Can I Focus?

Presentation for M – Friday

Stuff for SB? DFR and check S’s work. – today ok did the DFR

MC report – first because it’s due today. DONE

MC proposal – soon?

The thing S just sent by end of tomorrow

Plan SB trip or maybe not yet

MC slides for S

Starting at 7:30. Go through emails first I think. I’m starting with 83. Let’s see what I can do in 10 minutes.

Emerging leaders prep

Finish whatever I was doing in CAD for SB

Taxes

And address all the flags in email. Done with organizing myself at 8:25. More coffee and put in laundry. Down to 20 emails. Put some thought into career presentation.

Another crazy week. I need to do that drawing but don’t have CAD access. Ok. What else? Presentation, could work on that. There was one other thing. Not the DFR, another thing. Not my license. Not the drums.

Exciting day. Lots of snow. New hire. I guess two of them, but one is mine. What else do I need to do? Review S’s work. Finish 12/19 paperwork. Those are easy enough but then what? Don’t worry about that and just do the easy things that absolutely must be done today. Are they really that easy? Omg just start.

Did 12/19 paperwork.

Maybe go through email to find S’s work. What’s happening with CCR? Ugh emerging leaders prework. Not ugh. An exciting opportunity.

Oh yeah I sent the CCR to B.

Meeting with new guy today at 11:30. Then lunch. Have to leave at 4 to be home in time to take dog out and do zoom workout at 5. Then to go to M and get ready for tomorrow.

Tuesday move.

Wednesday work in person, drop car, talk to Alison

Thursday report card meeting I guess, tech talk, awards, south bend meeting, workout. Will have to race to workout. Can just leave right at 5. So get ready to leave before awards. Pack up lunch and whatever else. Put dishes in the dishwasher.

Last day of the week again. What have I done this week??? Who cares. Back to normal next week. Except M is moving. Oh well. At least work will be more or less normal.

I worked on licensure. And SB. And?? Oh MC.

I’m not doing very well at summarizing at the end of the day and publishing. I think that would help to cap the day off and feel a sense of completeness. Instead of vague anxiety that I’m not doing enough.

Yesterday was kind of a bust. I did more than nothing. I moved a couple things along and I got organized for the week. More or less. Let’s see what’s in Outlook tasks. If I called this like Dana’s blog it’d be something about a slacker I guess. I am not a slacker! But am I really not?

Pick a half hour task.

Hey I made major progress on getting my flights and hotel booked.

Pick another half hour task.

How about MC OM.

Figure out what’s in the folder. A draft folder with appendices and text in it. Then a draft outside of that subfolder. And 2023 appendices. And another draft. Figure out which one is most current. What else is here. System changes memo. Samsara – a cut sheet maybe?

When you want to make a change, start small.

Samsara is a GPS tag. Huh.

The last thing took less than half an hour, this one is taking more. That’s ok.

Creating a new comfort zone. Start doing the hard thing and eventually it feels more comfortable.

Maybe it’s about knowing exactly what I need to do. Is there a “start with the dishes” for work? Maybe the reason I “get paid the big bucks” or whatever is because I have to decide what to do first. I need a micromanager. But I would hate a micromanager.

Plus everything feels better when I’m as busy as Dana is. But I thought that one project would be a cash/to-do cow. But they want someone who is a work cow. And I can’t do that right now, legitimately.

I think I just need to do something useful. Just pick a task and do it.

Need to book a flight. Talk to S about BC fig.

Send CCR to admin.

Drums ugh

P&A thing – on Monday!

Ok cleaned out my inbox. That’s good. All that’s left is to do items that I need to work my way through. But first some lunch.

Ok 3 hour lunch break over. What’s one thing I want to do? CCR. Teresa is on board for next week, and I still need to talk to Matt and Sean I think. So now I should look at the email about the program.

It starts early on Wednesday, so I need to fly out Tuesday. Then I want to fly back on Sunday? Friday 2pm I could see A.

I moved things forward. That’s all I can expect the week of Christmas with no one here.

Catch up on SB very important – DFRs – NEXT

P&A Group – tomorrow

Text A about B – later

Check what I told Sh I would do. Oof a whole drawing. Well he doesn’t need it yet.

Fix fig 7 – done

I like how Dana strives to live in reality. A is never going to use that pottery kiln. But that’s her business.