Brandiwynš¶ v.2026, also known as Michelle Tuesday, is a musician, educator and writer hailing from Columbus, Ohio.
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New Year, New Strategy For 2026, I launched a weekly topic rotation designed to help me stay d i s c i p l i n e d while ensuring that you, the reader, always know what to expect. Unfortunately, I have yet to acquire a million followers and gain official WDC "influencer" status, and I often find myself seduced by whimsy. Thus, my blogging strategy continues to evolve.
So, What Can I Expect?
I'm glad you asked. For now, until whimsy strikes again, here's what you can expect:
Subject Sundays
I'll publish an educational and/or discussion-provoking article, probably on one of the following subjects:. Music & music education The art and business of writing Owning & managing a small business Science & technology
Main Character Mondays
I'll establish goals every Monday and touch base about family, work, health and leisure.
Tuesdays through Fridays
I'll work on and update weekly goals. When I check off completed writing goals, I'll share the fruits of those labors, if applicable. These posts are likely to include blurbs about my day and the occasional rant, although I try to post rants at "What the Fork?"
* I can only commit to one review per week. If you would like your short story to be in my reviewing queue, please send me a WDC review request. Checkout my public reviews toget a sense of what to expect.
Scatterbrained, as usual. Juggling the 28 entries for "Invalid Item" always throws off my brain; I find it hard to switch between fiction and nonfiction writing I'll manage: I always do
Lookie what I found on my laptop when I came downstairs this morning! Evidence that I did in fact establish these goals at 2:43 PM on Feburary 2, 2026 before tearing out the door and speeding off to work, in case the goal police are after me.
One possibly issue among asking AI to quantify your verbs for flavor is that it is also trained on the internet, which is the worst of all possible bullies. Whimsy isn't necessarily a good thing to it. AI can be introduced to brain rot by reading twitter but they haven't figured out how to fix it afterward.
I still haven't pinned down my blog topic rotation, but I may finally be closing in on my weekly goals list template for 2026.
Goals for 2/2/26 - 2/9/26 Min 10 min/day on current novel (thinking counts) Review work tasks list 3 days/week Two poems for "PromptMaster !" One short story for "The Bradbury" One themed blog post (music/writing) One review Current assignment for "26 Paychecks " Current assignment for "The Sprawling Ink Society"
Explanations thinking counts - the goal here is to keep it in front of me and not let my lack of progress lead to quitting.
work tasks - rather than bore everyone with the nuts and bolts of my responsibilities, I just need a reminder to actually look at those responsibilities and watch for hot items. 3x per week = Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday.
themed blog post - These types of posts require research (reading, listening, doing), which takes time. My original goal of one music post and one writing post was way too aggressive. I'm not opposed to dropping it to monthly if I still struggle to maintain the schedule.
review - Likewise, this may drop to monthly if I can't keep up.
It's OMEA Time
The Ohio Music Education Association holds annual Solo & Ensemble adjudicated events for students and professional development conferences for teachers. My moonlighting educators who daylight in local middle and high schools often are required to attend some or all of these, as are my teachers who are currently pursuing a music education degree. And thus, did I end up picking up a ton of extra students last Thu, Fri, Sat, and yesterday (Monday). Tuesdays are usually free, but today, I have three hours of back-to-back lessons. Which means I need to get out of my PJs, take a shower and leave the damn house.
That might derail my goals list for the week, or at least require me to voluntarily scratch things off the list. So it's probably a bad week to count on me for a review.
On the plus side, we gathered and submitted all the required documents for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation audit, which is scheduled later this month, and everybody got paid yesterday (go, me!).
What about you? How are you and February getting along?
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, also known as Michelle Tuesday, is a musician, educator and writer hailing from Columbus, Ohio.
and gain official WDC "influencer" status, and I often find myself seduced by whimsy. Thus, my blogging strategy continues to evolve.
Music & music education
