I started a new strategy program called Bento Box. It is a cueing program more than anything. It plays music while you move through a series of 3 tasks. The idea is timer based. It gives you X amount of time to do 3 activities. You pick the actions. Today’s three are this blog, grading papers, and working on the novel. I’m in a conundrum on that last bit, because I do have solid fear that the plot does not entirely work. The idea starts out solid, but how it ends???? Haven’t gotten there yet.
Anyway, this is a post about lists and how I need the cue to function properly. I do. I’ve tried allowing myself to operate freeform, and honestly, I’ll just sit around and do anything else but the work required. This program, and it’s soothing sounds, is a good start to get me moving and able to visualize what needs doing.
What needs doing in my daily life is a lot of things. What needs doing most of all is writing and the health stuff–likely in that order. Being contracted to write a novel is a big deal, and if I want to continue being contracted as I have, then I need to deliver the goods on time and in good order. This is a priority in my life. In truth, this represents my entire endgame. I want to spend the backend of my life writing stories and traveling the world with the future Mrs. Talislegger. This is all.
Some Thoughts:
- Okay, this is not all. I still have time on the clock, and decaf in my veins (coffee might be partly psychological), so I’m still going hard here.
- Whenever I have nothing left to say, my mind drifts to sports. I don’t know how to feel about that or even truly appreciate if it matters. I’ve been conditioned–maybe I’ve conditioned myself to feel a certain way about this world.
- Nick Fury is back planet-side apparently. The Secret Wars trailer dropped and looks interesting. I watched it while waiting in the cue for a Covid booster. No notes.
- I need a good show to watch… Mando is only weekly. There’s Picard though…