21 for 2021: a new list and an update
Week 53: week of 28 December 2020I’m not sure if the last week of the year was week 53 of 2020 or week 1 of 2021. Or if was both. Or if it really matters. (My Travelers Notebook 2021 diary tells me it was week 53 of 2020 and...
A new word for a new year?
I enjoyed having a break between Christmas and New Year that was long enough to do a thorough review of 2020 and of what I achieved, what I didn’t achieve and what I want to focus on in 2021. One of the things I did was to consider what...
2020 in review
Susannah Conway’s Unravel Your Year 2021 workbook asks you to describe the year just gone by in three words. It’s left open to you how you interpret this: you could, I imagine, choose three words that describe the year from a global perspective, from a personal perspective or anywhere...
20 for 2020: week 52
Week of 21 December 2020 My 20 for 2020 list. 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...
20 for 2020: week 46
Week of 9 November 2020My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week?Put the phone down! Not unconsciously check Instagram. Move more. Not stay sitting down in one place for too long. So, how did that go then?This work has been very busy at...
20 for 2020: week 45
Week of 2 November 2020 My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week?Learn to identify early warning signs of becoming distressed in overwhelming situations and removing myself instead of trying to push through because I “have to” stay somewhere. So, how did that...
20 for 2020: week 44
Week of 26 October 2020 My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week? Be calm and enjoy my break. Not go back to work on Thursday and get agitated as soon as I walk in the door. So, how did that go then?...
20 for 2020: week 40
Week 40: Week of 28 September My 20 for 2020 list. What did I want to do better this week? Learn about different ways to get stuff done because planning and scheduling isn’t working for me. So, how did that go then? I’ve been vascillating between thinking I am...
20 for 2020: week 30
Week of 20 July My 20 for 2020 list. In my quest to find a regular time to sit down and focus on my creative work for longer than 10 or 15 minutes snatched here and there, I thought Tuesday afternoons might be a good time. Except for the...
20 for 2020: week 21
Week 21: Week of 18 May My 20 for 2020 list. After I handed my uni assignment in last Sunday (thing 8) I felt completely drained and flat and certainly not inspired to start thinking about the rest of the work and the next assignment, which I think is...