Time/Resource Management and Controlling One's Life

This past weekend, a friend wondered out loud (& rhetorically) how I find the energy & time to juggle all of the activities of my life. I haven't given it much thought over the past 20+ years because my methodologies are more of an automatic habit now than a conscious effort. Since I have little else to write today, I'll write about how my brain works.

( 1. I value my time. )

( 2. I live in the future. )

( 3. Real work is done in small increments. )

( 4. Delays cost big. )

( 5. I relish the dividends earned for my efforts. )

( 6. I take advantage of nearly every opportunity that appears. )

Time/Resource Management and Controlling One's Life

This past weekend, a friend wondered out loud (& rhetorically) how I find the energy & time to juggle all of the activities of my life. I haven't given it much thought over the past 20+ years because my methodologies are more of an automatic habit now than a conscious effort. Since I have little else to write today, I'll write about how my brain works.

( 1. I value my time. )

( 2. I live in the future. )

( 3. Real work is done in small increments. )

( 4. Delays cost big. )

( 5. I relish the dividends earned for my efforts. )

( 6. I take advantage of nearly every opportunity that appears. )

Possible C1 Class - Update

I haven't exactly found a vast pool of A2 dancers in DC clamoring for a C1 class. I didn't get a much better response from a smaller group in Baltimore last night. While there are a handful who are keen on it, there are vastly more who have simply responded with something akin to "hell will freeze over when I tackle C1." OK...

This evening, I put out a note promoting the possible class to the DC Lambda Squares e-mail list and forwarded a copy to the secretary of Chesapeake Squares to circulate on their list. We'll see what happens but I'm losing my optimism.

In chatting with Ett this evening, she proposed a possible alternative if there aren't enough bodies to justify a regular class: she's willing to run a concentrated all-day course on a couple of weekends. Such a format would greatly ease the strain on her very limited spare time, and while no graduate of this workshop would be a great C1 dancer, at least we minimally competent to dance in gentle C1 tips until we get up to par.

I'm starting to listen to Mike Jacobs' 25 cassette tape C1 course, just for interest's sake. These tapes have been sitting unused & unloved in the DCLS archives (ie. our attic) for a couple of years... let's see what's on them.

I've set a deadline of May 1 for assembling enough competent A2 dancers for a regular C1 course. If we can't get 10-12 folks by then, I'll shelve that particular project and we start fleshing out the alternatives.

In other news, I won another set of 20 records of square dance music (ESP) on eBay for $20 yesterday. Hopefully, there will be a few singing calls among the lot I can use.

Possible C1 Class - Update

I haven't exactly found a vast pool of A2 dancers in DC clamoring for a C1 class. I didn't get a much better response from a smaller group in Baltimore last night. While there are a handful who are keen on it, there are vastly more who have simply responded with something akin to "hell will freeze over when I tackle C1." OK...

This evening, I put out a note promoting the possible class to the DC Lambda Squares e-mail list and forwarded a copy to the secretary of Chesapeake Squares to circulate on their list. We'll see what happens but I'm losing my optimism.

In chatting with Ett this evening, she proposed a possible alternative if there aren't enough bodies to justify a regular class: she's willing to run a concentrated all-day course on a couple of weekends. Such a format would greatly ease the strain on her very limited spare time, and while no graduate of this workshop would be a great C1 dancer, at least we minimally competent to dance in gentle C1 tips until we get up to par.

I'm starting to listen to Mike Jacobs' 25 cassette tape C1 course, just for interest's sake. These tapes have been sitting unused & unloved in the DCLS archives (ie. our attic) for a couple of years... let's see what's on them.

I've set a deadline of May 1 for assembling enough competent A2 dancers for a regular C1 course. If we can't get 10-12 folks by then, I'll shelve that particular project and we start fleshing out the alternatives.

In other news, I won another set of 20 records of square dance music (ESP) on eBay for $20 yesterday. Hopefully, there will be a few singing calls among the lot I can use.