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vovatYesterday was Epiphany, so I guess that means Christmas is now officially over. Not that I know too many people who celebrate Christmas after 25 December anyway, but I'm sure you know about my general interest in holidays. School has started again for me, although my professor wasn't there on Tuesday to teach my on-campus class, so I haven't actually been back to campus yet. This quarter, I'm taking the second part of Introduction to Archives on campus, and Electronic Records Management online. Last quarter, I think I kept on top of my assignments pretty well (the final paper for Digital Archives being an exception), but I wasn't really up on participation in the Blackboard discussions. I'm going to make more of an effort to participate this quarter, although it can be difficult for me to think of anything to say.
I haven't been getting that many hours at work recently, which is good in a way since I have schoolwork and all that, but also means I'm making less money. This week, I had three days off in a row, although I have to go back today. And it's a six-hour day, which I kind of dread because the last six-hour day I worked was more tedious than an eight-hour day. Aside from work and school, I still spend most of my time online. I despaired of ever catching up with the stuff I'd missed on LiveJournal and other blogs, so I ended up just skipping a lot of that, and it makes my online time feel like less of a chore. I mean, I don't HAVE to do any of it, so it should be fun, right? Now my main problem is that I have a bunch of videos open, and I rarely have the chance to watch any of them. Also, I'm now following 635 people on Tumblr. Unlike LJ, where adding someone means granting them access to some more personal stuff (not that I've written a locked entry in a long time, mind you), there really isn't any harm to adding people on there. All it usually takes is for someone to come to my attention (usually because they reblogged something from me), and for me to enjoy a few of their posts. I obviously don't even make the effort to check all of them, instead just looking at whatever happens to come up when I get to Tumblr in my regular Internet checks. There are a few Tumblrs I particularly like, however, either because I actually know the people behind them or I just think they have a lot of cool stuff, and I've tried adding them to my Google Reader feed. I guess it's been working out all right, but it makes my feed on there considerably bulkier.
Other than that, life has been pretty steady. I can't really say I'm happy, what with my lack of money and general sense that I'm not contributing anything, but nothing really bad has been happening. My sleep schedule is all screwed up due to my irregular work hours and other obligations, but at least I usually have time to nap. I keep thinking I need to get back into writing (fiction, that is, not blog posts), but it's probably not the best time to do so, with everything else I have going on. When I'm bored, I always come up with ideas for Oz stories and sometimes other stuff as well, but when I actually have the chance to write, I'm no longer interested. I have been reading a fair amount, usually switching between three or so books at the same time. And now I also have school reading to do, so that's a lot of moving back and forth.
I haven't been getting that many hours at work recently, which is good in a way since I have schoolwork and all that, but also means I'm making less money. This week, I had three days off in a row, although I have to go back today. And it's a six-hour day, which I kind of dread because the last six-hour day I worked was more tedious than an eight-hour day. Aside from work and school, I still spend most of my time online. I despaired of ever catching up with the stuff I'd missed on LiveJournal and other blogs, so I ended up just skipping a lot of that, and it makes my online time feel like less of a chore. I mean, I don't HAVE to do any of it, so it should be fun, right? Now my main problem is that I have a bunch of videos open, and I rarely have the chance to watch any of them. Also, I'm now following 635 people on Tumblr. Unlike LJ, where adding someone means granting them access to some more personal stuff (not that I've written a locked entry in a long time, mind you), there really isn't any harm to adding people on there. All it usually takes is for someone to come to my attention (usually because they reblogged something from me), and for me to enjoy a few of their posts. I obviously don't even make the effort to check all of them, instead just looking at whatever happens to come up when I get to Tumblr in my regular Internet checks. There are a few Tumblrs I particularly like, however, either because I actually know the people behind them or I just think they have a lot of cool stuff, and I've tried adding them to my Google Reader feed. I guess it's been working out all right, but it makes my feed on there considerably bulkier.
Other than that, life has been pretty steady. I can't really say I'm happy, what with my lack of money and general sense that I'm not contributing anything, but nothing really bad has been happening. My sleep schedule is all screwed up due to my irregular work hours and other obligations, but at least I usually have time to nap. I keep thinking I need to get back into writing (fiction, that is, not blog posts), but it's probably not the best time to do so, with everything else I have going on. When I'm bored, I always come up with ideas for Oz stories and sometimes other stuff as well, but when I actually have the chance to write, I'm no longer interested. I have been reading a fair amount, usually switching between three or so books at the same time. And now I also have school reading to do, so that's a lot of moving back and forth.
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Date: 2011-01-07 08:42 pm (UTC)You should take the time to remind yourself what you ARE doing, instead of what you aren't doing when you feel like you're not contributing. You are going to school to better yourself. You are working a job to contribute to your own support. You are being a law abiding citizen. You make a conscious thought to try to not be a pain or annoyance to others. :)
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Date: 2011-01-13 06:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-08 10:24 pm (UTC)You might find your mood improves if you throw yourself into a project of some manner== writing or otherwise. And then keep track of your productivity after the fact-- like the person above said, keep track of what you've done rather than what you haven't. An "I Did" list rather than a "To Do" list. I had to do that for awhile the other year. But the more you put off writing, the less you will EVER feel like it. You might want to give yourself a small amount of scheduled writing time and then permission to fill that time with writing whatever garbage comes to mind, then you'll get back into the habit. So they say. I'm still working on that myself.
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Date: 2011-01-13 06:22 pm (UTC)