Catching Up with Other Committments

Published

February 9, 2026

Plan of the Day

  • Today’s plan is to catch up on tasks outside of my direct dissertation work; only the two below are science related.
    • Continue to prepare to deliver the presentation to STP for the P2Solo
    • Compile my notes in preparation for SAFS 10 year graduate group meeting

Projects Touched Today

  • None

Progress Notes

  • None that are applicable

Products & Word Count

  • No dissertation/ thesis products today

    Today’s total: 0 words

    Monthly total to date: 2,075 words

    Annual total to date: 14,953 words

Tomorrow’s Plan

  • Shifting Monday’s plan (below) to Tuesday 2/10/26

  • Reminder to committee to review my MS proposal so I can get it submitted

    • MS proposal must be submitted and signed off NLT 2/20/26

    • Schedule a meeting for end of February, early March to discuss PhD proposal and manuscript (full committee will receive NLT MS feedback/ submission is completed)

  • Spend some time reviewing the status of my current projects

    • I have spent so much time in the QGIS rabbit hole that I need to refresh myself on where everything else stands

    • Map plan for the week based on that review (including blocks for non-dissertation projects that have also lagged)

    • Put up outline of 1v1 agenda/ statuses to be completed in advance of my meeting with Steven on 2/11