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About This Author
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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.
February 10, 2011 at 3:27pm February 10, 2011 at 3:27pm
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Reach 300 students by 12/31/11:
In the realm of the miscellaneous, I completed the lobby Power Point, wrote an offer letter and job expectations document for our Assistant Manager, and created a new web portal so that I can just use MichelleTuesday.com instead of MichelleTuesday.com/musicschool for all school-related advertising. Check out the new portal:
http://www.michelletuesday.com
Somewhat less miscellaneously, we held a staff meeting last Friday night, and all the teachers were full of ideas. Not only that, but several of them have invested time since then working on curricula and plans for summer programs. It might just come together.
And we are currently hiring computer lab attendants and preparing for this weekend's recitals. Never a dull moment.
Growth is still holding steady. We are at 132 private lesson students; I would love to be at 150 by the end of the month, but that might be an aggressive goal. It would mean the next pay raise for our office manager, Chris.
Customized database by 12/31/11: Design web page interface for potential form.
 Pending. Meanwhile, a customer showed me an application by Intuit called Quickbooks Customer Manager, which is pretty kick-ass. I *think* it may do everything we need it to do. The only thing it won't do is show us teacher schedules and available times at a glance.
Potbelly: : Add one repertoire song per week
 Yep. I learned "Forgive Me" by Missy Higgins. I decided I love that song.
Messiah: One noteworthy accomplishment per month:
 The sound system overhaul is complete, the band started looking at a new song, I wrote a violin duet for our two fiddlers, I'm working with a teenager to plan a solo for her confirmation projecgt, and now the pastor is talking about podcasting and looking for help. When it rains, it pours. I'm feeling slightly less neglectful of church these days.
Reading: One book per week.
My one complaint of Kindle: a book is a book. I have no idea when I embark upon a new narrative whether the story is short, novel, or epic. I do believe I stumbled across an epic in "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" by Jules Verne, and after three weeks, I am at 75%. For the curious, the book breaks every modern usage rule regarding commas, adverbs, and brevity. Perhaps that is because the book is, sadly, not modern. The book also lacks much of a plot. It makes me think of the movie "Castaway" with Tom Hanks. One wonders how much action can really happen in one long, monotonous, granite-lined underground tunnel. It turns out, not much. And yet the writer has managed to keep me engaged through at least 75% of his epic novel.
Writing: Goals TBD:
(1)  Blog at WDC daily. I've been failing at this again.
(2) Blog at MT.com weekly: pending.
Count points: TOTAL POINTS YESTERDAY: ?
I lost three pounds since Friday, thanks to my rather wicked stomach bug. Yesterday, I made up for it by pigging out all day. Today, I'm closer to normal, at least in terms of caloric consumption. I'm still eating junk.
Thursday: 13 so far
Coffee (2)
Granola bar (2)
Banana (2)
Crackers (4)
Thin Mints (3) |
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Thanks for sharing!
Even better if she can whistle to the tune of Mozart or something. 
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