What’s on Pandora: Put Your Records On by Corinne Bailey Rae Yesterday was another day of loads of work and loads of prioritizing. I framed in the next article, conducted two interviews, worked on client communications plans, collaborated on another client project, researched client blog ideas, and signed a NDA for another client project. Yet…
Following Directions
What’s on the iPod: Beautiful Day by U2 One article done! Amen. It was the smallest of the four, but one that had the most limitations. Two vendors, two parts. Ugh. That ties my hands, but hopefully I was able to keep it somewhat vendor neutral (not sure how that’s possible!). I sent out a…
Mondays and Marathons
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…
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…