Been thinking recently about priorities and how I’m going to make enough time for all of them.
Made a list of Stuff I Do:
With family (includes Paco)
Reading
- For pleasure
- “Professional”
Blogging
- Here
- LINT
- Comments
Games
Watching tv/movies
Exercise
Quiet time
Language stuff
- learning new
- working with existing
This is in rough order of priority, or maybe that should be order of frequency.
I haven’t added writing to this list, something I want to do more of. I had my Emsig yesterday (MPOW’s version of the annual appraisal - stands for Managing for Continuous Improvement and Growth - the MCIG, everyone calls it Emsig - sounds like an agricultural production target in a command economy or something…). The Boss is keen for me to keep writing. I’m finding that although I don’t find always the process particularly easy, I do enjoy getting my thoughts on paper (or onscreen). I volunteered to work on a couple of papers, after telling The Boss that LINT folks are working on another at the moment. Which reminded me that I was meant to have converted my two conference papers from last year into journal articles.
I don’t really have any strategies for making more time, apart from watching less tv and spending less time on games. As it is, I’m not spending all that much time on both these days.
Looking at the list, it occurs to me that I would like to have exercise as a higher priority. I don’t think quiet time is high enough on the list, either. Language stuff is too low on the list, but this might change soon, as M and I are going to be attending Dutch language class soon.
The only item on the list that is completely non-negotiable is family time, but that’s as it should be, I think.
