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Brandiwyn🎶Prep starts 10/1! Author Icon, also known as Michelle Tuesday, is a musician, educator and writer hailing from Columbus, Ohio.
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I am a professional musician  Open in new Window., worship leader  Open in new Window., small business owner  Open in new Window., songwriter  Open in new Window., aspiring author  Open in new Window. and freelance nonfiction writer  Open in new Window. with a chemical engineering degree  Open in new Window..

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.

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December 2, 2009 at 11:15am
December 2, 2009 at 11:15am
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OMG: *Writing*!!!! I am so psyched that I had to *Pencil* about it.
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December 2, 2009 at 8:19am
December 2, 2009 at 8:19am
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Keith and I are taking the kids to see a live Star Wars concert tonight. *Bigsmile* So, I gotta go! I'm working day shift...

Launch one new Potbelly song per week.
*Check*Goal met. Duh. My whole setlist is "new," since I switched to holiday music this week... but I actually did launch a song that I never attempted last year.

Post at WordPress at least once per month.
Pending.

Launch one new Praise Band song per month.
Pending.

Write one new original song per month.
Pending.

Earn at least $60$75 per pay period at Textbroker.
*Check*Goal met.
Current Balance: $162.82, $13.75 pending client acceptance, and another $8.40 open order to write. Due date: 12/5/09.

Earn at least $25 per month at Helium.
Pending.
Current Balance: $0.00. Due date: 12/24/09.

Resign from Abbott by 6/1/10.
In progress and on schedule.

Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 1/31/09.
Hittin' it hard for a couple weeks... except for BW3 last night. *Rolleyes* Keith is right: I. Have. No. Self. Control.

By the way, can SOMEBODY please explain to me why we call them BW3's when there are only two W's in the name?

Weight: ? but I was 154.4 yesterday. Not so great.
Meals:
7:00am Coffee (1) and fiber English muffin (1) with butter (1)
11:30am Steak (10?), green beans (1), salad (1), tiny baked potato (1) with butter (2) and sour cream (2), and apple crisp (8?) *Left* Free lunch! *Delight*
6:00pm Leftover manicotti (8?), almonds (1), candy (1)
TOTAL POINTS: 38

Current real estate goal: Organize garage.
No activity.

Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day.
No activity.

Business: Music Instruction Books.
Activity! I went to Staples, Office Max, and Wal-Mart to compare book binding equipment options, and then I looked up more ideas online to see what would be cheapest and easiest. They make long-reach staplers that might be cheaper to do than the comb-style bindings I was originally considering.
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