No April Goal Setting

NWS Straits Symposium
Mussel Methylation
Published

April 1, 2026

Plan of the Week: March 30 - April 5, 2026

High- level outline for the week. Adjusted daily to reflect progress of the day before

  • I am finally as close to healthy as I have been in awhile, so as long as the anxiety of being so behind doesn’t take me out, I will be solid!

Monday - Catch up on UW-RUA and NWS Poster

Tuesday - UW-RUA, No Science

Wednesday - Biomarker Manuscript

Thursday - Biomarker Manuscript

Friday - NWS Symposium

Saturday - Biomarker Manuscript

Sunday - No Science

Plan of the Day

Granular level task list to accomplish the high- level goal outlined above

  • There are no goals nor plan for today. Nothing like being derailed because your brain cannot get out of the death- cycle of replaying everything.
  • Goals for the month will be posted before the end of the week and today’s working sessions will be dedicated to knocking out the mile- long list of UW-RUA tasks I have right now.

Projects Touched Today

  • DNA Methylation
  • NWS Symposium

Progress Notes

  • Today packed a 1-2 punch across two very important axes of my life at current. Since deep work is almost impossible, I will move forward with task management.
    • First, finalized and submitted the poster overview of the outcomes of conservation opportunities.
      • I doubt I’ll be able to present it, but at least now it is complete in case I can.
    • Second, I had to clear out the remainder of my schedule for more pressing appointments, so that just feels like kicking the can down the road…
      • The can will be kicked further down the road based on some department- level information.
    • In my task processing, I was able to inspect and restart the methylation analysis.
      • Sample 95, amongst the last to be aligned, has failed twice. The first time was due to a disconnection, and the second time is because I didn’t clean out the temporary BAM files and it was skipped as already aligned.
      • I properly cleaned up the repo, synced it to Gannet, and restarted the script.
    • The remainder of the day was doing nothing but knocking out tasks mostly unrelated to science.

Outcomes: Products & Word Count

  • No science products

Today’s total: 0 words

Monthly total to date: 0 words

Annual total to date: 32,672 words

Annual target total to date: 45,500 words

Next Up: Tomorrow’s Plan

  • I have back to back obligations in and out of the home, Connor’s defense, and depending on my capacity, we shall see what can be done.