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Overall this has been a fairly blah week, all through my own doing—or not doing, as the case may be. Well, there've been good things and bad things.
On the good side, I did finally complete making the 2010 V CD, and got my three copies sent out to the recipients. That was something I agreed to do last May, and I did have an extension at the time because I knew I'd be too busy through June to work on it, but of course I really should've completed it months ago. Still, it's done, I'm fairly pleased with it, and completing it means I get to take it off The List. Also this week I went to see Foals play at the Showbox. The opening bands were both pretty good. Because their new album is moodier and less energetic, Foals' set wasn't as exciting as I'd expected until the last few songs (including the encore), but they definitely delivered with those last songs.
On the bad side, I just haven't been getting out of bed and getting stuff done. Monday I made sure to get out of the house early in the afternoon to run errands, including getting the CDs in the mail, but then when I got home I didn't get anything useful done before the show. Tuesday and Wednesday, I didn't get anything done—I did get to KEXP Wednesday afternoon for my intern work and was productive there, so good, but I could've got other important things done before then. Today, I did my taxes, so that's on the side of being productive and is good. But, I meant to get that done at the start of the week, and the reason I kept putting it off and consequently got nothing done is because I knew it was going to be bad for me. Sure enough, I owe several thousand dollars that I don't have. I don't have it because I earned just enough to keep my mortgage, condo dues, and utilities paid (and even then, not without some help), with the majority of my daily living expenses—food and transportation—adding to credit card debt. And although the bad economy is partly responsible for my situation, I still have to take most of the responsibility for my lack of effort in finding more work.
It's a lousy situation, and I have to do something to change it, as evidenced by the items that have been at the top of The List since I started keeping it back in July. And the evidence that I can do something to change it is stacked against me. If I know I have the capability to make the efforts to find more work, but keep choosing not to make that effort, do I really have the capability? I believe that's a lame excuse. But somehow I find it hard to do.
On the good side, I did finally complete making the 2010 V CD, and got my three copies sent out to the recipients. That was something I agreed to do last May, and I did have an extension at the time because I knew I'd be too busy through June to work on it, but of course I really should've completed it months ago. Still, it's done, I'm fairly pleased with it, and completing it means I get to take it off The List. Also this week I went to see Foals play at the Showbox. The opening bands were both pretty good. Because their new album is moodier and less energetic, Foals' set wasn't as exciting as I'd expected until the last few songs (including the encore), but they definitely delivered with those last songs.
On the bad side, I just haven't been getting out of bed and getting stuff done. Monday I made sure to get out of the house early in the afternoon to run errands, including getting the CDs in the mail, but then when I got home I didn't get anything useful done before the show. Tuesday and Wednesday, I didn't get anything done—I did get to KEXP Wednesday afternoon for my intern work and was productive there, so good, but I could've got other important things done before then. Today, I did my taxes, so that's on the side of being productive and is good. But, I meant to get that done at the start of the week, and the reason I kept putting it off and consequently got nothing done is because I knew it was going to be bad for me. Sure enough, I owe several thousand dollars that I don't have. I don't have it because I earned just enough to keep my mortgage, condo dues, and utilities paid (and even then, not without some help), with the majority of my daily living expenses—food and transportation—adding to credit card debt. And although the bad economy is partly responsible for my situation, I still have to take most of the responsibility for my lack of effort in finding more work.
It's a lousy situation, and I have to do something to change it, as evidenced by the items that have been at the top of The List since I started keeping it back in July. And the evidence that I can do something to change it is stacked against me. If I know I have the capability to make the efforts to find more work, but keep choosing not to make that effort, do I really have the capability? I believe that's a lame excuse. But somehow I find it hard to do.
