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 * __Habits Neuroses, Talents – G.Hartman__**

__Habits__
 * I write best in the morning, and sometimes later in the evening
 * I try to exercise at least every other day and do stretch every morning before getting the day started
 * I tend to get distracted within a project by relevant context, it all seems important
 * When I get into the groove of writing something I become totally immersed by it
 * I used to write detailed outlines, but I’ve discovered that I write best and my best ideas come out when I let go of getting it right and just let myself write something really ugly. From that initial start I begin to form an idea of how I want to structure a piece of writing and might come up with a rough outline, but then I fill it in with ugly writing (which I then go back and clean up later). This frees me from judging myself before I’ve even produced ideas.
 * I set out weekly and daily goals for myself, breaking tasks up into manageable chunks

__Neuroses__
 * I get distracted easily (full stop). Once I start one thing the need to do something else becomes immediately pressing
 * If I don’t get to working early it is tough for me to get anything done all day
 * I spend a lot of time feeling bad that I am not as well read as I feel like many of my colleagues are … and then I don’t spend a lot of time reading, ugh
 * I love taking care of logistics! Which means I am easily distracted by them
 * I tend to get focused on the context of the question. This means that I really love learning about the historical context of a thing and about the history of the idea of the thing. So, for property (which is central to my project), I have been consumed by the history of property in Mexico (since conquest) on the one hand, and by the history of the idea of property on the other (which are intertwined). This means that I start reading something contemporary perhaps, and then they say something about John Locke, which makes me read Locke, and then some Cambridge person says something about Aquinas and so then I have to read Aquinas and then Aristotle and on and on and on. I have a real passion for this stuff, but it can also be a vice.
 * Need social interaction for mental well being!

__Talents__


 * Being incredibly curious about “how” questions – how things work, how we come to understand things as we do, this is pretty much the basis of all my inquiries
 * Talking to people – in a field setting this translates to getting access
 * Relatedly, I genuinely like people and am curious about their lives
 * Writing clearly
 * Seeing connections between things