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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.
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GOAL: Reach 145 lbs by 6/30/09.
Weight: 148.0
Exercise:
Meals:
10:45am Tea with honey (1) and toast with peanut butter and honey (3.5)
Ugh. I've been sick with abdominal pain since last night. It was really bad. I didn't go to church this morning.
12:00pm Cheez-its (3)
12:30pm Coffee (2)
4:00pm Coffee (1)
4:30pm Cheez-its (1)
5:30pm McDonalds ice cream cone (3)
9:30pm Chicken noodle soup (2)
10:15pm Dried beef (1)
10:30pm Cherries (3)
Launch one new Potbelly song per week.
 Goal met. I launched somewhere between a dozen and twenty new songs, all from my expanded eighties repertoire. I'm good for a few weeks.
Write one new original song per month.
Pending. No time.
Post at WordPress at least once per week.
Goal met.
Submit one short story/article per month.
Pending. No time.
Write one Marketplace submission per month.
Pending. No time.
Write one Helium article per week.
Pending. No time.
Write one Textbroker article per week.
Pending. No time.
Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch" [E] every day.
FAIL... you guessed it. No time.
Complete and edit "Poor Witch" [E] by 6/30/09.
In progress.
Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day.
Goal met.
Resign from Abbott by 12/1/09.
The gig: it rocked. It was a private party, very informal, and they loved me. They were all singing along to a lot of the songs, and they asked me to stay an extra two hours, which I quickly negotiated a new price for and agreed to. Although, after two hours playing Potbelly at lunch, and then five hours playing this private party last night, I thought my fingertips were going to fall off.
In other news, I told the owner of the studio where I teach lessons that if she ever wants to sell her business, she should let me know. She said, "Really?" I explained that I was saving to leave Abbott, and that I would love an investment opportunity. She said, "I'll think about it." I could tell by the look on her face that she was dead serious. She's had a lot of heartache in the last year or two, and I think she just wants out at this point. |
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Wow. I never posted this yesterday. Long day...
GOAL: Reach 145 lbs by 6/30/09.
Weight: 149.6
Exercise:
Meals:
8:00am I can't remember, but it was probably (3) or less
9:00am Coffee (2)
11:00am Coffee (2)
2:15pm Roast beef sandwich (7)
10:00pm Maybe ten chips (1)
12:00am Truffle (1)
Launch one new Potbelly song per week.
Goal met... and I may not need to meet this goal for many weeks to come, after today.
Write one new original song per month.
Pending. No time.
Post at WordPress at least once per week.
Goal met.
Submit one short story/article per month.
Pending. No time.
Write one Marketplace submission per month.
Pending. No time.
Write one Helium article per week.
Pending. No time.
Write one Textbroker article per week.
Pending. No time.
Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch" [E] every day.
FAIL... you guessed it. No time.
Complete and edit "Poor Witch" [E] by 6/30/09.
In progress.
Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day.
FAIL. No time.
Resign from Abbott by 12/1/09.
Okay, so yesterday afternoon, I got an email asking if I could play a party this evening. It's a three-hour gig. I was like, um, YES. The caveat? She wants three hours of EIGHTIES music. I have eighties music, but not three hours' worth! So I've spent every waking moment since working on building enough of an eighties repertoire to fill a three-hour set. I'm getting paid good money to do it  and it has the added benefit of hugely expanding my repertoire in a matter of twenty-four hours. Hence, I may not need any new Potbelly songs for a couple MONTHs, because I can launch these one or two at a time. *whew* I can use that time to catch up on sleep. And finish the Textbroker article that I committed to yesterday, but haven't touched thanks to this new, more pressing priority. The gig is tonight from 7-10. The Textbroker article is due at 11am on Sunday. You do the math. |
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Thanks for sharing!
Even better if she can whistle to the tune of Mozart or something. 
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