Glass Half Empty

TODO list before Thursday morning (maelstrom pickup)

• Write email to $person
• Build two fenceposts for tech test
• Build headmounted lens prop
• ICify whistle
• Write reply email to $character - NOPE, deal with it IC
• Paint barrel? - NOPE, no time
• Finish packing (writing kit, leatherworking kit)
• Install MSOffice + other apps on new PC for $person2
• Check with Artisans to make sure all other props will be at the festival
• Acquire Rekordlig and marshmallows for thursday night fireside

Shouldn't be too hard, right? There's LOADS of time until Thursday morning. Kinda wish there wasn't, because then I'd be on the road, but...

The glass: empty

Good morning!

• Up at a sensible hour (0800?)
• Eat a proper breakfast (porridge, coffee)
• Resync with the world (blogs and news)

Workaday (0930-1745)

• Thesis corrections: minimum five items off the list
• 1200: lunch (30 mins)
• Clean up and document the data modelling classes in VA

Evening

• Bearhaus
• Bother Ebay seller about $item
• Order blankets from the Surplus?(do wednesday, to arrive Friday when they can be received)
• Hundredpushups!
• Email brother back

Several of my friends have started keeping todo lists online, for the day, for the weekend, or for whatever period is necessary. They seem to use them as a reminder that they are Succeeding At Life: that things are getting done and that they are a worthwhile person, even if they feel a bit overwhelmed by All The Things.

This seems like an excellent idea, so I'm going to try it for a bit: apologies for the blogspam this will generate.

Equally, they note that sometimes even the little things can be hard, some days. I'm aware that I'm at an extremely low ebb right now, in terms of mental capacity, so my todo list will probably seem weirdly specific or excessively detailed. This is an attempt at using mental resources when I have them (in the evening) to give structure and sense to the day when I don't.

Good Morning!

• Up at a sensible hour (0800?)
• Eat a proper breakfast (coffee, porridge)
• Rediscover the world (read blogs and news sites)

Workaday (0930-1800)

• Thesis Corrections: minimum 5 items off the list
• Answer email from AMS student
• 1200: lunch! (30 minutes)
• Clean up the data modelling classes in VA
• Handle work email

Evening all

• Eat a sensible evening meal
• Tidy up in front of workbench
• Hundredpushups
• Reply to a Maelstrom IC Letter
• Write a Maelstrom prayer
• Attempt a data representation for WitW downtimes.
• Make army-surplus order for blankets etc for Maelstrom
• Bother Ebay seller about $item
• In bed by a sensible time (2330?)

The Glass: drained

So, yesterday I went on the March for the Alternative. More details later. Suffice to say, tired and slightly wibbly today. So, in order to keep the day on target, I'm going to keep a todo list here and see how much of it I can achieve (this idea stolen from certain people on livejournal).

Necessary

• Tinker with SWT...etc (dropped to Monday in the hopes of getting the rest done).
• Write up list of corrections to thesis, organise into .doc for internal supervisor. (not actually complete, but 100 pages processed, that has to count for something)
• Design DT interface for witw1 website, along with db layout etc.
• Wash work-clothes.
• Shower.
• Eat something sensible.

Desirable

• Get down to RedRoaster before they close, get new Yirgacheffe for home and work.
• Begin implementation of witw1 dt pages. (hahahahaha, no, dropped to Monday)
• Tidy workbench and surrounding area.

Optional

• Manufacture new workbench power supply.
• Finish design for new weapons rack.
• Organise old magazines, sacking and fabric stock in shed, discard excess.
• Assemble frame for wax writing-tablet prototype
• Rationalise leather-working stock, design for ODC armour?

This is a typical fucking weekend. What is this I don't even?

The Glass: half-empty