THE DANGED LIST…
1. Process mail.
2. Update bank deposit, if applicable..
3. Email flush.
4. 50% of work day devoted to backlog. Actually, spending the rest of the day on backlog. I’m a little bit in freak-out mode to get this all done by Saturday.
START OVER ON YOUR PHOTOS
I bet y’all didn’t bother taking any to begin with, right? I know I didn’t. I was too freaking embarrassed at the state of my office. I figured I’d take a few hours and bring it up to snuff first and that didn’t happen. I wound up gutting the room. You should do that some time. Just trek it all out to another room and do all your sorting there and just bring back into the office what really belongs there. I’m about at that point. I have boxes all along the hallway.
RE-PRIORITIZE YOUR PRIORITIES
How is that short term goal going? I’m freaking out a little bit about mine. I’m not sure I can get my plate cleared by Saturday. So what’s a girl to do?
I’ll tell you what we’ll do – we’re gonna take a look at the tasks we need to get done and decide which of those can be let go. I believe I can meet my deadline with some tweaking.
The things that HAVE to be done: Backlog, teach Tuesday class, weekly post office and bank run.
The things that DON’T have to be done: Wootness articles other than the 61-derful ones (don’t worry, I’ve already got the Fan Club Freebie for Tuesday done), the finishing of the cleaning of the office (I’ve got some nice breathable space, I’ll just have to trip over some boxes in the hallway for awhile).
So – there you go – mark a few things off the “have to do” list and you’ve given yourself some breathing room. Add to that all the rest of the days this week that I’m going to do 100% day of backlog and I’ll have it all wrapped up.
HOW DID YOUR RISK-TAKING GO?
Did everyone take a risk the other day? How are you feeling about it?
I took a risk by processing and entering a totally different kind of image than I usually do. How do I feel about it? At first I was confident. Now I’m wondering if I can really be objective about it. Here is is – tell me what you think. The title is : Tomorrow a Widower.
TODAY I:
- List and backlog
Beautiful photo. I loved this the first time I saw it, and hope that it does well in the comp. The title is perfect.
Also? I totally did take photos of my office. I am not ashamed that I work in a mess! 🙂 They don’t look very different from day to day, though, so I’m not going to take another until the massive piles of paper are off the front of the desk.
Christine, your image made me cry. So beautiful and sad. You really told a story there.
Thank you Melodie. I took this of my father-in-law about 24 hours before his wife died. He was exhausted & kept falling asleep sitting up.