My four-day/seven hour workweek continues to be a productive approach. The downside is, not everything I need to get done gets done.
(As I’ve said before, there’s always one armored killer you don’t realize you need to deal with).
If there’s something specific that needs doing — picking up dog meds, dealing with contractors, giving the pups dog meds — I’m on it. But there’s non-urgent but necessary stuff (cleaning things, sorting stuff, keeping up with non-urgent paperwork, dog exercises) that I don’t get around to during the week. I end up too focused on work, which is good, and on the weekends I’m focused on relaxing. Doesn’t leave much time.
Also my efforts to Pomodoro and take a break every half hour somehow get forgotten when I’m working so intensely. This relates to the not-doing as there’s stuff I might squeeze into these breaks except I don’t take them.
This week was unsatisfactory as it was all nonfiction. I cover Carrboro Town Council for The Local Reporter and this week was their last meeting until September. They had a lot on their agenda. Sitting and watching a 4.5 hour streaming meeting and recording the key moments is more work than you might think. I did have one story, published, about expansion plans for the Kidzu Children’s Museum.
The rest of the time I continued proofing the first 30,000 words of Savage Adventures. I got it done but still have to go back and confirm some of my details about the books are correct. It’s definitely looking like September will be pushing it to finish the book. I’m not definitely postponing yet, though.
I sat down and mapped out a rough schedule for my Jekyll and Hyde film book. It’s a lot of work but it’s doable without knocking myself out the way I did for The Aliens Are Here. The list of movies I need to see is much smaller.
And that was it. No Atomic Junk Shop — getting all my blogging done on Friday is proving harder than I’d hoped. No fiction (sigh). No submitting stories — I came across one market that might be good for Obolus but I balked at $10 for an 8,000 word piece.
Efficient scheduling can’t solve everything, just some things.
#SFWApro. Luke Cage cover by Billy Graham, Doc Savage by James Bama. All rights to images remain with current holders.
