I have been doing monthly resolutions this year and so far has been satisfying.
Do we need to reason for everything we do or feel? Not right!? My inner feelings holler me that this October will be the best of 2022, by far. I guess it’s the festivals and the holidays that make me feel so. Maybe that or maybe not and it’s also good to have positive vibes. Here are my goals for the month.
Writing
Personal Writing:
Plot and sketch the layouts for the novel – Love is Not Everything. This is my prep for NaNoWriMo 2022. I think I have an amazing plot (that I always do and I guess every writer is evidently supposed to feel that). I only want to have the outlines for now and the rest I believe will flow with words.
Research Thesis:
Write 20K more words for the survey thesis. Include and contribute to all chapters and also create new chapters.
Seminar Course Work:
Produce at-least a 100 page literature on how social problem scenarios can be used for problem based learning. This has to be completed before October 6 and presented for approval.,
Indian Relics:
Formulate and advance on the collaborated work with ideas, conflict and at-least 10 pages of work. Area of work is time and space.
White Paper on MSME:
Complete and submit the white paper for the contest. Have more surveys done. Around 7k words with proper design aspects is the aim.
Research Paper Writing:
Okay, this is a long list. I plan to do my best. Some are preparations for November deadline and some are for October itself. ‘WIP’ is a work-in-progress draft and ‘Submission’ is name-wise.
- Submit three camera ready versions for ADSSS (Submission)
- One completed submission to IEEE (Submission)
- Three ready first drafts for IEEE – REU (WIP)
- Two first drafts for MIT (WIP)
- One first draft for JEE (WIP)
- One completed guest editorial for JEE (Submission)
- One SLR paper – initial works (WIP)
- Guest Editorial article for SEE (Submission)
Blog Posts and Shorts:
- Write at least 2 technical blog posts
- Write at least 10 general blog posts
- Write at least 10 poems on Instagram
Others Goals
- Complete reading at least 4 novels, three on writing helps
- All above mentioned writing would need ample reading which I suppose cannot be quantified
- Visit at least 4 new places and travel more
- Be a host and conduct at least 2 workshops
- Makes notes for research methodology course
- Complete two MOOC courses relating to PBL
My end goal is to live more and be more present. I don’t know what that ‘more’ means but I will certainly do my best. We all can have our own definitions. And I know October has a lot of writing and I believe it is for the best.
I already had a fulfilling and productive day 1 and hoping the same for rest of the month.