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So I'm jumping on the old but newly-rediscovered bandwagon of the Fixed Schedule Work Ethic

Now, I know what you're saying: Remember what happened last time?

I promise I'm allotting a certain amount of time for shaving and general maintenance this go around.

In fact, I'm even timing everything that I consciously act on so that I can track and modify my love(lack-there-of)/life(need-more-of)/work balance. 14 minutes and 38 seconds. I've always had a knack for writing at the speed of the incredibly slow.

And so, Thanksgiving is almost here, and I really haven't spent nearly enough time considering what I'm grateful for (too much doing, and not enough reflecting).

It's also that time of year where I'm grasping for that inspirational passage that will slowly overgrow the engine up-stairs and flow out of the fingertips effortlessly to finish off our annual newsletter. Last year's article was appropriate, but given where we were, and where we are now, it's difficult to even try to write something as a/effective.

I guess now that I'm on my highly moderated and sometimes syncopated time-schedule, I'll just have to hammer something out.
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  1. Unknown9:37 PM

    Some people don't need schedules, because they are already so awesome, they just get it done.

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