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Hypatia's 2012 reports project

Ok, I've been given a month with dedicated time to get my reports caught up.  I'm going to need to average 6 reports per session to get this done.  Moral support gratefully received.

H.

Hypatia's finished project

I am delighted to announce that this afternoon I finished the last report from my 100+ backlog!  It has taken me 5 months.

I'll post the details in the success section. 

H.

You can do it!

You can see for yourself in your previous posts that you can certainly do it! Make sure to have enough (realistic) time to finish a report so you don't get the feeling of being too slow and it will work out!

Think of your leave in october as the result of this hard work! Again: you can do it! 

EDIT: also a big WOW from me on the progress and being down to the last 9. Must have looked like a huge task when you first started and now only 9 left to do in a month! Great job! 

Hypatia's schedule for September

Wow!  down to the last  9 reports.  I must seriously make time to do them.   They have to be done before I go on leave on 1st October

w/b

3     0

10   5

17   2

24

H.

(Hypatia)

You have my support .

Vic

Thank you Vic

many thanks.  It's not going as quickly as I think it should but at least it's getting there.  I've got my review meeting with the big boss on Monday so  I'm very relieved I can report progress to him. 

H.

(H)

Yes, me too.  Your efforts inspire me as well.  Vic

Schedule for August 2012

Didn't do as well as I hoped, and I'm now having a problem with oversleeping so I'm not managing to come in early.  I wonder if that's psychological?  I'm blocking out half a day a week for this project for the whole of August.

I'm down to 33 reports, which is a lot better than the 100 I started with!

week beginning

1 Aug  

6 Aug

13 Aug 

20 Aug 

27 Aug 

H.

Schedule for August 2012

Thanks, findingaway

week beginning

1 Aug   1 2  

6 Aug   1 2 3 4

13 Aug  6

20 Aug 6

27 Aug 

H.

Hypatia - yay for completed reports!

You have come a long way - two thirds done!

Hypatia's check-in

oops - that was in the wrong thread!

H.

my ONE thing...

i really really need to either repair our 10-yr old car OR buy a newer one ASAP! Thanks.

cheering you on, Hypatia!

I admire your persistence with these reports, and hope your new plan works out well Smile

Thanks findingaway

Thank you for the support.  I've got to persist as my boss knows exactly what the situation, and while sympathetic, she's going to keep checking up on me to keep me on task (which is probably a good thing)

H.

Schedule for July 2012

I've come up with a new plan to get undisturbed time for catch-up.  I'm planning to come in half an hour early three times a week (or stay half an hour after 5pm) to get at least one report done each time.  I'll record on here how many I get done - there's 50 to get through.

week beginning

2 Jul   1 2 3 

9 Jul   1 2 3 4

16 Jul Annual leave

23 Jul 1 2 3  (overslept several times!)

30 Jul 1

Well I've cleared the 2011 drawer, which is a very good thing.   But after my resolution to get up early, I've suddenly found myself oversleeping!  So i need to make a new plan for August

H.

Schedule for June 2012

Didn't do very well in May.  Got about a third of the way through the backlog.  This depression is really slowing my brain up.  I have been allowed to work on a reduced workload for June as well, so here goes for another attempt.  Estimated number of outstanding reports - 79 

29.6.12 update.

My recording hasn't been very good, but I've now gone right through my catch-up folder and I'm now down to 50 outstanding reports.

Session list for June

 Date

 Done

Done 
   Old  New

 6

 

 7

 

 

 8

 

 

 12

 

 2

 13

 

 

 15

 

 

 20

2

2

 21

4

4

 22

 

 

 27

 

 

 29

 

 

H.

Yay for getting started!

Hi Hypatia, glad you are back here with us. Thinking of you, and wishing you all the best with the rest of your reports!

Hypatia's report project schedule

Session list for May/June

 Date

 Done

Done 
   Old  New

 1

 1

 

 2

3

 

 3

1

 

 9

1

 

 10

1

 

 11

3

 

 14

0

 

 16

2

 

 17

0

 

 18

0

 

 21

 6

 

 23

3

 

 24

0

 

 25

0

1

 29

 

 1

 30

 

 

 31

 

 

 1

 

 

H.