Tuesday today. I got a new sofa for working from home. I was sitting on the floor all the time and it was not good to focus. I can focus more from tomorrow.
I am watching Tokyo Olympics now. I haven’t checked many games but now I realize I can watch many games online in Australia. Now I am watching. Tonight, I am watching Japan vs Spain soccer. Hope Japan wins. So far 30 mins pass in the first half. Both zero.
As for work, I spent all day researching Japanese swords, I am writing a report for supporters. I am happy to write to them. Just I need to take some time to write up. I started researching Japanese swords a few years ago, since the subject is not my expertise, I have to spend a lot of time doing a literature survey. It is a good feeling to learn something new.
As for investing, it was a scary time for me today. I don’t know why but the coal price has dropped about 7% yesterday? This is the biggest drop I have seen. I was afraid my share would have dropped that much. It dropped but only 5% or so. I need to be careful next few days about the price of coal. Coal price dropped from 150USD/t to 140USD/t roughly, It is still high but I felt based on the chart I am looking the coal price could drop very sharp. Gold prices also stay 1800USD/t or so, there is no news. I don’t see anything good these days, maybe I should look for more. I will make another investment this month, I would like to choose carefully.
Let’s finish the Japanese sword project, so I can spend more time on my magnetism research. Now I move on to the next paper I would like to finish in a few months. So I can make progress on promotion. I would like to find the next project to finish. I should finish one by one. I am suffering but also enjoying the paper. The entire goal of my scientific life is to write the papers by myself. I am going that direction. Never forget to train myself everyday to get better.
OK, what needs to be done for that? I think I should keep writing while reading. Also the same time, we do calculate, analyzing, and experimenting. Now I can’t do much of the experiment because of lockdown but I can do something in September. I should make a good habit of writing and reading all the time. Now I can feel I can improve my experimental skills by doing so. So just keep trying. I think by the end of the year, I will be doing better.