The Importance of a Regular Schedule

Found this lovely post on time management today, talking about the importance of making tasks habitual and sticking to a fixed schedule. The key is - you have to ruthlessly pare down to the most important tasks and then police your schedule. (Not that I always do this, but I do try to set my schedule and also have weekly goals for the number of hours spent on important tasks like research, writing and teaching prep. The best part of that is - when you meet the goal, you can relax, rather than having that existential anxiety about having too much to do. Clear and measurable results, baby.)
PS, don't make the mistake of waiting to publish until after you come back from field research. Publish early and often, because that's what will help you to get an academic job.