01 January 2012 @ 06:34 pm
Once a day every way  
Once again, it's that time for reflection on the year past! ...And once again, I don't really want to stop and do that, because I'd much rather focus on what's coming up ahead. I dunno if it's a good thing or not that I don't stop and reflect on past years much, but considering I don't think this was one of the better ones, I think I'll just move on to new things.

My main "health" goal this year is to eat at least one vegetable every day. Last year, my goal was to give up soda entirely, and I stuck to it! So sticking with something easy, simple and doable seems to work for me...none of this calorie-counting/meat-and-veggie-only diets or whatever. Just at least one vegetable a day!

I've also decided to keep up a particular schedule for my upcoming days of unemployment. Mentordude suggested I do this for another thing that I was having a lot of trouble motivating myself to do, and it ended up working out really well: just devoting an hour (or two) to the task each day, and no more. So here's what I've got planned out for an 8-hour "work day" starting next week:

- 2 hours for actual jobhunting
- 2 hours for working on storyboard projects (I've got one thumbnailed out that I need to start in on)
- 1 hour off for lunch, dishes and walking the doggie
- 1 hour for working on designs for a social networking game idea I want to add to the portfolio
- 1 hour for working on the reindeer story comic (yes, I am going to make it a comic now!)
- 1 hour for various miscellaneous projects that won't take as long, or for drawing practice.

Obviously, that schedule gets put on the wayside when freelance work or other workthings with a due date come up.

Also, I am going to go ahead and block plurk during those "work hours," since I've discovered that it actually is kind of a huge distraction for me. x_x Plurk will then be un-blocked when I'm done with my work hours.

And just because, here's another LP episode from Kia and I, plus some more waking-up drawings:












Drawing: Not as much, but much coming up

Writing: Tags everywheeeere
 
 
Current Mood: satisfied
Current Location: Lynxland
Current Music: Shadow of the Colossus speedrun
 
 
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Erica: Lose[personal profile] shakesperience on January 2nd, 2012 05:40 am (UTC)
Yeah, my mom was telling me that "consider job hunting your job. get up every day and DO something to find a job"

So that's what I'm going to try. I might make a schedule like yours...and might need to figure out how to block sites like plurk.
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LynxGriffin: Marahute soars[personal profile] lynxgriffin on January 2nd, 2012 05:49 am (UTC)
Yeah, it's just important to keep in mind: DON'T beat yourself up if you don't get something right away, or even in months! Oftentimes, it's just a matter of a right place/right time/right person combination. As long as you do something each day, you're doing fine. Don't let family guilt-trip you otherwise, either, because families can have a habit of doing that in a misguided attempt to "help" you.

*hugs* You'll end up fine no matter what!
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Erica[personal profile] shakesperience on January 2nd, 2012 06:13 am (UTC)
That is also what my mom said. It's difficult with teacher job hunting too because a lot of schools don't start hiring/posting jobs until about April/May and then I'm sure things will be SUPER CRAZY for me as I APPLY TO ALL THE THINGS |D

I'm hoping to find some sub work in the meantime but that will also involve job hunting so, there ya go.

Thanks! I hope things work out for you as well.
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kawaiigami: working hard for the money[personal profile] kawaiigami on January 2nd, 2012 04:45 pm (UTC)
That looks like an awesome schedule, and I think I might make up something similar, though adjusted to allow for the hours spent tutoring and working on things connected to that. Not to mention ALL the housework. Though this week I might focus more on getting organized. :/
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LynxGriffin: Tachigami - god of the sword[personal profile] lynxgriffin on January 2nd, 2012 05:45 pm (UTC)
Sweet, hope that works out! And yeah, I just worked this for stuff that I feel I want/need to get done, but doesn't have much of a due date. XD (I also need to clean up my space this weekend...)
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