The productivity report returns
Feb. 4th, 2009 10:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Two weeks ago, I had all the time in the world. Now with the new job and a bunch of other stuff that's landed on my plate, I find myself suddenly submerged in the world of twenty gazillion things to do at once. Quite an adjustment. My brain threatened to explode a couple times yesterday and today, but thankfully, the bomb squad got in there and defused it before it was too late. Basically, I started to feel a little overwhelmed by the new job yesterday (ah, grant deadlines, how little I have missed you). But I gave myself a "you can do this" pep talk and reminded myself that it's going to feel crazier the first week when I'm still familiarizing myself with the organization's programs. That helped, and all is well. Busy, but well.
On that note, the productivity report for the past few days:
Reading: Finished Musicophilia and enjoyed it very much. It doesn't come to any grand conclusions about music and the brain, but the stories and various conditions described are extremely fascinating, especially to a music nerd like me. I think if I read something like this in or before college, I suspect I would have pursued music therapy instead of a performance degree.
This morning I plowed through a book on boards for performing arts organizations that my boss wanted me to read. Useful info for my line of work, though not an overly exciting read. Tomorrow I'm hoping to start Prime Codex, which has been sitting on my shelf for far too long. I will make a dent in this huge pile of unread books this year. Oh, yes.
Exercise: Pilates on Monday, slacked on Tuesday due to craziness, 20 minutes on the elliptical strider today
Music: Had chorus rehearsals Monday and tonight, and got in some piano practice on Tuesday
Writing: The writing fell by the wayside last week, but I finally got back to it today. I only wrote for about an hour (maybe a little more), but I got in about 500 words on the zombie story. That's actually pretty darn good compared to most of my writing days these past few weeks.
On that note, the productivity report for the past few days:
Reading: Finished Musicophilia and enjoyed it very much. It doesn't come to any grand conclusions about music and the brain, but the stories and various conditions described are extremely fascinating, especially to a music nerd like me. I think if I read something like this in or before college, I suspect I would have pursued music therapy instead of a performance degree.
This morning I plowed through a book on boards for performing arts organizations that my boss wanted me to read. Useful info for my line of work, though not an overly exciting read. Tomorrow I'm hoping to start Prime Codex, which has been sitting on my shelf for far too long. I will make a dent in this huge pile of unread books this year. Oh, yes.
Exercise: Pilates on Monday, slacked on Tuesday due to craziness, 20 minutes on the elliptical strider today
Music: Had chorus rehearsals Monday and tonight, and got in some piano practice on Tuesday
Writing: The writing fell by the wayside last week, but I finally got back to it today. I only wrote for about an hour (maybe a little more), but I got in about 500 words on the zombie story. That's actually pretty darn good compared to most of my writing days these past few weeks.