I am a professional musician, worship leader, small business owner, and freelance writer with a chemical engineering degree. But that's just my resume; my profile of qualifications is only one of the ways in which I am unique. Here I chronicle my personal and professional goals and my efforts to achieve them. Occasionally I fail. Mostly, I take daily baby steps toward all my long-term goals. Much like the stories I pen, the songs I compose, and the businesses I run, I am always a work in progress.
Sadly, because they're different services. How great if I could just do the same thing twice. But I have the band at 9:30, and it's just me and my guitar at 11:15. Some 9:30 songs can't be done at 11:15 because I don't have drums and things. That, plus, I have more responsibility over worship stuff at 11:15, so sometimes I need to help plan the children's message, confessions, activities done around tables (this service isn't in the pews) - that sort of thing. At 9:30 I'm strictly responsible for music.
The bummer is, 11:15 isn't taking off. So it feels like a lot of work for very few (if any) people each week. That might be part of what's sapping my enthusiasm.
Posted: 11-16-2009 @ 7:55 am EST Edited: 11-17-2009 @ 8:18 pm EST
I dropped my phone in a margarita. I find myself suddenly phoneless.
Launch one new Potbelly song per week.
Pending.
Post at WordPress at least once per month.
Pending.
Launch one new Praise Band song per month. Goal met.
Write one new original song per month.
In progress, working on "Invalid Item" . I marked this complete yesterday, but honestly, while I have the entire chord progression down, I'm still working out the melody. If I get it launch-ready by the end of the week, I can kill two birds with one stone!
Write new lyrics once per day through November.
Fail.
Earn at least $60 per pay period at Textbroker.
In progress. My $7.70 article was accepted, and I signed up for an $8.40 article (in progress.)
Current Balance: $17.70, due date: 11/20/09. Gah. I have some catching up to do.
Earn at least $25 per month at Helium.
In progress.
Current Balance: $7.50, due date: 11/24/09.
Resign from Abbott by 6/1/10.
In progress.
Achieve a weight of 145.0 by Thanksgiving.
Trying-ish, but bordering on utter failure.
Weight: 153.4
Meals:
7:00am ZonePerfect Indulgence bar (3) YUMMEH!
7:30am Coffee (1)
8:30am Almonds (1) and coffee (1)
10:30am Mini Snickers bar (0.5)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7)
6:30pm Chai (1)
7:30pm Six or seven pieces Donatos pizza (14) and three pieces garlic bread (6)
Yep. I'm a {e:pig}.
11:30pm Three wings (3)
TOTAL POINTS: 37.5
Current real estate goal: Organize garage.
No activity.
Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day. Goal met, and I finally finished Silhouette in Scarlet. On to Trojan Gold, the next Vicky Bliss mystery by Elizabeth Peters.
Business: Location. Start looking into real estate opportunities.
No activity.
Business: Music Instruction Books.
In progress. I've been working on some Christmas songs for my kids, for which I will own the copyright and eventually publish for my music students.
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