Grunt work is the stuff that needs doing but isn’t fun or
interesting to do. It’s what I’m doing
now; and for me it takes much more discipline than I usually have. I’m more a big picture person than a detail person.
I’ll take care of the details, but first…..
I have a couple of genealogy projects on hold waiting for
FHL films to arrive. This is the perfect time to fill in the holes in my
citations. And, boy, do I have holes!
Yes, I know that I should include citations immediately when
I add new information. I do that when I have just a few new data points. Good.
But when I’ve come across a lot of new information, I’m just anxious to get it
all in and see how the pieces fit in with the old information. Hence:
procrastination.
If you were to look up the definition of “Pay me now, or pay
me later” you’d find my picture.
So true! I am trying to discipline my self to enter a citation (or as much if it as possible) right when I make my discoveries. Sometimes I'll cut and paste the FHL citation, then clean it up later. I've had to backtrack and cite items from years ago...so trying to avoid that for the future.
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