September Goals - Progress as of September 30th
Goal 1: Biomarker Manuscript
[X] Draft figures and revise Methods 9/5
[ ] Update Results and draft Introduction 9/13 NEW Deadline: 9/26
[ ] Revise existing sections and draft Discussion 9/20 NEW Deadline9/30
[ NA] Continue to edit until draft and figures are cohesive, send to WDFW collaborators 9/30 NEW Deadline: 10/15
Goal 2: eDNA Analysis
[X] Refamiliarize myself with the workflow and where I left off 9/16
[X] Merge Fastq files and ASVs 9/16 NEW Deadline: 9/22
[ ] Work through Phyloseq pipeline 9/24
[X] Prepare agenda for meeting with Camille 9/23
Goal 3: SICB Preparation - ON HOLD 9/17/24
[X] Check coding scheduler to build fall schedule 9/10
[ ] Verify student’s academic timeline’s and back schedule check-ins and working time 9/25
[ ] Schedule test- run at lab meeting for presentations and posters 9/30
[ ] Build the initial framework for my own presentation 9/30
Goal Progress Reflection
It is hard to say I was unsuccessful knowing how hard I worked on many projects over the month, but looking at the specific goals, I cannot say I met my revised plan, not even 50% of it… This is a reminder lesson that (1) everything takes longer than I think it does, (2) I haven’t quite gotten my task breakdown where it needs to be, and (3) I need to identify my priorities clearer so that I’m not wasting time switching back and forth between tasks and making mistakes. In October I will spend the month task tracking per project (my tracking plan for this month was not useful as I didn’t link tasks with projects nor approximate time spent on each) by using my daily notebook post meta-data (reworked) to assess where I’m working.