Mastery

I'm currently trying to finish writing up my Master's Thesis in Geology. It's been hard getting back into the school thing. I lack the discipline now so I have to force myself to work. It's not that I don't enjoy it, it's just that it's easier to do other things - things that require less thinking. I've been trying to take what Master Brinker said to heart about mastery being a war of attrition. You have to work at things a little every day if you want to make progress.
I used to wait until I had a good block of time (a couple of hours), not too early in the morning and not too late, when the sun was shining just right and I felt the itch to write.
Needless to say, my progress was slow. And now that I have Julia, an uninterrupted block of time doesn't really come up.
Now the only way I get any work done is in little snippets here, a thought there. But the key, I've found in the last few months, is to force yourself to do something everyday, even if it's just reading over what you have so far.
Don't get me wrong, it is a struggle, especially when the only time to get it done is just before bed when I'm exhausted. But I think that's what Master Brinker meant. It's not about accomplishing something all at once...it's about slowly chipping away at your goals until they get accomplished.

Here's to slow but inevitable progress!