Comments on: The Encore Juggling Act

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:04:12 +0000

Yea, Wade - at ten they're not so easily convinced. :)

I've not tried Google calendar. Not a bad idea, though.

By: Wade Finnegan

Wade Finnegan — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:25:22 +0000

"If you're not paying, I'm not able to help you until after hours, even if you're related."

I love it!! lol Not as easy to tell a ten year old that. :-)

I use my google calendar a lot. It helps me to see the whole picture. I also use lists for day to day, otherwise I spend too much time reading blogs or checking email.

By: Paula

Paula — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:17:36 +0000

Like you, Lori, I love my lists. On paper - out in the open where I can't ignore them. (I'm such an out-of-sight out-of-mind person.) There's an incredible feeling of satisfaction when you cross something off the list.

When I'm on a tight deadline I do answer the phone. Why? Because of 1) the neighbor who will march over and pound on the door to see if I'm okay, and 2) last spring my sister (100 miles away) rounded up the local troops to race over and check on me just because I didn't answer the phone for 4 hours. (Had I known the land line was down, I would have turned the cell phone on.)

For me, it's easier to answer and say, "Sorry. Can't talk. I have a deadline."

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:54:34 +0000

She needs to be booted from that class, Devon. I'm sure they told her no, but that she went over your head and asked is unacceptable.

Damaria, same here. What is it about that paper and ink that makes the difference? But it does, doesn't it?

By: Damaria Senne

Damaria Senne — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:41:23 +0000

I find I work better when I have a hard copy of my to do list and then work my way through in order of priority/importance. Somehow I work better when i can touch the list.

By: Devon Ellington

Devon Ellington — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:35:26 +0000

I guess my calendar is my list. A formal "To Do" list makes me feel constricted, but I have my calendar spread out next to me, so I'm looking at the arc of the week and the month, and then I arrange my day from there. And then, of course, wrenches are thrown in and I have to re-think! ;)

Such as, I agree to a new big project and then find out the edits for the HEX BREAKER reboot are coming in today. So there will be some extra hours at the desk over the next few weeks.

And then the student with boundary issues tries to get administration to force me to change the parameters of the class to suit her. Um, no.