The other day my sister made a comment, she asked me “What do you do all day on that computer?” Whenever I’m not out somewhere and away from home I can usually be found near my computer. So I decided to make a list of the things I do every day.
Writing:I write romance fiction. I currently have one short story manuscript that is finished but is in the stages of editing. I have three full length manuscripts in various stages of completion. One is only two chapters away from being completed, the other two I am at chapter four and five. I currently have seven story ideas that I do small writing projects for. I also have three different blogs, including this one that I write for.
Job searching: as stated before I’m unemployed, plus I don’t have a car or license ( I have a un-based fear of my car ( It has to be my car, not a any old car. I’ve driven cars that belonged to others) exploding the very moment I crank it up.) So I do a lot of my job searching via the Internet. It’s going slowly, it’s amazing how many different at-home offers there are out there.
Goal Setting: As you can see I like making list and I like prioritizing my life. I also like setting goals for myself. I discuss the problem I have with goal setting in this post, but never the less I still set goals for myself. Now it’s usually daily and weekly goals. I usually have a typed up list that I work on through out the week for the next week and print out several copies to post in different places. I also have a yearly goal list and have started 101 goals in 1001 days list.
Personal Finances: Right now since I’m on limited funds I’ve taken to looking over my personal finances very closely. As well as trying to understand the type of pay I need to live off by myself. This has lead to reading Personal Financial blogs and researching different aspects of personal finances.
Reading: I’m an avid reader, so I read quite a bit. Right now I’ve gotten into reading blogs, online articles about different things, and e-books (usually romance novels.)
Organizing: Another issue (if that’s what you want to call it) is I’m OCD. I spend countless hours organizing my computer files, renaming them, making new folders and all that. The upside to this is that it’s quite easy to find anything you are looking for on my computer. I also organize my email accounts, I have four (five counting my school’s email but that expires in six months) different accounts. One for friends, one for my writing ( I write under a pen name.), one for family, and one for work (now job queries), and there’s one that I have through my Internet provider I don’t use that one but I might once my school one expires. I also try to organize my life and the things around them. My living space is small but well organized.
Gaming: I’ve always been into video gaming, at one point I thought about going into the field. I like going on MSN and Yahoo and playing their web based games, not so much now because I have vista and a lot of the games are not vista-friendly. I also play a computer game called Dream Fall and for Christmas my friend and her husband got me GuildWars, which I try to play everyday…nice way to interact with others. I have a ranger/warrior that just level up to level 10. Unfortunately I have an unstable wireless so it makes it frustrating to have to keep logging back on when I lose the signal.
Thinking: This is something everyone does I’m sure…but I have a long list of things I think about through out any given day:
- Story Ideas
- Current Stories
- Blog Posts
- Job searching
- Getting a Job
- Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly Goals
- Personal Finances
- The things I’ve read
- The things I’ve seen
- Organization
- My environment (direct and indirect
- My past, present, future
- My Family
- My Friends
- Myself
After I made this list I took to my sister and she responded with a “You need more friends” and I said I was fine with the number I had and walked away. When I complete something from this list of things I fill accomplished, I get a warm and fuzzy filling from hanging out with my friends but nothing like feeling accomplished when you are down in the dumps right?
Bianco Jade