Special Projects and Master Lists

Hi everyone,

This is where I'll give progress updates on the project I've been posting about in my daily check-ins. I've been working on it since last September, with a self-imposed goal of completely finishing it by this coming September. There's no way I'm going to make this deadline. I already blew through my second-draft deadline a couple weeks ago.

 I have to clean and declutter my apartment and take some stuff out of my storage unit.

Peace

Hi everyone,

I am struggling with getting up and getting going in the mornings, not helped by going to bed too late, and going into winter here in Australia.

I have been thinking that if someone would be available online for me to be accountable to i.e. here I am, I'm up and awake - it would really support me in having a better routine. I am hoping that perhaps I could support you in some similar way.

Ideally it would be someone in a similar time zone to myself, but I know there are not so many of you at the moment.

This is my special project for this year. Wish me well with it.

TRIP 2011 PLANS

Object – I will follow a little known trek in the wilds, take photographs and write an account afterwards. I will seek a publisher for the work.

Where – I am sharing anonymously and will tell people when I get back.

When – late August to October 2011 – I shall check dates of events in UK
which I would prefer not to miss

Duration – I shall go to the country for about seven weeks, the specific trek I will do takes an absolute minimum of three weeks

It is now the beginning of May. Before the weather becomes uncomfortably warm (about October) I want to complete this list. If I do life will be more organised and less disorganised for myself and my daughters. So I have five months. It will also get the real estate off my back.

So here's the big to do

at work:

1. give exit date
2. clear out terminates
3. clean out files
4. process leaving
5. shredding
6. clean computer
7. set up orientation
8. final year scheduliing
9. re-vamp handbook
10. online application
11. process accepts
12. file all to be filed
13. leaves processed
14. exit interviews
15. email cleanups
16. orientation set up

at home:

I'm getting really stuck on one big area, which was caused largely as the result of my procrastinations many years ago.  Even thinking of it makes me freeze up,  My husband quite rightly is pointing out that the sooner we get it sorted the better, but as he's disabled that actually means I've got to do the work. And I'm having trouble doing it, mainly through fear (and embarrassment).

So I'm going to break it down into tiny steps and keep a progress report on here.

2 Apr 11

Bedroom

k, I haven't been checking much if at all, lately, so there's a lot on my plate that I'd like to wipe clean. By Monday, I will have gotten the following done:

1) multi dcm working in pub

2) import bug fixed and testable

3) house clean(ish) - office, kitchen, bedroom, and living room all up to a reasonable standard

4) practiced for 2 hrs - 1 hr for piano/1 hr for guitar

5) worked at least 2-3 hrs on wl pub issue

6) meditated

7) read 150 pp ( 90 pp in book I want to finish + 60 additional pages of probably work-related material

I work in a bio lab and I have 5 experiments/projects that I'm working on. I feel like I'm stuck in all of them, so I've identified roadblocks for each of them and will check in here everyday with what actions I've taken to get past those roadblocks.

1)Analysis of expr data
Problem: No idea where to even start with this project :P
Potential solution: Write up a plan and run it by labmates/friends for feedback