I am minutes away from beginning the third stretch of my Fall 09 Grading Challenge Extravaganza, wherein I behave like a logical person and divide my grading up and eschew past practices involving grading marathons (two papers, an exam, and a final grade all in one sitting? Bring it on!) and mass consumption of gummi worms to accomplish the latter. In a way, I'd rather do the marathon, both for the pain of charging through and the glory of reaching the finish line. However, this new way is probably best for all parties involved.I am looking forward to a lighter work load next week, and some writing, at long last. I've been pretty much sequestered this week due to grading.
I've noticed that I haven't been setting too many goals for myself, aside from the 3 poems before 2010 and the Grading Challenge Extravaganza. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. I wish I set some arbitrary (read: easy) goals once in a while. Maybe I will get to that when the grading is done.
Anyone out there particularly pro (or anti) goal-setting? I need to post this in order to meet my goal of beginning grading at 9 am. Thirty seconds left...
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My current goal is to feed my 'muse' as much as possible so I can hit the ground running next September when my daughter starts Kindergarten. I'm also taking notes for a new project I'm mulling. I'm not too big on goal setting, but sometimes these tasks are what I need to keep going.
I like the distinction between tasks and goals. And I can't believe your daughter is starting K soon. Where did the time go? (Though Ray only has one more year before K...yikes).
I end every evening with a post-it note. On the left are goals for the week (submit xnumber of things! revise 30 pages of novel! call grandpa!) , and also the absolutes (clean cat box, buy groceries). On the right, an hour-by-hour plan of the coming day. Note becomes my bookmark, and is written anew every evening with more goals, hopefully some subtracted, and a new OCD attempt at ordering the next day.
Being ambitious, I must write very small.
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