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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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Launch one new Potbelly song per week.
 Goal met.
Write one new original song per month.
Pending. I do have new lyrics from Robert Waltz  to set to music, as well as my instrumental piano piece I've been playing with for a month or two, which needs lyrics.
Post at WordPress at least once per week.
Goal met, and I've moved my posts to mid-week. I blogged on Tuesday this week, so I'll probably make that my regular day. Sunday is Keith time now.
Write three Helium article by 6/24/09.
Check this out! My Textbroker article impressed the client, and he messaged to ask if he could place direct orders with me routinely, like once every 2-3 days. For direct orders, I can set my own pricing! Sweet. I'm shooting for $10-$15 per article, if they're comparable length to the initial one I wrote for him.
...so, there's my goal. Helium can kiss my ass, with its $2.50 articles.
Submit one short story/article per month.
Fail.
Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch" [E] every day.
Fail.
Complete and edit "Poor Witch" [E] by 6/30/09.
In progress.
Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day.
Goal met. I so have to remember that I owe MaryLou  a CD. I promised I would send her one in exchange for this box of books she sent me, and that was months ago!  What a slacker.
Resign from Abbott by 12/1/09.
In progress, although, there are some interesting developments related to the boy, with whom I am getting along famously. Bottom line, I'm not quite sure exactly what this goal is, and by the end of August, I should have a better idea. Maybe I'll leave earlier, maybe later, maybe right on 12/1. Maybe I'll move to day shift. Maybe I'll leave Potbelly and start promoting myself for more lucrative evening gigs. Maybe, maybe, maybe... *rubs hands together* Seriously, I love my life. I wish I could squeeze more hours into a day, because there's so much more I'd like to do (case in point: refer to all the "Fail" references above!), but ultimately, I get to do a lot of fun stuff and make good money, which is more than many can say. I have no complaints, regardless of how this all turns out.
...well, few complaints, anyway.
Honestly, even Abbott is getting more bearable, except that I need to go to day shift.
Maintain a maximum weight of 150.0.
Goal met. Keith and I are planning a beach vacation at the end of August. Should I shoot for another losing ten pounds? I'm considering it, and I got doctor approval. 
Weight: 146.0
Meals:
7:00am One turkey sausage link (1.5), one egg (2), bread (1), butter (1), coffee (1)
And, since I failed to blog yesterday, Wednesday Meals:
7:00am One turkey sausage link (1.5), one egg (2), half English muffin (1), butter (1), coffee (1)
9:30am Tall, nonfat peppermint white mocha (6)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7)
6:30pm General Tsao's chicken, rice, and two crab rangoons (?) |
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Thanks for sharing!
Even better if she can whistle to the tune of Mozart or something. 
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, also known as Michelle Tuesday, is a musician, educator and writer hailing from Columbus, Ohio.![Merit Badge in Music
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