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March 8, 2010

Resource Planning, Week 10: Monday, March 8-Sunday, March 15

Creative Goals for the Week:

  • Revise poems in writer’s group packet, based on writer’s group suggestions (Due Sunday)
  • Revise/redo “Visiting Crystal” art journal page (Due Wednesday)
  • Gather poems for chapbook manuscript into one document & print out (Due Tuesday)
  • Write 1 blog post (Due Sunday)
  • Archive 1 month of blog (Due Sunday)

Homework Goals for the Week:

  • Finish reading Chapter 6-9 in Resonant Leadership (Due Monday)
  • Draft outline for Leadership Reflection (Due Tuesday)
  • Write Leadership Reflection (Due Wednesday)
  • Print out research for final project (Due Tuesday)
  • Read research for final project (Due Sunday)

This week is a strange week. On Thursday, I’m traveling to North Carolina to present at a conference. In order to prepare for this trip, I have to finish my reading for class and my leadership reflection earlier than normal, since I have to finish it before I go on my trip.  While on my trip, I’ll be flying on Thursday and Saturday, which may afford me some studying and writing time. But, I will also be in all-day sessions on Friday and Saturday. I have a feeling that by the time I get on the plane on Saturday evening, I’m going to be too wiped out to work. Luckily, I have Wednesday off, so I can pack and do homework before I leave on my trip.

When I’m faced with these potential long stretches of time, I tend to try to squeeze too much work into my time. I don’t always accurately account for how long certain tasks will take. This week, I’m trying to balance my goals, with my real deadlines and my hopeful deadlines. We’ll see how successful I am on Sunday.

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March 8, 2010

Resource Tracking, Week 9: Monday, March 1-Sunday, March 7

Creative Goals for the Week

  • Create and submit regular packet of poetry to writer’s group – Finished 3/1/2010
  • Create and submit longer manuscript packet to writer’s group – Finished 3/1/2010
  • Revise 1 poem – Unfinished
  • Create at minimum 2 art journal pages (Tuesday, Wednesday, and/or Thursday evening) – Started 3/7/2010
  • Re-read “The Little Mermaid” and take notes – Unfinished
  • Go to writer’s group – Finished 3/7/2010

Homework Goals for the Week

  • Read Resonant Leadership, Chapters 5-9 – Started 3/1/2010
  • Watch videos posted on class website (during lunch breaks) – Finished 3/1/2010
  • Draft outline for Leadership Reflection – Unfinished
  • Write a clear question for final project – Finished – 3/2/2010
  • Select newsletter template for final project – Finished 3/2/2010
  • Begin looking for sources for final project – Finished 3/6/2010

As you can see from above, I had a marginally successful week.

On the plus side, I watched significantly less television than I normally do and simply because I had other responsibilities.  I prioritized homework over my creative work, which I think is appropriate, considering that I have a paper due on Wednesday and a final project due on Saturday, March 27, 2010.

On the negative side, I didn’t accomplish nearly enough creative work. I went to my writer’s group, which really spurned my motivation. However, I didn’t revise any poems nor did I complete any art journal pages. I started an art journal page on Sunday, which I have to scrap because it does not look good at all.  I think I will paint over it and try again.

For the first week out on this new way of tracking my work, I think that these were good results. I stayed focused on my goals and accomplished a good deal of them within my marginal free time.

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