Done yesterday (20110110 Mo)

[mdlbear]

0110 Mo
  * up 6:30; W=199.6; drugs, nose, teeth; coffee, C, dishes
  @ bodlon | The things we choose to say via ysabetwordsmith 
  @ ebonypearl: Backburner Soup Time! 
  @ catsittingstill: On the recent shootings; a modest proposal 
  * 15min: paper scraps picked up from L. pile; now just random hardware,
    office supplies, etc.  The two boxes still need sorting, of course.
  @ WANT:  Best of Show CES 2011: The Motorola Atrix -- phone + dock = netbook
  * walk: 3mi by the airport (to the small parking lot)
  @ Tracking of Cold Meds Hasn't Curbed Meth Boom - CBS News via ebonyperl
  @ Is the Microsoft-Intel marriage finally over? - InfoWorld
  @ FlyLady.net: Tips to conquer the CHAOS in your home. FLYingLessons
    recommended by many.  This appears to be the main tip index.  Very much
    aimed at stay-at-home housewives, but some useful principles.
  * 15min:  more on the left-hand pile.  random bits to a tray.  Windex.
    -> Win!!  The area's clear and clean.  Under, on, behind, and to the right
       of the monitor stand is, of course, an exercise for another day.
  * with a little more work could put laptop stand on the desk.
    Actually a *lot* more work; would have to go to left of keyboard.  There's
    room, but I'd need to clear out the entire area.  Would be a good idea
    anyway.  --> and I did it!!
  ! accomplished and productive.  Pleased with myself.
  * get gas on the way back from picking up YD at school
  & boot up Sherman.  Needs new CMOS battery.  Upgrade
  @ naamah_darling: According to whom? 
    "I'm not advocating that we go out and take terrorist actions against
     them, but I am also not going to say that there should be room in the
     world for them to believe as they do. It might be okay if they could be
     kept from acting on it -- thinking that abortion is evil, for instance,
     but not voting to keep other women from having them -- but they can't."
    "We shouldn't tolerate advancement of hateful ideas in the name of civil
     discourse. That shit isn't civilized." 
  @ The Decline Effect and the Scientific Method : The New Yorker via firecat Truth decay?
    not really -- more like publication bias at the start, followed by
    attempts at replication that get closer to the real result.
  * bed ~11:15; Snuggle

A very productive day, at least at home: I got the counter to the left of my monitor cleared off, and set up the laptop stand. That's pretty huge; the laptop stand is something I've had on the to.do list for over a year. I feel very pleased with myself.

Of course, I now have three boxes worth of clutter to sort through...

Things at work aren't making anywhere near as good progress, but since the hang-up is over at the opposite end of the code from where I'm working, I'm not going to worry about it too much.

I got a good walk in - 3 miles. Go me!

Some good links under the cut. I've read through most of flylady.com, which has a lot of good 15min-related info and tips (though it's aimed specifically at stay-at-home housewives and is too structured for my taste).

Comments

[itskoi.livejournal.com]

I belonged to Flylady for a while, adapted her ideas to my own. If I have stuff I really want to avoid I find a good netflix tv episode or movie and do 10 minutes watching it, 10 minutes the nasty task. It really makes the work fly by!

For housecleany stuff I broke my place up into areas, like zones but not exactly the same. Monday is Living room, Tuesday is Kitchen, Wednesday is bathroom, Thursday is bedroom, Friday is whatever else that needs it urgently. Usually works pretty good that way. I have a whiteboard list in the hallway - Today, this week (or by x date), as soon as convenient are the headings. I don't need a set day for 'the shopping' or 'the errands' or 'the laundry', I just fit it in around other things in my life.

Your postings about manageable tasks and such have re-inspired me!

[mdlbear]

Yay! Glad you're inspired by them; it's always nice to hear something like that.

[judifilksign.livejournal.com]

Flylady is my online "nagging" service. Often, I am not motivated enough to do my own fifteen minutes without going on one of their missions.

I find the general advice to be pretty good, and the cheerleading neat, although I have to give myself permission not to read it all if I get behind!