To Do or To Be

by SLY on November 29th, 2010

I’ve neglected my Morning Pages even though I know without any doubt that actively doing them produces my best work. I know its a choice and I’ve been choosing not to do them. Therefore I don’t beat myself up. When I want to change, I will change.

Today I changed.

Despite many topics and situations that have occurred in my life recently which would seem to be the focus of these morning pages, I found that the main thing running circles on my mind was a never ending To Do list. I don’t mean it in a negative sense. So long as I am alive there is something to do. But it seems some task are written on one list and other task are in my phone and many are on EverNote but still for some reason they are dancing circles in my head and its not allowing for a clear mind.

Thus, I created a to do list. I acknowledge that one isn’t supposed to go back and re-read MP’s until weeks later but since this list contains things I actually need to do, I am going back and looking at it.

Morning Pages – November 29, 2010

So many things swirling in my mind to do. Let the list begin.

Amber’s wedding

Bianca’s graduation

Eye doctor

Primary care doctor

September 2011 –

Pay bills – gas, doctor, phone

Purge apartment – I want less stuff

Boston this weekend

Re upload youtube videos with copyrighted material – How many to go now? I completed 4

Shoot more videos

Edit video footage

Find accessories, shoes & date for Holiday Party

Update blog – many pending post and ideas swirling on new post

Read more books – well finish the five I’m currently reading but still read more!

Find vegan, vegetarian and raw recipes. I have ton of cookbooks, why am I not using them?

Make berry crisp

Make banana pumpkin muffins

Make pumpkin cream cheese muffins

Make body products – men’s shower gel, lip gloss, another version of a body scrub, new face line….

Buy stiletto heels for S factor classes

Register for next semester dance class

Find another dance class – West African or Ballet?

Make a to do list format – why am I doing this when I have four different planners? Hmmm. Nevermind

Make the following scrapbook journals

A sex journal
A “Death Play” journal –> I seriously need to figure out a better name for this production
A gratitude journal
A kitchen journal

Write in my journals versus just creating layouts –> But its so fun!

Sketchbook project –> Remember that?

Pick giveaway winners

Mail their prizes

Register my business

Make more journals to sell

Make greeting cards for christmas

Collab with Jantira on our billion projects

Write SJ a letter

Write jared a letter

Finish phase one of bi-weekly task cards

Call Hanna

Buy Hanna a cell phone

Finish phase one of writing out my life list

Find white gel pens that write exactly how I want them to

Find Hanna a birthday gift

Read photography manuals and the two new books I bought.

Take more pictures

Lift weights

Print out all the Mr. Series poems

Start thinking about Miami

Plan out trips for next year

California with jan
Maine
September 2011
Texas . Bianca graduation
Chicago
Philly
DC

Get Granola nuetered

Get a name tag for Granola

Pick up more litter for Granola

Groom Granola

Purge clothes – Some of this shit has got to go. Seriously, Sheena.

Clear underbed – Nothing should be there, except Granola.

Get a bag that fits my laptop and camera gear but that aesthically pleases me

Purge Gmail account and get a handle on the spam

Create a life management binder – Add pages for my doctors/health; finances & budget, inspiration; business; creative projects…. and etc.

These are all the things I can think of. Things to be done.

Getting this list out my head has helped tremendously. I know there are things that I’m forgetting. I know some things are time sensitive and others are just things to do eventually. I need to go through all my other list and add the things I’m forgetting. Then I’ll need to prioritize this list. The bigger task will need to be broken down on my project management worksheets and well…this is a start. Now I can write what I want to write now that this is out my head.

Links, Tools and Such that I Found

100 Powerful Web Tools to Organize Your Thoughts and Ideas here. –> Of course the first thing they list is Evernote. Which I use religiously.