go out and have fun or stay in and prepare for the TAP meeting.
After a few rounds of rehearing in my head, I decided to go with the former alternative.
It was a super cold single digit this morning that P’Gluay and I decided the last minute that we should postpone our morning run to a later day once the temperature would not be too brutal to us. With that decision being made, as a result, I had an hour and a half extra before the appointment time with Nong Singha.
P’Gluay and I first went out to a grocery store nearby, Waitrose to shop for some goods for our breakfast and for supply for the next few days. Lately, both of us feel that we have had insufficient fruit and vegetable and so we need to fix it.
Then breakfast was cooked and served. I then had a bit of time to rehearse for the meeting. Again, I did not do much as I just tried to verbalize my thought with minimal dependence on the notes I had prepared. It took me a bit over 16 minutes to talk about my research at a very fast speed (maybe a tad faster than my normal pace but you know people tend to speak faster when nervous and I am not an exception for this). And I decided to stop there and leave myself time to get ready to go out. I really believed that it would be better for me to really go and have fun as opposed to staying home preparing all day considering the past few days were spent on prepping and rehearsing. I was worried that I might be over-prepared instead of be just prepared and ready and that can be really dangerous for me.
Then the rest of the day was fun! I owe it to myself for having made such decision to let loose, enjoy and become even more productive.
I wanted to add that I was able to review my notes on the way to Leeds. Plus, as soon as we got back home, I rehearsed for another round. Even thought there were many flaws in my rehearsal and in my own speech, I felt a bit more prepared and ready to go for tomorrow.
I will write more about our trip later as it is now time for bed. See you then!
Self-evaluation on time and life management on this: 7/10
Research Related Notes:
- The first TAP meeting is tomorrow (9/25/2018 at 2 pm. )
- The level of preparedness is 7–8/10
- The level of nervousness is 12/10
9/24/2018 11.09 pm.
