What’s on the iPod: Swim Until You Can’t See Land by Frightened Rabbit It was another busy weekend for me. Saturday I hopped in the car with my daughter and we headed to the nursery. We made the mistake of starting at Lowe’s. She wanted to buy window boxes and plants, and I know they…
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Interruptions and Time Management
What’s on the iPod: Medicine by We Were Promised Jetpacks TGIF, Amen, Alleluia. I don’t know if I can keep up this pace. I had a good deal of work to do yesterday despite thinking I would finish the article in front of me. Instead, I wrote another one, conducted an interview, scheduled another one,…
The “Nothing Better” Fallacy
What’s on the iPod: Ten Thousand Words by The Avett Brothers It was apropos to have that song appear on my iPod yesterday. With the article halfway completed, the dozen emails I dealt with, project revisions, and research, I burned through about that many words before 3 pm. Two days of headlong, intense work. I’m…
S is for Service
What’s on the iPod: Love Interruption by Jack White Yesterday was a full day of work. I had one interview, two blog posts (on technical topics, so research was involved), and some invoices to send/chase. Along with that, I started a third of the four articles I’m writing this month. Plus I sent out a…
Knowing When to Push Back
What’s on the iPod: Mercy by Duffy Happy anniversary, husband of mine. The best decision I’ve ever made. 🙂 Yesterday started busy and ended the same way. I had newsletter copy to compile/chase down, a conference call, two blog posts to start, and an article to frame in. Not a bad start to a week….
That Familiar Itch
Did you ever have a weekend staring at you that had you tired just by looking at what was planned? I did. Too many things — birthday for the stepson, meditation, writers’ group meetup, breakfast AND lunch dates, shopping for the aforementioned birthday, gardening, etc. I did what any sane person ought to do. I…
What I’d Rather Do
What’s on the iPod: Summer Sun by Jukebox the Ghost We’ve made it — it’s Friday. Don’t ask me why, but all day Wednesday I was under the impression it was Tuesday. I don’t suffer jet lag — I suffer life lag. It was a somewhat busy week, but not too bad. I was glad…
Freelance Truth: Being Worth More
What’s on the iPod: Untitled (Love Song) by Counting Crows A nice, unexpectedly slow day yesterday. Since most of my assignments this month are magazine articles, I have some lag time while the sources get back to me on dates and times. I spent the morning futzing with a small project, then the afternoon was…
The Writer and the Raise
What’s on the iPod: The Graveyard Near the House by The Airborne Toxic Event Good day yesterday. I finished an editing job and started two articles. These are ones with short deadlines, so I made sure to get those going first. Today I’ll arrange interviews for the next two articles. Hopefully one client will soon…
Monthly Assessment: May 2012
What I’m reading: Mosquitoes by William Faulkner What’s on the iPod: Hypocritical Kiss by Jack White Wow. Back one day and I’m overwhelmed with work. Yes, a ton of it. When I left, I had three projects on hold. Now I’m back, I have five articles and two of those projects left to finish. And…