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My creative goals for the week include:
Thursday is my day off, so I am hoping that I can use it to decompress and get back in touch with my creative self. Until then, my other goals should keep me on track.
Creative Goals for the Week:
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In addition to my NaPoWriMo responsibilities, I have to finish my (almost done) chapbook manuscript, so that I can submit it to the qarrtsiluni chapbook contest. Luckily, I have put in the majority of the work on my manuscript throughout the winter, so I feel like I am ready to reach this goal.
Creative Goals for the Week
Please excuse the repetition. If you couldn’t tell by now, I’m doing NaPoWriMo this month. I find that it’s more fun to write “Finished” next to each goal that I achieve, rather than consolidating them into one goal with separate deadlines. I know that seems kind of anal retentive, but that’s who I am.
I am trying to keep my goals simple and achievable this week (heck for the whole month) so that I can stay strong with the daily poeming. Hopefully, my strategy will be successful. Even if I only write half of these poems, I will still have my most poem heavy month of the year. That’s pretty darn amazing to me.
Creative Goals for the Week:
Notice anything different about my goals? Other than the fact that relaxation and renewal are on my to-do list? I have no homework goals. Yay! As much as I have been enjoying my schooling, I decided to take the Spring trimester off, so that I can focus on my work and creative practice. Spring is very busy at work, so I think this is my best choice for my sanity.
There’s also another remarkable difference in my to-do list: I plan on writing and posting 4 poems this week. This will be my third foray into NaPoWriMo and I cannot wait. I’ve been missing playing along over at Read Write Poem, so I’m excited to start following prompts again. They have a great extra feature of this year’s NaPoWriMo, so if you’re on the fence about participating, you should head over and check it out. And you should play along, because it’s a wonderful and challenging experience.
For my NaPoWriMo work, I plan on posting every day so that I’m accountable to my output. My only caveat is that if the poem is too horrendous for posting, I will not post it. (I have no shame, so I exercise this right very infrequently.) I will however circle back here to confirm that I wrote a poem, even if it’s not suitable for human eyes.
So, those are my goals. Wish me luck!
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Homework Goals for the Week:
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My goals are noticeably sparse this week. The fact of the matter is that I am a bit behind on my final project newsletter and it will take the majority of my free time this week to complete it by Saturday. I have one of those weeks at work where I have many meetings, which wouldn’t be too bad. But I also have to complete a ton of work before I take a week off, so I must cram two weeks of work into one week. I know that I can do it, but it’s going to take a lot of my energy just to wrap everything up at work and finish my final. I will be darn lucky if I get to my creative goals this week.
The good news is that I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am taking the next trimester off, so once I get past this final, I will have a ton of free time. During that time, I’ll be participating in NaPoWriMo, finishing my chapbook manuscripts, and reading books for fun. I cannot wait!
Creative Goals for the Week
Homework Goals for the Week
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In school, it’s finals time. I’m only taking one class right now, but I must have my final project completed by March 27. Even though that may seem (relatively) easy, I work full-time and I know that I have friends coming in to town this weekend. Therefore, I need to squeeze as much homework time as I can into my coming week.
My final project for this class is really interesting. The teacher asked us to create a newsletter based on a positive psychology concept. It has to be two pages (front and back) and include multiple articles on different aspects of this concept. I’ve chosen “engagement” as my concept and I’m focusing on defining engagement in relationship to the workplace and suggesting methods for encouraging engagement in colleagues. The research is fascinating and I’m really looking forward to completing the work.
On the creative work front, I know that I have to keep it simple. I’m butting up against a deadline to complete a chapbook, in time for the qarrtsiluni chapbook contest. I worked on the manuscript over the weekend and I need at least 2 new poems, as well as some revisions to old poems. For this week, I’d like to complete one of those two poems and then to write at least 2 blog posts. I’ve got two swimming in my head right now, so I just need to commit them to paper (or computer, as the case may be).
I’m also working on archiving my two blogs in Word documents. I know that this seems kind of crazy, but I had a bit of an epiphany earlier this month. When I had to transfer all of my old files from my old computer to this new computer, I realized that I’ve become lazy in archiving my writing. Some of my poems exist only on the web via my blogs and some exist only on my computer. If somehow I messed up and deleted both of my blogs, I could potentially lose a lot of poems. Therefore, I’m archiving all of my blog posts by month, so that I have a record of all of my writings. Then, I’m also archiving my poems separately, by year. My hope is that I can have a good repository of my writing, saved both on my hard drive and my external drive. Yes, I actually have an external back up drive now, for the very first time in my computing life. Smart, right?
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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.
Creative Goals for the Week
Homework Goals for the Week
Jessica
