20 for 2020: week 52
Week of 21 December 2020
What did I want to do better this week?
Keep pushing with the morning planning routine at work.
So, how did that go then?
I didn’t do it. I did, however, start to set up what I hope is a better way to manage my work that will make it easier for me to keep track of things and I’m going to try to use this routine as part of that next year. I’m off work for a week now. Not going to think about pre-work routines. Or work at all.
On to 20 for 2020
This week was the last full week of 2020 so, even though I still have a few days left of the year, I know I’m not going to get any of the remaining things finished. I decided to do my monthly review for Unravel Your Year on Sunday and then to focus next week on an annual review, as well as starting to plan for 2021. That will include making my 21 for 2021 list and exploring my “word” for 2021 using Susannah Conway’s other workbook, Find Your Word 2021.
So my final tally of how I went in my 22 things for 2020, at 29 December 2020 and unlikely to change, is:
- Things completed: 18/22
- Things I worked on but didn’t finish: 3/22 (the Photoshop course, the home studio and the graphics tablet)
- Things I didn’t do: 1/22 (the fermenting class that got cancelled because of covid)
All up, I think it’s a pretty good result.
What did I achieve this week?
My regular check in: I kept up to date with my weekly photojournal and my Hobart Street Corners project.
I had some upsetting news that has shaken me up and I’ve not really been able to focus on much else. It’s not something I’m ready to share and it doesn’t directly involve me, but it is going to have an impact on my life over the coming months and it will mean I need to be gentler on myself for a while. I suppose it will also be an opportunity for me to learn to not try and change things that are outside my control.
As well as that, I had some exciting news, which is that one of my photos was chosen as a winner in the Open House Hobart photo competition for 2020.
I was super happy about this, and it was all the more rewarding because I had made the photo with my 50mm lens as part of my 50 photos challenge (thing 9). At the start of the Open House weekend, I was a little annoyed at myself for having timed the challenge to coincide with the weekend so I wouldn’t be able to use my 10-22mm lens, which is the lens I normally use to photograph buildings. But rules are rules and the wide-angle lens was locked away from temptation. I’m so glad I stuck with the challenge and only used the 50mm lens as it proved to me that I can make decent architectural photos without a wide-angle lens and has inspired me to keep experimenting with this lens.
What didn’t go so well?
I’m going to say I did as well as I could this week, and that’s enough.
What do I want to do better next week?
Be kind to myself, get as much rest as I need, and be present with the people I care about.
Summary for the week
- Things completed this week: 0
- Things completed to date: 18 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22)
- Things I progressed: 0
- Things in progress I didn’t progress: 3 (7, 11, 17)
- Things not started: 1 (19)
- Days I did my morning planning routine at work (Goal = 4): 0
- Days I worked on my art (Goal = 2): 2
- Days I read a book (Goal = 7): 7
- Days I did yoga stretches (Goal = 7): 0
- Days I shut my computer down before 10.15 (Goal = 7): 7
- Days I went for a walk in the afternoon (Goal = 7): 6
- Days I had a lunch break away from my desk (Goal = 4 work days): 3
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