Items Removed From Task List: 1 "Write Thank You Letter to Pat Burland"
Items Added To Task List: 0
Items Transferred To Inactive: 1 "Novel"
Items on Task List: 27
Comments: I have been distinguishing between active and inactive tasks for a while now. Active tasks are ones that I could realistically accomplish in short order or longer ones that I am actively working on. Inactive comprises the ones that I'm not working on.
I didn't get up early today, I don't know why. I got up at 10, meaning I got 10 hours of sleep. Sleep is a mystery to me. It's true that I was in short-term sleep debt from earlier this week, so maybe I'm making up for it now. I want to have a week or two when I eat well, exercise, and try to get 8 hours of sleep per night and see if I can maintain that and not feel tired during the day. So tonight, when I go to bed, I'll set my alarm for 8.5 hours from that point (remember, my 1/2 hour buffer time for the time it actually takes to fall asleep).
I had my phone conversation, and though it was productive overall, I felt like I was speaking awkwardly. Yesterday in class I felt like I was eloquent and that the words were flowing, but this morning I was a bumbling idiot.
I worked on Kaplan for a while, but not as much as I would have liked to. At 4 I exercised, and afterwards I helped Eva get ready for dinner, and that was great. I also worked on French a little and looked into my tax rebate. I'll need to check back in a few days to confirm that they went through. Finally, I spent a little bit of time on the dentist thing, but I'll need to return to that next week.
Plan for Tomorrow: Exercise, clean up, French, and Kaplan, if there's any time left over (which they probably won't be). At 1 or a little before, I need to head over to 30th Street Station, where I'll take the R7 to meet Raffe, and from there we'll head up to New York for his friend's party.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Items on Task List: 29
Comments: I got up later than I wanted to, around 9am. However, once I got up, I was productive. I ate a solid breakfast then started rehearsing my Kaplan lesson. Around 2 I walked over to the Penn Center and picked up my class packet, went over to my class location on the Penn campus, continued rehearsing, met Eva for a snack and coffee, taught my class, and came home to check e-mail and get ready for bed.
Tonight was my first real class. It was fun but tiring. I went a little overtime, but part of that was because the room scheduling was messed up, and we couldn't start on time. It would be great to get to the point where I know the material so well that I can just get up and teach and not worry about rehearsing or prepping. But it went well overall.
Plan for Tomorrow: First of all, I want to get up earlier, more like 8am. Next, I want to prepare a list of questions to ask my contact at the planning firm, and write thank you letters after it's over. Tomorrow I have a phone interview scheduled to get advice about grad school and the planning field in general. After that's over, I will work on Kaplan until about 4, at which time I will work out, and then help Eva with dinner. In the evening I will do a little bit of French, confirm my tax rebates, and research a dentist.
Comments: I got up later than I wanted to, around 9am. However, once I got up, I was productive. I ate a solid breakfast then started rehearsing my Kaplan lesson. Around 2 I walked over to the Penn Center and picked up my class packet, went over to my class location on the Penn campus, continued rehearsing, met Eva for a snack and coffee, taught my class, and came home to check e-mail and get ready for bed.
Tonight was my first real class. It was fun but tiring. I went a little overtime, but part of that was because the room scheduling was messed up, and we couldn't start on time. It would be great to get to the point where I know the material so well that I can just get up and teach and not worry about rehearsing or prepping. But it went well overall.
Plan for Tomorrow: First of all, I want to get up earlier, more like 8am. Next, I want to prepare a list of questions to ask my contact at the planning firm, and write thank you letters after it's over. Tomorrow I have a phone interview scheduled to get advice about grad school and the planning field in general. After that's over, I will work on Kaplan until about 4, at which time I will work out, and then help Eva with dinner. In the evening I will do a little bit of French, confirm my tax rebates, and research a dentist.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Items on Task List: 27
Summary: I worked on my budget, planned some dishes to cook for next week, made a grocery list, mailed out some letters, did laundry, worked out, cleaned up from dinner, hung out with Eva, did some logistical planning for upcoming visits and trips, and worked on my HTRAB worksheets for 30 minutes (I finished the Inspectional Reading check-list).
