Composition of Philosophy. July 21.

What a (relatively minor) mess. My transition to the hateful, archaic, all-night schedule was completed when I woke up at noon today– a pattern I detest, but which so often happens to me during summertime. My all-night days are over. They don’t bring happiness.

Out of necessity, however, I was preparing for another all-night writing session tonight, but then something happened: a minor administrative crisis requires my presence on campus first thing in the morning. This means that I need to go to sleep right about now, even though I feel like staying up for another 6 or 7 hours and writing.

Downside: today is a complete writeoff on the book.

Upside: this will force me to get back into a reasonable schedule.

These things happen, which is why working close to deadlines is never a good idea. Try to finish weeks ahead of any due date, if possible. If the deadline for this book were July 31 rather than August 31, I would now be in a terrible state of panic.