While my editor is reminding me I need to write, he is very much in the way of me writing.

My procrastination cycle:

Ignore deadline
Find weird distractions (alphabetizing spices, anyone?)
Panic at the last minute
Here’s my latest article on the chaos of self-sabotage. "*
https://bit.ly/4iBVjIe?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
#Procrastination #WritingCommunity #Humor #Relatable #Deadlines

I got my lease renewal offer. The website says I have until April 5th to answer.

Then I get a text from someone at the rental company saying that I need to answer by April 1st.

I pointed out the discrepancy. They bumped it up the chain of command.

If I see a discrepancy, I speak up.

Reminder: The due date for TDS/TCS payment for January 2025 is 7th February 2025. Ensure timely compliance to avoid any interest or penalties. Stay updated with key tax deadlines! #TDS #TCS #TaxUpdates #Compliance #Finance #IncomeTax #Deadlines

What if our organization delivered its stated goals? How far would that actually take us?
https://youtube.com/shorts/_iCR0tARGdo?feature=shared

All In: A revolutionary theory to stop climate collapse, is a book on movement-level strategy and organization, by Mariana Rodrigues and Sinan Eden.

Save the date for the book launch: 5 February, GMT=19:00

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My wife, Chris (who writes under multiple pennames) wrote 21 pages on her upcoming novel last night, completing a draft that she has sent off to her editor. Rewrites expected (possibly lots, she's out of her normal genre), but the mood is celebratory.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
-- Douglas Adams

#Wisdom #Quotes #DouglasAdams #Deadlines

#Photography #Panorama #CoyoteButtesNorth #TheWave #VermilionCliffs #Utah

Staying out of wife Chris's way. She's up to her neck in the secret novel project that she's doing for a well-known gaming franchise.

Two Ways To Ask For Something To Be Done Before A Work Break

There are two ways to ask for something to be done before a break where everyone in the country is pausing work for at least a day and possibly traveling.

One way is to acknowledge that the holiday is coming up and ask for a rush to get it launched prior to the holiday and put some money behind it for the effort.

The other way is to just say “let’s get this done by Wednesday” and that’s it.

Both projects have been going on for quite a while. The first one is already launched. The second will hopefully get done today. But, the second one really perturbs me for a number of reasons.

1. No acknowledgement that the holiday is coming up and the push might not be practical.
2. No knowledge of what’s in the hopper prior the holiday.
3. Not even a whiff of acknowledgement that this is an ask that is a bit forward.
4. Compensation? No where in sight.

Look, it’s all through email. Tone and inflection get lost in email all the time. That’s why writing an email, then taking a step back, then re-reading before sending is sometimes the best.

Often adding a word or a phrase like “Is it possible…” works wonders.

I’m guilty of not doing the best job of this. But I’m striving to get better.

Feel for people naturalized as US citizens before the presidential elections but after the voter registration deadline.

So near yet so far.

I swear my laptop can smell a deadline and lock up on purpose the same way a dog can smell fear and growls at you.

Objects* in the rearview mirror† may be closer than they appear.

* ~ Dates

† ~ on the project schedule

Good morning.

26 July 2024

When I get up in the morning, I feel like I have a deadline to get my first post out. Oh, it is self-imposed, there really is no deadline, but my morning goal is to get one out before morning mealtime for Ben and Charlie. I usually make it, but not always. Hmmm ... right now it is 27 minutes to mealtime. Noticeably, Ben hasn't started barking and Charlie hasn't barged in to remind me what time it is. It's silly, I know, but there are worse things that I could do with my time, and it gives me something to do that doesn't involve the television. It is part of my photography hobby. And ... here is Charlie. I have my deadlines and Charlie has his. Do you impose deadlines on yourself?

"I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines, nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation." - Harry Shearer

Deadlines and a successful photographic career

https://makertube.net/videos/watch/cb13117f-02ef-4dda-9bfc-0b2bc599cd35

If you really could choose to live a life without deadlines, would that be a good thing?

https://youtu.be/lYIVBN9XGm8

I am really really rubbish at getting things done if I don’t have a deadline. After decades of being a self-employed photographer, my level of motivation is very different to when first I started out. In a way, part of the problem is that I have a good life. Maybe a little too good.