I was irritable most of the day, though in the last hour or so I've felt all right. The work-out felt very strenuous.
Plan for Tomorrow: There are a couple of high priority things that need to happen. First, I need to contact the planning firm to see if I can set up a time to visit them. Second, I need to start scheduling visits to Penn. Third, I need to find a dentist. I'll take care of 1 and 2 right away after breakfast tomorrow. 3 might wait until later in the day or even Tuesday, depending on how much other work I get done. I still need to work my normal hours for Kaplan tomorrow.
Additionally, I plan to exercise, go food shopping when Eva gets home, make a deposit at the bank, and finish my budget. That should be more than enough for one day.
Goals for the Coming Week: On a basic level, I want to complete an entire week with a disciplined and healthy routine. That means going to bed at a reasonable hour (and waking up early), staying within my dietary constraints, exercising, mostly eating and cooking homemade meals from whole ingredients, hygiene, and not falling behind on any cleaning. Just doing this will be huge and will give me some positive momentum.
Speaking of routine activities, I would like to do 2 French lessons next week since I skipped one this week, but I'm not going to stress about it too much.
Next, I need to start thinking hard about my grad school options. I should hear back from Berkeley this week, but the main thing I want to do is meet with some planners in the private sector, discuss my options with them, and attend some Penn classes and studios. In two weeks I'll be at the MIT open house, and I'll need to come to a decision soon after that. That means my Penn visits need to happen mostly this week and next.
I don't plan on working on my book until I make a decision about school. One thing at a time.
Another thing I want to accomplish next week is finding a place to volunteer. I slacked off for the most part this weekend and didn't look into it, so that's on the agenda for next week. Other items from the task list that realistically can be tackled next week include buying a Britta filter and calling about Penn's anxiety disorder study. I'm also going to try to schedule a painting session (hopefully the final one) with Josh next weekend.
Summary: I worked on my budget, planned some dishes to cook for next week, made a grocery list, mailed out some letters, did laundry, worked out, cleaned up from dinner, hung out with Eva, did some logistical planning for upcoming visits and trips, and worked on my HTRAB worksheets for 30 minutes (I finished the Inspectional Reading check-list).
I was irritable most of the day, though in the last hour or so I've felt all right. The work-out felt very strenuous.
Plan for Tomorrow: There are a couple of high priority things that need to happen. First, I need to contact the planning firm to see if I can set up a time to visit them. Second, I need to start scheduling visits to Penn. Third, I need to find a dentist. I'll take care of 1 and 2 right away after breakfast tomorrow. 3 might wait until later in the day or even Tuesday, depending on how much other work I get done. I still need to work my normal hours for Kaplan tomorrow.
Additionally, I plan to exercise, go food shopping when Eva gets home, make a deposit at the bank, and finish my budget. That should be more than enough for one day.
Goals for the Coming Week: On a basic level, I want to complete an entire week with a disciplined and healthy routine. That means going to bed at a reasonable hour (and waking up early), staying within my dietary constraints, exercising, mostly eating and cooking homemade meals from whole ingredients, hygiene, and not falling behind on any cleaning. Just doing this will be huge and will give me some positive momentum.
Speaking of routine activities, I would like to do 2 French lessons next week since I skipped one this week, but I'm not going to stress about it too much.
Next, I need to start thinking hard about my grad school options. I should hear back from Berkeley this week, but the main thing I want to do is meet with some planners in the private sector, discuss my options with them, and attend some Penn classes and studios. In two weeks I'll be at the MIT open house, and I'll need to come to a decision soon after that. That means my Penn visits need to happen mostly this week and next.
I don't plan on working on my book until I make a decision about school. One thing at a time.
Another thing I want to accomplish next week is finding a place to volunteer. I slacked off for the most part this weekend and didn't look into it, so that's on the agenda for next week. Other items from the task list that realistically can be tackled next week include buying a Britta filter and calling about Penn's anxiety disorder study. I'm also going to try to schedule a painting session (hopefully the final one) with Josh next weekend.
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