By Jennifer McStotts, on March 17th, 2011
No, thank you for helping me procrastinate.
I have taken on far too much this semester, as I think I have mentioned before, but right now I am on spring break. So far, this break has consisted of a weekend of relaxation (much needed), getting some very important (read: overdue) housework and errands done, the answering of . . . → Read More: Thank you for your submission
By Jennifer McStotts, on February 19th, 2011
I grew up very familiar with the idea of hurry-up-and-wait. My dad brought the saying forward from his time in the Marines, and it often popped up in his aviation career. My mother, in turn, saw more than her fair share in thirty-plus years as a secretary, a job largely defined by the ability . . . → Read More: Hurry Up and Bite Your Nails
By Jennifer McStotts, on February 4th, 2011
I’ve blogged before about my need for structure and a schedule, as well as my problem of going overboard. Since my last post on list-need, I soothed myself by making a 12″ x 18″ calendar of the next four weeks’ classes and assignments as well as the major deadlines I have coming up. Before you think . . . → Read More: Overboard, Overtake, Overwhelm
By Jennifer McStotts, on January 25th, 2011
As always, around this time of year, I’m struggling with that feeling of floundering in tasks I might forget or not start in time or already not have time to do or already have forgotten. I have a tendency to over-make lists, or I have in the past. Relying, constantly, on a to do list . . . → Read More: List-Need
By Jennifer McStotts, on January 2nd, 2011
And if it helps me to make New Year’s Resolutions, then who are they to say I shouldn’t make a (quote-unquote, trumpeting fanfare) New Year’s Resolution?
That said, I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions. . . . → Read More: New Year’s Resolutions = B+
By Jennifer McStotts, on December 5th, 2010
For the month of December, I’m participating in Reverb 10, a writing initiative to reflect on 2010 and manifest what we want in 2011. Each day there is a writing prompt, and on December 1, the prompt was:
One Word.
Encapsulate the year 2010 in one word. Explain why you’re choosing that word. Now, imagine it’s one year . . . → Read More: One Word for the Year
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