Pretty good Friday though didn't get much done when I got home. That's okay!

Giving myself a break is so important that I'm going to try to incorporate it as much as I can. I need to forgive myself as much as I can and try to improve on things with this forgiveness approach. This notion is a kind of breakthrough for me.

I must persevere which is an important value from the War of Art book. I also need to continue focusing on what is going to move me forward. Getting tickets at the academy was important because it moves me in the direction of having more friends and perhaps a relationship with Caroline. It sounds like her friend is very much into animation. That's worth it.

Spending too much time reading the newspaper, say without a tr or just spending too much time on it is not worth it unless I can justify it against learning web site development, reading financial statements, and using numbers to being a good businessman.

Overall a pretty good day though I didn't get as much as I would liked to have at work. Perhaps I can get the little niggly things done first and then do the work orders (even though I like to get them out of the way first, I never seem to). Another alternative is spending the first one hour and a half w/work orders and my computer things and by say break time and after I do the running around things until lunch.

Overall a pretty good day.

Good day yesterday. Got lots done on my to-do list. Need to stick to todo list. It makes life so much easier and I focus on what I need to do, not all the extranous other stuff. Got a call from Dylan last night but missed it. So nice, always, to hear from the girls.

Will pickup Academy tickets today. Excited about that since I'll get to see Caroline again a couple of times and am kind of doing her a favor. She's a cool chick.

Had a great time playing tennis with Vivek. He's a really good guy. When I bent over more I played so much better. I also beat him. Felt great. Had dinner afterwards with him and his friend Ed. Vivek didn't seem too eager to talk politics (he seemed bored by the conversation). I had a Masala Dosa and he paid. He's from Chennai. He said we would play tennis next week.

I didn't do much tr yesterday but that's okay. I did get lots else done (like downloading my financial data from Quicken and emailing Mary and getting out my bus request). All in all very good day. I'm pleased with my progress. Stay on track. The earlier in the day I can get my most arduous tasks done, the better. If I could only get up at 5 and get all the at home tasks done that would be great. Perhaps I should start going to bed at 9 p.m.? Then at the end of the day I would be more free to do what I need to do and relax too.

All in all things are going great. I'm doing my best to stick to the important stuff and not waste too much time on the ancillary stuff like television. Need to figure out how to handle the newspaper as it is becoming a burden. I do need to use my tr with it so I can remember the big issues. Perhaps I can allot 20 minutes to the LA Times Daily and perhaps another 15 minutes to the NY Times.

Try to do weekly review first thing Sunday morning before talking w/Mom and Dad?

Very pleased with getting a fair amount of ot yesterday, marketing, installing quicken, reading what I set out to read, and transcribing tr.

Overall a good day. Using word todo list is going great so far. Need to find a more effective way of doing it at home. Perhaps as soon as I get home I can post it, highlight the things I need to do standing up that will be quick, and then sit down with the rest. What about that?

Emailed back and forth with Roger. Got out email to Caroline which was great. How about Mary? Set up tennis date with Vivek.

Did not get to take out link for watch but otherwise did well. Even got alot done at work.

Would like to get back to waking up at 5:30 and getting to work at 6 / 6:30. That really helps.

Better day yesterday. Did talk w/Steve. He said I could see him and Wendi and the babies possibly on Saturday after the program. As usual he didn't give me a choice, just said Saturday and I didn't respond. I need to next time.

Got my reading and transcribing done as well as nearly all of my todo's which is great. Starting on FrontPage was good and exciting as well as picking up Quicken. Slept in this morning but that's okay. I still got to work earlier than I used to (7:10). Overall doing well. This scheduling thing is going great so far. Already plans for tennis this week and on and on. Also made it to the market.

Good day yesterday.

Yesterday was okay. Not great. I did go home after my session and basically fell asleep after not finding quicken in the store. I am still a bit under the weather though I'm not sure why. Nevertheless I am hanging in there and have transcribed most of my tr from Sunday.

Had a decent though not great Sunday. Was mostly under the weather.

Did transcribe tr and went through some books and newspapers.

Had a pretty good party for Mom and Dad's anniversary. Nice to see the Peccei's, the Selleck's, and the Weissman's as well as Liz. Always great to see all of the kids and the Kirsch's (who are always so nice to me).

Actually missed doing this today but am doing it on Monday.

Had reasonably good weekend. I need to start thinking about me before others so I can get what I need done. Glad Mom and Dad are gone (or leaving Monday).

So-so Saturday. Had dinner and afterwards with Polly and Mom and Dad.