Doing the math
Friday, August 24, 2007
Numbers don't lie. Even when you scribble them quickly so that they're really hard to read.
Maybe it's all the back to school advertising I'm being exposed to right now, but I can't help but feel the need to organize everything. Not that it works for me or anything, mind you, but I did discover a few things using the new math:
1. If I spend 0 hours working on my current WIP, I end up with 0 new pages.
2. For each hour I spend entering contests, I lose approximately one hour of income. Go figure. But you never know, I could win something really, really cool. Who needs to pay the mortgage anyway?
3. The more I feed Zaphod, the bigger he gets (new photos coming soon, I promise).
4. The longer I put something off, the harder it is to do. I think that's a geometric equation...or something about slopes and gravitational pull.
5. If I send 0 article queries I receive, you guessed it, 0 article assignments.
6. If I spend three times the amount of time I anticipated working on a project that I charged out on a flat rate, that totally sucks. To the power of three.
7. All it takes is ONE email with the right idea to the right person at the right time to find a new opportunity.
8. This email can be written in 30 minutes or less, depending.
9. There are 24 hours a day. Sleep for 8, eat for 2 and you still have 14 hours. Spend a little time watching TV or checking blogs and you can still send out at least 10 article queries...or prepare book submission packages/emails. Let the family fend for themselves; you've got work to do!
10. Trying doesn't cost you anything except time. Not trying at all is too expensive for any soul.
Okay, let me get some work done...I've got some emails to write...
Maybe it's all the back to school advertising I'm being exposed to right now, but I can't help but feel the need to organize everything. Not that it works for me or anything, mind you, but I did discover a few things using the new math:
1. If I spend 0 hours working on my current WIP, I end up with 0 new pages.
2. For each hour I spend entering contests, I lose approximately one hour of income. Go figure. But you never know, I could win something really, really cool. Who needs to pay the mortgage anyway?
3. The more I feed Zaphod, the bigger he gets (new photos coming soon, I promise).
4. The longer I put something off, the harder it is to do. I think that's a geometric equation...or something about slopes and gravitational pull.
5. If I send 0 article queries I receive, you guessed it, 0 article assignments.
6. If I spend three times the amount of time I anticipated working on a project that I charged out on a flat rate, that totally sucks. To the power of three.
7. All it takes is ONE email with the right idea to the right person at the right time to find a new opportunity.
8. This email can be written in 30 minutes or less, depending.
9. There are 24 hours a day. Sleep for 8, eat for 2 and you still have 14 hours. Spend a little time watching TV or checking blogs and you can still send out at least 10 article queries...or prepare book submission packages/emails. Let the family fend for themselves; you've got work to do!
10. Trying doesn't cost you anything except time. Not trying at all is too expensive for any soul.
Okay, let me get some work done...I've got some emails to write...
posted by Bonnie Staring at 3:02 PM
7 Comments:
Great post, Bonnie. It's scary how much of my 14 or so available hours I spend on either TV, Movies or e-mails... Sigh.
4. The longer I put something off, the harder it is to do. I think that's a geometric equation...or something about slopes and gravitational pull.
This one really resonated with me. I'm a big procrastinator. Sometimes it's like my evil twin thinks if I avoid something long enough it'll go away. that's why I liked the Shopaholic books. I've never been financially irresponsible like her... But house repairs? Returning calls I don't want to return? I can be a total ostrich for those sorts of things.
Oh Maureen, it pains me to think of all the stuff I didn't get done because I was watching The White Rapper Show. ;)
OMG! MY GOD IT'S FULL OF STARS! I had a 2001 Space Odyssey moments there. That's insane. I try not to think of my wasted time. I really do.
"Don't do it Dave ... er Amy."
Bonnie, you should have a kid or so. That will take care of your too much free time problem. :)
Amy, I just had a monolith/monkey moment...and it was just...wrong. ;)
Mike, the kitten is enough responsibility for the DH and I right now. I shudder to think what would happen if we had kids. Is it okay to leave them in the shed until they're out of diapers?
Hey in a couple of days I'm going to have a contest on my blog for a chance to possibly, maybe win free socks!!! ;) Or flesh colored tightie whities. I hope everyone knew I meant Ken dolls ... eep.
Be careful or I might tell my contest club about it. Oh, that's the contest, not the Ken doll fetish...
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