Proactive Procrastination

The meaning of the word “productive”

shannybeth — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:36:42 +0000

Today, I have:

1. done 3 loads of laundry
2. packed my kitchen
3. packed my bathroom
4. finished packing my bedroom
5. finished packing the living room
6. retained my sanity (close call, though)

And, it’s only 7:30 p.m. Now I’m off to a Christmas/Chanukah party, and am oh-so-excited to try my first manischevitz, which my loving boyfriend has lovingly referred to as “Jew wine” (he gets away with this because he is one). If we can muster the time/energy, we’re also going to put up the Christmas tree. There will be latkes. Oh, there will be latkes. I love my blended life!

Tomorrow is the big move! In the rain! Weeee!

A thousand words…

tentativetori — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:49:35 +0000

Figured the picture could say it better than I could....

Guerrilla

shannybeth — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:04:46 +0000

Little check in from Thurs, and then I’ll explain to you all why I have been, and will continue to be, AWOL.

1. Got haircut. Love it.
2. Did about 2 hours of resume/cover letter work. Need to send that one today.

On Thursday I found out I got a fantastic apartment in the Mission! I could not be more excited. This resolves many, many things, plus my new roommate, Maria, is freakin’ fabulous! This place is so warm and inviting, it makes me melt. After a few developments, I’m pushing hard to find someone to take over my El Cerrito spot (you know anybody? It’s cheap and pretty.) so that I can move THIS Saturday. As in 5 days from now. Therefore, I will be AWOL a lot this week as I guerrilla declutter and pack. So much to do and figure out!

Weekly goals:
1. Stop holding onto old sentimental crap and college notebooks/binders. Throw away. Be free.
2. Pack.

I sincerely hope there’s some time for job searching in there.

Golden

tentativetori — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:39:04 +0000

Feeling so good today, this being my last day of Sanskrit. I’m almost home free. I’ve neglected so much this week, this semester, because of the weight of a class that never really counted for anything. Silly me. Today I will accomplish my goals. I can feel it.
1. Finish my paper.
2. Clean my trash pit– oops I mean room!

Muah!!

Catch up

shannybeth — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:41:45 +0000

I was uber productive yesterday, and I’m still behind (I blame Thanksgiving. Tryptophan coma for days). I worked for hours on the WF, and I’m getting caught up there. Of course, the more you work, the more work there is to do, so I’ll never really be caught up. I still have a bunch of research to do for it, but corresponding with people is so time consuming. Blerg.

I did a lot of other busy work yesterday. Did some laundry. Figured out where the Christmas tree is going to go. Caught up with a number of friends on the telephone (I’m generally bad at this, so, even though it’s a Pro-Pro moment, I’m considering it a win). Downloaded some holiday tunes for my sweetie’s work holiday party. (He’s Jewish and in Kenya, so kind of gets a free pass on this one. But, seriously, why put a Jew in charge of holiday music when we all know there are only 4 Hanukkah songs, and 3 of them are Adam Sandler?!) I cooked. I cleaned. I felt very productive all day, but I still have a crap ton to do. Did not go grocery shopping. Did not apply for any jobs.

Today:
1. Haircut. My. Hair. Is. Gross.
2. Spend a minimum of 3 hours applying for jobs.

Ugh

shannybeth — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:54:07 +0000

Seriously, could I be any less attentive to Pro-Pro and life right now? Probably not. I had various things going on in the city all day yesterday, so was sans internet, which is my excuse for not having been on here since Monday. In the debacle of the day, I needed to get a suit for the interview I have on Friday, and went to 3 (yes, 3) H&Ms yesterday, and had to get the pieces at two different stores. Reed ick ewe less. There was more to it than that, but I’ll spare you the gory details. You’re welcome.

So, to recap: Monday, I studied for the GRE and didn’t get much else accomplished. Yesterday: went to a couple of meetings and did a little networking, got a suit, miraculously got a resume out. Also checked out Rickhouse in the city for drinks with a friend, which has an excellent vibe, but paltry profferings for the mixed drinks. I’d stick with beer or wine, where you get the average pour. (Although, the mixed drink that I had was AMAZING – some berry concoction with sparkling wine. Nom!)

Today:
1. Lots of WF work to be done.
2. Grocery shopping.

I’ve been procrastinating all morning on things like phone calls with two of my favorite people and playing with my list of what shall now be known as the best Christmas music compilation of all-time. With the best name. Christmas Tunes: we jammin like a bowlful of jelly. I think I’m cute.

Dragging my feet

tentativetori — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:01:37 +0000

Goals today:

1. Have a successful meeting with new photography clients (it’s a biggy!).
2. Get further with my paper (twas due monday and tori botched her syllabus reading skills).

Gotta get somewhere today!

Sucking at life right now…

tentativetori — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:23:07 +0000

Missed a paper deadline. Shameful. So much coming up this week I am feeling a wee bit hectic.

Not really news. Just wanted to say so.

Amen.

tentativetori — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:56:17 +0000

Hey Shan! You wrote exactly what I was going to write in your last entry. So I will just add a simple “amen”.

And my goals for today:

1. Unpack, maybe clean my room a little.

2. Write intro for one of my papers.

Here’s hopin!

Back in the saddle

shannybeth — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:14:56 +0000

Hey! How about if I ignore Pro-Pro (and anything even remotely related to “work”) all weekend and then come back after 4 days and write about the exact same stuff? Awesome!

Today’s goals:
1. Apply for jobs. Something. Anything. Anywhere. (Okay, those last two aren’t really true.)
2. GRE studyingapalooza (while watching Monday Night Football, clearly).