I am over here in my hot ass apartment burning up and wishing I was elsewhere. The vision boards I started to create a few months back? I took them down when I got back from Cali. They originally gave me an initial sense of order...but it wasn't enough because I was still so scattered and unclear. Honestly my trip away was one thing that helped center me. I have a better sense of where to search but the jobs aren't coming my way. I guess it's the recession.

One thing I need to work on is routine. I've gotten better at dealing with procrastination over the years but I still find myself battling some elements of it. Namely, my tendency to go about completing tasks on my daily agenda in an unstructured way and then suddenly finding myself on various social networking sites for way too long. Which means I ultimately get less done during the course of a day. Oh trust, this is much better than getting NOTHING done, which used to be the story of my LIFE, but I know I can be a lot more productive if I become a bit more routinized. For instance, in addition to applying to jobs, I want to type up all of the poetry that I've written. I just want to have the poems available in case I ever decide I want to publish anything. Not that I consider myself a master poet. But I think at least some of my stuff is good. But I haven't gotten to that yet, and I planned to type up 50 poems this week (10 per day).

But the night is not over. I can still get some poems typed up if I start within 10 minutes, which I will do. But first, let me show you the intentions I've set for the week. These are the things I want to be able to look back on come Sunday evening and say I've done. I'll bold the item whenever I've completed a task:

♥ Go to yoga class
♥ Do yoga at home twice
♥ Type 50 poems - typed 20ish
♥ Research ideas for Zane's book project
♥ Spend 15-20 hours searching for jobs (3-4 hours per day)
♥ Research getting the bonus I was supposed to get from my school for missing very few days
♥ Get my fingerprinting issues straightened out so I can tutor kids - mofos still playing around
♥ Get my eyebrows threaded
♥ Go to bed by 2 AM each night - did this two nights
♥ Eat a very balanced diet all week - mostly

Ok, in the spirit of that last intention, I'm going to sign off and eat dinner. I may add to this list if I missed something important!!