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La Bene Vita
I am a professional musician  , worship leader , small business owner , songwriter , aspiring author and freelance nonfiction writer with a chemical engineering degree .
But that's just my resume.
My profile of qualifications is only one of the ways in which I am unique. Here I chronicle my personal and professional goals and my efforts to achieve them. Occasionally I fail. Mostly, I take daily baby steps toward all my long-term goals. Much like the stories I pen, the songs I compose, and the businesses I run, I am always a work in progress.
October 13, 2009 at 4:57pm October 13, 2009 at 4:57pm
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Update "October Novel Prep Challenge" [13+] contestant log every day.
 Goal met.
Launch one new Potbelly song per week.
Goal met: "Piece of My Heart" by Janis Joplin.
Post at WordPress at least once per week.
Pending.
Launch one new Praise Band song per month.
Goal met. On a related note, my pastor hates the new song, "Made to Love." I think that's hilarious.  I told him he is entitled to his opinion. He tried to get our new Associate Pastor, Thadd, to back him up. Thadd tactfully avoided answering the question, and then later, we heard him singing "Made to Love" under his breath.
Write one new original song per month.
Goal met: "Invalid Item"
Write one Textbroker article per week.
Goal met: I wrote my $25 Afghanistan blog post. I received this feedback from the client this morning: "Absolutely fantastic...a very good job has been done here based on the brief and notes I sent. We will be in touch shortly, hopefully with a regular stream of work for this talented writer." 
Write three Helium articles per week.
Pending SEVEN, and yes, I plan to write them all. {e:determined}
Resign from Abbott by 6/1/10.
In progress. When Keith and I are tired and cranky, my mantra is: Three more months... three more months... That means, three more months until I can either leave, or start taking vacation days every week until I run out, and THEN leave. Either way, we'll both get more sleep in January. Well, it occurred to me today: Not only is it technically two and a half months, but I could theoretically leave as soon as November 15th and still get my bonus for the year. After two years of planning my resignation, it could be as early as a month away! {e:awe} I'll probably still stick it out through March, but DAMN. ONE MONTH. This gives me newfound energy to make it to March. Maybe.
Achieve a weight of 145.0 by Thanksgiving.
In progress.
Weight: 152.8
Meals:
7:00am Coffee (1)
8:00am Cookie (4) and coffee (1)
10:00am Half asiago bagel (4) with cream cheese (1)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7)
3:00pm Chai (1)
5:00pm Gummy bears (2)
6:30pm Allsorts (3)
Current real estate goal: Move  +
I need a big chunk of time to do this. We tentatively have it planned for this Sunday. I might go ahead and get started on my next goal in the meantime, which is to organize Keith's garage. I've already organized the bedroom, basement, laundry room, bath, and linen closet. We suddenly have all kinds of empty space.  Keith and I are a great match: He's anal about cleanliness, and I'm anal about organization. Together, we will keep an immaculate house! |
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, also known as Michelle Tuesday, is a musician, educator and writer hailing from Columbus, Ohio.![Merit Badge in Music
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