To Do List

To Do List (Jerz’s Literacy Weblog)

No recreational blogging for me until I’m done with everything on this list.

  • Write letter of ref for recent grad (deadline was Feb 1; turned in letter Jan 31)

  • Finish new article on a classic work of interactive fiction (deadline was Feb 1; I’ll have it done in a few days) 11 Feb 2007 (A week and a half late, but I hope the editors will feel it was worth it. 85 pages, scores of pictures. This last week I was mostly just writing captions.)

  • Write abstract for special issue article (deadline was Feb 1; already received extension until Feb 8) (17 minutes after midnight on Feb 9 — after spending 20 minutes trying to think up a halfway decent title and failing miserably)

  • Write encyclopedia article (deadline was Feb 1; will have to request long extension or back out of project)

  • Supply feedback to article draft submitted by a blogs researcher seeking advice (been sitting on this since December; will get it done by Feb 5)

  • Supply feedback to undergraduate submitting an abstract to a conference (student’s deadline is Feb 5; aim to send feedback today or tomorrow) Feb 4

  • Supply feedback to undergraduate’s revised independent study paper (been sitting on this for several days; will get to it soon after Feb 8)

  • Finish internal grant proposals for travel to 4Cs (I’ve got my funding, am still seeking funding for 3 undergrads)

  • Eat lunch with faculty colleagues at least once this week Feb 06 (yes, that was a lame one to strike off…)

Oh, yeah, and mark papers and that sort of stuff.

Should I just go cold turkey on my blog until I get through these items? Or should I reward myself by permitting myself to blog for fun each time I cross an item off the list?

Should I stop using this blog entry to procrastinate, and just focus on knocking items off this list?

It’s snowing now; I’m going to head home now before the roads get any worse.

Busy, busy, busy…

Oh, look… an interesting e-mail arrived while I was writing this.

(Later) Okay, I’ve replied. And now I really am going home.

New item for list: Find new ISP host for blogs.setonhill.edu. (Nothing urgent, my host tells me, but he did advise me to start looking.)

4 thoughts on “To Do List

  1. Good luck with all of this! I have a ton of books on my reading lists that are very slowly being opened, read, then annotated, but at least I have my PhD exams as my excuse for not making any other lists for the time being!
    Hope to see you in NYC in March!

  2. Oh, but they are coming off soo slowly!

    On the positive side, I’ve written about 15 brand-new pages on the article I promised to send out a few days ago. I’m zeroing in on finishing that one fast, but my daughter’s nap is over and my wife is calling me out of my seculsion to be a daddy until bedtime…

  3. Glad to see that you are crossing things off your to-do list. I think it is a good idea to reward yourself with something you enjoy when you reach your goal or when you accomplish certain milestones torward reaching your goal.

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