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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 14, 2012 at 7:50am February 14, 2012 at 7:50am
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I may be insane. The jury's still out, but I'll let you know when they make a decision.
BALANCE
Work goals:
Blog at MT.com :  FAIL for last week.
Year-end closeout: In progress.
Post recital pictures online: We have a receptionist who does that now. 
Hiring: In progress. We are looking for instructors for percussion, acting, saxophone, clarinet, violin, songwriting, and guitar for certain times of day in addition to computer lab attendants that can work the early shift. So far, we've hired a percussion instructor (yay!)
Writing goals
Performance Evaluations: In progress. Er - stalled. I got the time-critical ones done. But I'm being lazy about the rest.
Church goals
9:30 Bulletin: Pending.
Performance Evaluation: I turned in my self-evaluation and have a meeting with the pastor this morning.
Family goals
Um: For a second, I forgot I had a family.  Actually, that's not true. I did have a nice Valentine's evening with Keith last night, and we have more plans for tonight. I should do some laundry this week and go to the grocery store. I soooo neglected everything and left Keith to do all the chores, thanks to my recitals all weekend. Which went stellar, by the way.
BODY
Health goals
Weight: 
Exercise:
Yesterday's points: I actually counted. It was about 40.
GROWTH
Business Growth
Reach 400 students at MTMS by 12/31/12: 260 today, so there's the good news. And the samplers are filling up, which is more good news, because they will result in a surge of private lesson enrollments in about a month.
Music Log
Yesterday, I practiced: Nada, though I've performed a lot in the last week or so.
Yesterday, I listened to: Nada. Wait, not true. I watched "The Voice".
This week, I performed at: I performed at the adult recital on Saturday, sang a solo in church on Sunday morning, I'm playing at a nursing home Valentine's Day party this afternoon (how cute is that??), and my regular weekly gig at Senor Patron on Friday.
Songwriting progress: Nada. I even had on my goals to run through and refresh on my own original music, but I haven't played it in months. I could play a couple today at the nursing home, because they fit the theme.
I seriously need a day off. The soonest I could take off is next Tuesday, unless my interview candidate doesn't choose the Wednesday (tomorrow) options I gave for her interview time. Let's hold out hope for that, because a day off tomorrow sounds a lot more appealing than a day off next Tuesday. |
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Thanks for sharing!
Even better if she can whistle to the tune of Mozart or something. 
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