See post for details.

Agenda:

  1. Sea star paper update
    a. methods – nearly done
    b. results – need help picking what to keep

  2. WSN talk
    a. Plan for talk –> multi-species experiment
    b. no rnaseq data to include but thinking will include plan for analysis in talk

  3. Eelgrass DOH Internship
    a. Met with Beth from DOH today - update Steven on what we talked about for collaboration next Spring/Summer

Action Items

This week

  1. Sea star paper
    a. finish methods – get references in there
    b. finish results – narrow down

  2. WSN talk
    a. start making slides

Next week

  1. Sea star Paper
    a. DISCUSSION

  2. WSN talk
    a. give practice talk 11/4 during lab meeting
    b. go to conference - Nov 7-10

Week after (week of Nov 11)

  1. Sea star paper
    a. draft done by nov 13!

  2. Multi-species
    a. start data analyses
    i. QC, trimming, etc

Self-assessment

I’ve figured out some ways to work and organize this past month that has really changed a lot of things for me! I’ve been sitting down each morning to plan out task chunks, writing notebook posts more frequently, and also have tried body-doubling with a friend over zoom.

I could improve on asking for help SOONER. I’ve gone down some rabbit holes in recent weeks and if I had asked for input or help sooner I could have saved some time. I also could figure out how to better prioritize my varying responsibilities and tasks - I feel behind on my paper writing, and if I had allocated my time a bit better, I’d be further along.

Moving forward I want to:

  • continue notebook posts
  • continue planning my days into achievable task chunks
  • ask for input/help sooner
  • identify priority tasks and focus on those first