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It's no secret - I have the nerdy love for a spreadsheet. I kinda think I could manage the world on one. (Well, my world at least although I did once work for a largish company that insisted on managing their world on excel. Hugely inadequate, but we all managed, almost.)
I tell you this because as part of my resolution management, excel is an integral tool. One of my resolutions for 2012 was to totally own my project list. The OGSR went like this..
- Objective - Move forward on creative projects.
- Goal - Organise projects out of notebook & onto spreadsheet
- Strategy - Do one project per week, minimum
- Resource - I have enough half done stuff to last all year, so bloody finish it!
I made a column for Details of each project, then a column for the Roadblock that was stopping progress on this project. This has given me a good handle on what the hell I am doing with so many half finished projects - I have things listed like 'time' or 'need to do x project first'. To my surprise there where a lot of blank spaces - as in there is no good reason why I haven't finished this project.
I suspected that money was a major roadblock & in many instances it is, but after adding a column for Approximate Cost, I found to my surprise there are a lot of projects that cost $0. Yep, a big fat zero.
So, yay me - I am unfocused & lazy, & I proved this to myself with my favourite toy, the Spreadsheet.
Fucks sake.
On the good side, this list has made it easier to choose a project to do, & therefore keep the momentum going. Feeling cash embarrassed? Choose a free project! Raining? Do an inside project. Want to play with power tools? Choose a Carpentry project.
I have 65 projects on the Project List. I'll try to do at least one per week, hopefully more.
Imma be busy.
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