Anti-Procrastination Tuesday arose as a way for me to deal with To Do lists that have gotten out of control. It involves doing tasks I loathe--like making phone calls--and therefore postpone until it is almost too late. It falls on a Tuesday because, historically, that has been a day free of teaching, meetings, and regularly scheduled events.
Accomplished today:
- Wrote a draft of a short essay for a collection (4 pages) [technically, this is Real Work, but I've been such a slacker about my own writing that I want to put it down here].
- Wrote a letter of rec for a student applying to grad school.
- Called the office of WFRE to figure out how to send medical records from 2002-2003, Apparently this involves fetching them from "long term storage" at a "remote facility." Last time I requested medical records, it took about six weeks. Do you think there's a chance my new RE will get them by next week?
- Called petsitter to arrange for vacation petsitting.
- Wrote way too many emails to students and colleagues about spring semester matters, including conference travel, student organization, honors theses, grad school apps, and more.
- Filled out my flex spending reimbursement form to deal with childcare expenses (you'd think money would motivate me to do this sooner, but I guess I hate bureaucracy more).
What remains on my Still Procrastating About List:
- Calling a plumber to deal with leak under kitchen sink.
- Making hotel reservations for spring conference.
Now I am taking a quick shower and heading out the door for IUI #3 [take 2].
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