20 for 2020: week 19
My 20 for 2020 list. Week of 4 May This was week 2 of the third unit of my uni course (thing 8). Our lecturer said this means we are more than half way through, unless you are counting assignments, in which case we’ll be half way through when...
20 for 2020: week 18
My 20 for 2020 list. I signed up for a new Photoshop course during the week. It’s by one of the instructors of the other course I’m doing (thing 7) and when I got the email advertising the course at a massive discount I thought for ages about whether...
20 for 2020: week 17
Week 17: week of 20 April My 20 for 2020 list. This was another slow week for my 20 for 2020 list. There are some things I won’t be able to do while we are in death virus lockdown, such as getting my sewing machine fixed (thing 2) and...
20 for 2020: week 15
Week 15: Week of 6 April My 20 for 2020 list. I’ve lost count of the number of weeks since we have been in the world of covid-19, where no one is supposed to go out unless they are going to work or school, getting essential supplies or medical...
20 for 2020: week 14
Week of 30 March My 20 for 2020 list. Things continue to change in the world at a rapid rate as the covid pandemic wreaks havoc across the world. More and more people from my work are working at home as we are told to stay at home unless...
20 for 2020: week 13
Week of 23 March My 20 for 2020 list: https://thesleepydwarf.wordpress.com/20-for-2020/ This week was a bit of a blur trying to get a grip on what’s going on in the world during the covid pandemic and what it means for me, my family, my work, Kramstable’s schooling . . . My...
20 for 2020: week 12
Week of 16 March My 20 for 2020 list. This week has been one of upheaval and uncertainty, and I’m sure everyone else is feeling this too with the daily changes to circumstances resulting from the global COVID-19 pandemic. These are strange times, unprecedented in my lifetime, and I...
20 for 2020: week 10
Week of 2 March My 20 for 2020 list. On Monday, I started my alcohol-free month (thing 5). I did it in March last year as part of 19 for 2019 and decided to repeat it this year. A few weeks ago I came across The Alcohol Experiment by...
The strategy of monitoring
If you’re familiar with Gretchen Rubin’s work, you may know about her Four Tendencies framework. This is a framework that attempts to explain how people respond to expectations and why strategies that work brilliantly for some people (such as having an accountability buddy) don’t work at all for others....
20 for 2020: week 9
My 20 for 2020 list. Week of 24 February For my uni course (thing 8), I have five weeks to undertake a project to apply some of the things I’ve learned in the unit to my workplace. There was lots to think about from last week’s workshop and I’ve come...