Goals Check-In: Week 4 of 9 (Spring)

[elainegrey]

The new glasses photo doesn't show how long my hair had gotten. I got it chopped off to my usual chopped off length yesterday. This feels short to me, because i do get used to the longer hair so quickly. But then looking through the photos of me in the LJ scrapbook, it seems i document myself at this hair length more often. Probably, when it's long, i end up wearing it up far more often.

"You look so much younger," the stylist kept saying. I think it was how i tried to relax and let my headache drain away while she washed and styled my hair that made me look younger.

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Cranky: the global (well, Germany to California) meeting that is at 6 am in CA didn't happen today. Someone decided there were conflicts so he's moving it to Easter Monday. Hello, if you have rigid three week iterations, with a scheduled kickoff meeting, you don't go willy-nilly wibbling it around when other folks may be doing what they can to keep that time sacrosanct.

I don't think i'm really pissed off, just tired of the Not Thinking and Not Communicating.

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@RuTemple passed on a quotation yesterday. It turns out it is from a poem, "The Best Friend":

NOW shall I walk
    Or shall I ride?
"Ride", Pleasure said;
    "Walk", Joy replied.

Now what shall I --
    Stay home or roam?
"Roam", Pleasure said;
    And Joy -- "stay home."

Now shall I dance,
    Or sit for dreams?
"Sit," answers Joy;
    "Dance," Pleasure screams.

Which of ye two
    Will kindest be?
Pleasure laughed sweet,
    But Joy kissed me.

~W.H. Davies

I found the division between pleasure and joy helpful. Pleasure isn't necessarily how i think of my choices, but there is a, "What do i have energy for now?" question to contrast with, "What will deepen my energy reserves?" I think Joy is when that energy flows easily and (seemingly?) abundantly. The choice for the moment may be for something i believe i have insufficient energy, like exercise, but in the longer view, it should help the energy flow better.

To frame that as choosing joy -- which it is -- is a bit more motivating.

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I do feel i am a little less depressed than i had been, so i think i'm slowly moving in the right direction.

One of the energy things is whether i should go to Where Camp this Saturday. I "should" go because it is a chance for me to expose myself to a geekdom that i'd like to have more time in, and that's the same way i feel about the Berkeley "Statute of Anne" Copyright celebration.

Spend the spoons or not?

The Copyright thing is off my list with no guilt. WhereCamp is close by and has no logistical issues. I could bike. I can stop by after Meeting on Sunday. It's still hard, but i can't close it off my list.

Current conference line up:
* evening Wednesday 7 April (Santa Clara): “What the Surprising Failure of Data Anonymization Means for Law and Policy.”
* May 17-19, 2010: IIW10 (Mountain View): internet identity workshop
* June 21-25 (Raleigh, North Carolina -- hey, annie_r & lola_kristine): inCommon's CAMP & Advanced CAMP.



0. time ------------------------

* Potential things to do:
** [2→1] Visit the Prel--- library (to get rid of books, sooner?)
** [1→3] Find a time to have brunch with St-- Mig-- (March?)
** [2→X] Time from work to attend Berkeley Statute of Anne April 9-10 ?
** [3→2] time aside for taxes and possible "war tax" protest
** [3→X] meeting retreat
** [3→?] wherecamp
I need vacation time for June, so i'm definitely saving my personal days (i'll have 2 in June)
Season begins with 11.67 d, and i'll earn 3.3. If i take the contingency time plus the whim, i'll have used up what i earned for the period.

* Potential 2.5d = recovery time around the retreat and wherecamp if i go. Prel-- library may need a wed afternoon off.
* Whim 11-12 Mar: 1.375 days

w4/9: decided Prel--: in late April, not going to connect with JH. Still waffling on WhereCamp: but will take the Friday, not the Monday. *NOT* going to the meeting retreat because of creek clean up and meeting up with some friends.


1. SELF ------------------------
* incorporate more movement into my life
* finish strategy
* sketch out goals for coming seasons?
* need some sort of to-do experiment practice (just the calendar thingie & yams?)

w3/9 plan to do ten "squats" before bed because that's part of the exhausting part of cleaning the deck. Try getting in a mile walk/20 min daily. (Did do squats last night & a mile on the treadmill) Just mapped a mile walk at work.
w4/9: squats are working out (while brushing teeth) but not so much the movement. The other three goals now seem more possible. I'll look at strategy & goals this week.


2. F&F ------------------------
* call Grandmama once a month at least
* post things to Granddad once a month
* March: thank yous & spring/easter (Apr 4) notes
w2/9: goal for this week: thank you notes
w3/9: continue to target ty notes. Also, have been thinking about corresponding with nephews.
w4/9: Notes still to do & will combine with Easter/spring. Delays partly due to photofinisher FUBAR.

3. COM ------------------------
* -.Lib continue to focus on completing the review of donations,
cataloging new books, establishing process
* -.over continue coordinate committees. Next fall shift to something else?
* [creek] news gathering every month
w1/9:Continued work on creek news and oversight. A little on library.
w2/9: Lots of energy in these three priorities. Dewey research for library.
w3/9: Need to reinvigorate oversight work, have been on hiatus since meeting on Thursday.
w4/9: Yay, going OK

4. WORK ------------------------
* write one story about my work history each month,
good or bad, unresolved, proud moment. 12 months, twelve years.
* [as time? 03, 07, 08?] books picked out by the reading group in the home office
** March http://brevity.org/misc/bestswi.html
** April (on hold at MVPL) Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day
* performance appraisals
** Feb H-C
** Apr B-B
** Apr S-E
w1/9:No action
w2/9: no action: Goal - finish B-B's late 90d, begin H-C
w3/9: same as 2/9
w4/9: late on H-C now but finished B-B (need to do B-B & S-E this month) Write March story.

5. CRT ------------------------
* crochet
** mom's apron for mother's day
** Christine's gloves
* painting the 4x4 meditation painting?
* April is National Poetry month: He1icopter Stories?
w/3/9: ... a white flower during torture talk
w 4/9: finished gloves YAY. Continuing to fiddle with white flowers.


6. HOME ------------------------
* Meeting donation once a month
* Plan when to give to Save the Bay, Sierra Club, other orgs with Christine
* box all CDs in CD boxes from moving (organized as can be done)
** my job is to alphabetize
* craig's list the shelves
* DECK
** clean -- how? how much?
** new plants?
* Spring decor
* Beltane decor
w1/9:Began alphabetization, maybe 1/5th? (less)
w2/9: significant alphabetzn. Deck is cleaner. Goal: weekend spring decor (Use some Easter stuff one last time then donate for Harvest Festival?) Get CDs back in shelves?
w3/9: spring decor, started vacuuming ceiling (needed before carpet cleaning). ...don't think i need new plants except for herbs. Not going to try vegetables this year.
w4/9: spring decor/ceiling finished. Made rough draft of philant for year with Christine. TODO: Back to CDs in hall. Stick meeting donation in box.