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Saturday, March 22, 2008

What worked; what didn’t




Sharpie is doing what always works for him: lolling in the sun



What worked for me this week were:
  • Spending time with good friends
  • Starting a class to learn Blackboard, a common online teaching system so that I can branch out from face-to-face instruction
  • Having two article assignments that really interest me (more on those when they’re published)
  • Resuming my strength-training program
  • Holding off this week on resuming belly-dancing and Nia to ensure my ankle is fully healed
  • Using my new Olympus VN-4100PC recorder at my interviews

What didn’t work this week were:

  • Not following an eating plan to reduce calorie intake
  • Getting lost on my way to an interview for an article (hint: if you are going to Chippewa Falls, Hwy 178 now runs with Seymour Cray Sr. Blvd, and the old Hwy 178 is now Commercial Parkway—Internet mapping doesn’t know this)
  • Not doing any fiction writing
  • Not doing any research on literary agents
  • Continuing to procrastinate on tax preparation

To do this analysis for yourself, remember to begin with “what worked.” It may be hard to think of a couple, but keep going—you’ll think of something that worked, even on those days where it seemed nothing went right.

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