Old Reliable

Apart from a brief 3.30am insomniac writing session, I haven't worked on the thesis today. Given that I have promised a chapter to my supervisor by the end of this week, this is cause for concern (and possibly for the raging headache I have setting in). However, the majority of the day has been spent on other tasks that need doing, even if they aren't the thesis. Particularly when other people are relying on you to get something done - and you have the skills or knowledge to do it - it always seems easier to me to just go ahead and get it done. This can get you an 'old reliable' reputation, which is both good and bad. I'd rather be reliable than flakey (though trust me, I have my flakey moments), but reliability means that you are stuck into a pattern of behaviour and end up accumulating more and more things to do. You could say that developing collegiality and a record of service are a valuable part of the postgraduate experience (and good for the cv) but where do you draw the line?

No real answers, but I'm off to scavenge some nuerofen.