Check this off the scorecard!

For the past two years I have been managing a project to standardize data entry across the University. Well, today I received the official published copy of the LIU Raiser's Edge Data Entry Manual.

And let me tell you, it felt GOOD. IT was finally finished (at least until it needs to be reviewed and edited in 2 years). I'm gonna go home and have a glass of wine to celebrate!

~ Cheers!

My Desk Produces Paper (1.10.11)

My desk tends to produce paper. There must be some scientific marvel at work here: I clear my desk. Go to lunch. Return and miraculously, there is a pile of paper there waiting or me!

It is only Monday. By Friday, this pile will inevitably grow much larger.

Sometimes these magical appearances reoccure before I am able to eliminate the previous pile, eventually creating a veritable mountain of paper to go through. Can you say frustrating? Over the next few months I am embarking on an experiment to handle all paper that comes to my desk as follows:
Categorize it
Organize it's importance
Assign a day of the week to handle it
File it by the day it is to be done

Think this will work? Cross your fingers and knock on wood with me.

24-7-365 (1.6.2011)

Being that it's now break between semesters--proverbially called winter break--I should be able to relax and regroup. How confused I am by this thought! I am still equally busy and my To-Do List is equally large and growing daily.

In a moment of curiousity. I did some math and calculated that in order to keep up with my growing list, I would need an extra 3.5 hours in the day. I broke it down as follows:

7 hours of sleep (minimum with 8 preferred)
8 hours of work at the office
1.5 hours of yoga
3 hours eating
1.5 hours traveling to and from work
1 hour of cleaning
2 hours of reading/writing/sketching/thinking/researching/planning
1.5 hours of household tasks
2 hours of writing

But to be honest, if I had that extra time, I'd still fill it and ask for more activities. Perhaps the secret is to do the best with the tools--or hours--at hand.

Back Work!

Cometh Wall Street Journal

Low! Faithful Wall Street Journal!
How thou doth greet this poor reader at work every morning without fail!

Evey morning, I get a copy of the WSJ delivered to my office. It offers all sorts of pearls of information. Last week, it advised me on how to pair colored tights with dresses and pumps/shooties! On occasion, they pile up a bit (today I had a pile of 6!), but they offer needed respite from my glaring computer screen.