There are a lot of things I want to do every day, things I feel I ought to practice at or projects I want to work on. Part of my brain thinks that if I do a little bit of each one each day I'll make progress, but another part of my brain vetoes that part of my brain, saying that if I do some of each of everything I'll have no time left at all. Basically I could have no job at all and not get through one such "daily routine". That is pessimistic thinking, of course.
Here's a list:
Actual Work:- Watch Shelf Life titles
- Work on column in advance, a little every day, so I can get ahead (this has never happened)
- Keep on top of invoicing for those other places I write for
Practice Japanese by:- Study kanji
- Read small things in Japanese and figure them out
- Write a diary/blog in Japanese1
Lose 10 pounds/stay in shape:- Get some kind of exercise every day
- Consequently my ankle has been bothering me again
- So maybe I need more physical therapy
- but I have new insurance so I have to find new doctors, probably
- Count PointsTM or calories every day
- Keep on top of grocery shopping
- Make/bring my own meals to work when possible
Plan that New York Wedding Reception- This has it's own to do list, which I feel I must work towards a little every day. We really are planning it for this June. I have contacted some venues and everything.
Get rid of stuff:- List sell-able things on ebay
- Use my Amazon seller account to sell stuff
- Donate un-sell-able things to different places
Projects:- Podcast (once a month)
- Re-read my old screenplay
- Work on animating a certain friend's film
- I've been thinking of starting a web comic
- Update the panels I give at cons based on giving them at previous cons
- Apply to do those panels at cons I plan to go to this year
Personal/Career Goals:- Figure out how this tuition re-reimbursement thing works
- Take an After Effects course or something at NYU SCPS
- Re-learn how to draw by going to a figure drawing class (maybe this one)
- Maybe apply for ITP? Decide if I actually want to do the ITP program or not.
1 Notice this entry is not even in Japanese.
There is a temptation to just float. To drift forward and not do anything, but that's pretty boring.
I used to get bored all the time when I was kid. I think I live my adult life by filling it with so many things that I'm not only not bored, I'm always anxious about something more important I ought to be doing instead.