Sprint to April 30
A strategic 7-week plan balancing your Bachelor Thesis (65-70%) and Engineering Project (30-35%).
Target Hours / Week
Daily Structure
The key idea: do your hardest thesis work in the morning when your brain is freshet.
Golden Rules
Every morning ask: What is the most important thesis task I can finish today?
- Bachelor thesis urgent work
- Engineering project fixed commitments
- Game time only after important work is done
30-Minute Blocks
They are useful, but not for heavy deep work.
They work best for light review, reading abstracts, cleaning notes, organizing references,
outlining, fixing a small bug, planning, or small visible outputs.
To make a 30-minute block valuable:
- Decide one tiny output before starting
- Do something that leaves a visible result
- Do not let the task expand
- Use it for review, maintenance, preparation, or restart
"write 5 bullets", "clean one figure", "organize 3 references"
"finish the chapter", "solve the whole problem"
Weekly Plan
7-Week Milestones
Outline & Foundation
Finalize outline, collect main papers, define dataset, method, and baseline.
Drafting & Data Prep
Finish related work draft, complete data preprocessing and setup.
Core Execution
Run core experiments, record results carefully.
Analysis Phase
Compare models/methods, create robust tables and figures.
Methodology
Write methodology and experiment chapters, identify and patch weak points.
First Full Draft
Finish full first draft, revise logic, flow, and language systematically.
Submission Prep
Final polishing, exact formatting, refine references, final review.
Game Time Protection
Use game time as a reward, not as a default. That way games help you recover instead of making you stressed.
Blank Blocks Strategy
Blank blocks should not be truly empty. They should act as buffer, transition, recovery, or maintenance.
- If tired → use blank block for recovery (lunch, nap)
- If behind → use it as buffer
- If okay → use it for transition or maintenance (breakfast, short walk, shower, pack up, commute)
Label blank blocks clearly to prevent them from turning into accidental phone/game time.
Wind Down & Sleep Prep
Wind down = calm the brain
Reduce stimulation so your brain stops acting like it is still daytime.
Actions: stop work and game, dim lights, tidy desk, prepare tomorrow's first task,
light stretching, calm music, no exciting phone content.
Sleep prep = get ready for sleep
The practical routine that gets your body and environment ready.
Actions: shower, brush teeth, wash face, toilet, set alarm, put phone away from bed,
lights low, get into bed.
HIS ENERGY.