Behind on blogging, writing, and everything else. Today I had a four-item list of things I wanted to do. Most were biggish things—making a plan of attack for the rest of packet 2, finishing getting my tax stuff assembled for my rescheduled tax appointment, dealing with some of my email backlog—but still, only four. So far, at 7:26pm, I have only crossed out the one small item on the list, which involved making a quick phone call. Sigh.
I did accomplish some other stuff today, including a couple of things that had been hanging over my head for a while and were good to get done. But I keep putting off the two main things I need to address—packet and taxes—and I know that I just need to stop jumping around to other things and focus already. FOCUS, ALREADY! They're both just so big and overwhelming. Well, actually, I did the worst of the tax stuff already, I think, so that won't even be so bad to just finish up. But the packet stuff is so...much. Hard to get my head around all the stuff I need to do. Which is exactly why I need a plan of attack. Especially since I was totally sidelined for the past week with what I believe was the very first time I have ever had the flu. (It was extremely unpleasant. I do not wish to repeat the experience. Ever.)
While I wasn't doing the big things I needed to do today, I joined Twitter. Not sure yet how I feel about that, but it seemed to be time. Lots of VCFA types on there, and you can follow VCFAwriters as a group if you would like to hear about all the great things VCFA students, faculty, and alumni are up to.
Oh and also—last Sunday was my birthday. Had a lovely Italian dinner with good friends the night before, which turned out to be good timing since the flu took me down out of the blue on Sunday night.
OK. Update achieved, I guess. Still time to make progress on my list. Focus, focus, focus. Srsly!
i hear ya. this has been the toughest semester so far, and i think only part of it is the critical thesis. focus. yeah, i remember that word. i just can't seem to get a working definition of it in my life.
ReplyDeletei miss the blogging. i miss the reading, believe it or not; all this research reading, like the thesis, leaves me hungry for FICTION (which i thought was the whole point to begin with!).
i can't twitter. i just can't go there. i'm already distracted enough, i can't add one more thing. maybe after graduation, but by then i'm sure something else will have replaced it. will technology ever slow down long enough for us to actually enjoy it?