Survive November

I made it – phew! Just got to get through to the next deadline on Dec 9th now…. 6 years ago

SO I just finished the first report of the year. I’m not thrilled with it but it will do. Work today was horrid, builders, fumes, banging, and I forgot to eat lunch. I feel totally shattered. Still today is the 28th so only two days left on this goal and it had begun to look just about possible. 6 years ago

Today is the 18th so that means the first report is due in 10 days. It also means that I am more than half way through this month. The value of what I have achieved in the process is questionable but I have survived more or less intact. Wine and cider are very rare treats, raw foods and taking care of myself are being given a high priority. I have a nasty cold so lots of hot drinks and warm rooms this weekend I think. The pilot exhibition is on Monday.
The title of my research is

An Action Enquiry into the Potential of On-line Tools for the Collaborative Production, Use and Modification of Resources and Learning Objects.

An exploration the impact this could have on cross-fertilisation of educational ideas and the development of self-selected collaborative groups.6 years ago

I am feeling like I’m sinking in quicksand. If it can go wrong it is doing. I might survive and I’m full of brave words for other people telling them to hang on and we’ll be ok. Trouble is I’m getting nowhere with the actual work. I keep getting distracted by dealing with the disasters. How to avoid that? 6 years ago

Survived the first week but the timeline lies (note the pun) in tatters. All that I can do is keep doing things I know need to be done and stop worrying about the timeline. I hate these artificial deadlines anyway. It’s just not how I work – I don’t know a month in advance what part of the work that needs doing I’ll feel like tackling on a particular day. I have a tendency to sit down one day and ‘accidentally’ write a couple of thousand words or come up with just the right idea for what I need to do next. You can’t force that. External ‘hard’ deadlines I can cope with, in fact they provide structure that forces the pace of my work. It’s these ‘time management’ self imposed ones I struggle with.

Still let’s celebrate small victories along the way. It is the end of the first week, the sun is shining, I got some useful stuff done although not all that I was ‘supposed’ to, and I survived. 6 years ago