2021 01 22 DEAR DIARY
Dear Diary,
Covid-19 measures continue. On the other hand, I am collecting data for my project. Apart from this, I have developed separate article writing and project proposal writing systems for myself. Finally, 1-2 weeks remain for our baby to arrive, we are completing our preparations. These are the news.
Let me start with the topic of data collection. There is no compiled data on renewable energy, especially on wind and solar energy companies. I search the sources where I can access data. It will take me a lot of time to find this data and work on it. In particular, data in the form of raw data requires extra work. When these investigations are over, I need to find out which data I need is missing and prepare my surveys accordingly. I seem to have a lot work to do for at least 3 months. I think I should get a little quicker, because I am doing other research, writing two articles and a paper at the same time.
Speaking of articles and papers, I have developed a wonderful system that includes all the steps of writing an article from start to finish. I have created a very detailed system, not as long as a user manual. There is everything starting from the question of "how to find the subject" to the question "how are the checks done after the article is written?" In addition to official and known methods, it is possible to find clues from many people's experiences in this system. I can also calculate the number of hours that should be spent on a very good article, and easily keep track of where I stayed and how many hours I spent writing an article. How long does it take to write an article, you wonder? 260 hours according to my system. In time, I think it may be possible to master some steps and complete the article in 200 hours. Therefore, we can think that the number of articles that a beginner researcher, who has no other task, can write in a year, will be 8 or 9. Not all of them will be able to be published. It is normal for this researcher to publish 4 or 5 articles a year. Note, we thought the researcher had no problems: his private and social life is not turbulent, there is no income problem, no lecture responsibility and no administrative duties. So please be suspicious of researchers who publish more than 6 times a year :)
Seeing that my article writing system was very useful, I created a similar one for writing a project proposal. This also came in handy. However, as there is more detail in the project proposal writing, I came to the conclusion that a full 299 hours of effort was required. Of course, I will continue to improve both systems. But for now, I'm focused on my articles. I am already taking notes that will make the system even better while trying to prepare the publications. In a few months, I want to take new trainings and bring these systems to their perfect level.
Finally, our baby is ready, we are ready :) We will soon meet the beauty we have been waiting for for two years. I called his name "Kıpırdak" because he was fidgety. Its real name is hidden with us.