Archive for January, 2008

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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

And one thing that’s helping - for no discernibly good reason - is this meditation timer.  I think it’s just less jarring and more inviting than most timers - a nice, gentle way to start and finish.
No satellite guy yet.  Grrrrr.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

In which the title is far more profound than the post.
Actually, I was just going to update a bit while the toddler is being placated by Totoro and the infant is asleep in the Baby Bjorn.
I did my 15 minutes already - yay!  I might even find energy/time for 15 more later in the day, […]

Did my 15 min.

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

It’s late, but I’m glad I did it.  Today was reading, and I found some stuff that (I’ve been putting off reading forever) will probably come in very handy.
I’m actually working on my conference paper for a presentation on Mar. 8; since the paper is part of my 4th chapter, I count this as working […]

Of interest to no one but me

Monday, January 7th, 2008

I did my first 15 minutes of work today.
Yay me.

Goals vs. Resolutions

Monday, January 7th, 2008

So, I said I didn’t want to make any specific resolutions, beyond the working 15 min./day thing (which I haven’t started yet…maybe today?  In between the visit from the satellite people, the gassy, uncomfortable baby, and the feeling-ignored toddler?), but Rose had a great set of goals for 2008 that started calling to me, so […]

The un-resolution

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Every time I’ve tried to make New Year’s resolutions, they’ve never come to fruition.  Partly because I never really respect the resolution - they’re more wish lists than actual commitments.  This year, I’m only making one “resolution,” and even that’s more in the category of “plan” than “promise”: I plan to work on my dissertation […]