Just before the end of the past year, I decided to forgo my usual habit of cramming my annual planning into the most riotously busy time of the year. Hence, “December in January,†where I spend the first month of the chronological new year planning my own, to begin in February. My Nei Kung instructor [...]
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Just before the end of the past year, I decided to forgo my usual habit of cramming my annual planning into the most riotously busy time of the year. Hence, “December in January,” where I spend the first month of the chronological new year planning my own, to begin in February. I realize that logically, [...]
Just before the end of the past year, I decided to forgo my usual habit of cramming my annual planning into the most riotously busy time of the year. Hence, “December in January,†where I spend the first month of the chronological new year planning my own, to begin in February. My friend, Naomi, wrote [...]
Just before the end of the past year, I decided to forgo my usual habit of cramming my annual planning into the most riotously busy time of the year. Hence, “December in January,†where I spend the first month of the chronological new year planning my own, to begin in February. Of all the things [...]
Just before the end of the past year, I decided to forgo my usual habit of cramming my annual planning into the most riotously busy time of the year. Hence, “December in January,†where I spend the first month of the chronological new year planning my own, to begin in February. I’m deeply enmeshed in [...]
Just before the end of the past year, I decided to forgo my usual habit of cramming my annual planning into the most riotously busy time of the year. Hence, “December in January,” where I spend the first month of the chronological new year planning my own, to begin in February. Several weeks ago, I [...]
Wherein I hit upon the idea of plotting the next 12 months luxuriously, at the beginning of the year, rather than frantically, at the end of the last one.
I’ve had a semi-ironic appointment with myself on the calendar for a few months now, called “Colleen’s Happy Holiday Break.” In case it’s not obvious, I’m ambivalent at best when it comes to the season. I do look forward to certain treats, the annual viewing of The Third Man, the delivery of the pears. But [...]
This is the part where I look like an asshole. That novel? Didn’t happen. Not over Thanksgiving, not in 30 days, not not not. I don’t see it happening in the near future, either, and not because it’s hard to see what’s coming down the pike through all this egg on my face. I had [...]
Mary Ellen called it in the comments of the last post: I have my life set up, like it or not, around accountability. I make appointments and agreements out loud and publicly to keep myself on track and actually producing, rather than just musing about it. It’s why I started this blog four years ago [...]
