Trying to get this mantra tattooed into everyone’s head:

Two pages written, fifty pages read, ten hours committed.

This is what I ask as the baseline for a self-designed project. I’ve toyed with these sorts of requirements before but I’m trying to write this on every document and say it as often as I can. It also gives me a way of setting up questions for students about what they’re doing for a self-designed project. What are you writing? What are you reading? How are you using your time?