Make It Monday: Journaling and Presentations

I did not do much this weekend as far as making things was concerned, but I did start two presentations for our conference in two Saturdays from now and worked on the books that I have in progress, so that's something. I started a course on Skillshare all about digital marketing. It is 12 hours long, so I have lots to do with it, but I think I will make this part of my evening routine.

I have been having some trouble sleeping lately, and I think it has to do with how I am spending much of my leisure hours. I am going to try an experiment to see if I can get to sleep more easily than in the recent weeks. It is strange that my sleep schedule is so messed up, so I am going to try to reestablish a routine again.

I am a month into my retirement break, and I feel the need to do more than I am doing right now. This was part of the plan to take time off before heading back into the workforce, but I am starting to itch a bit about going back to a work routine. My problem is that I don't know what I want to do.

My first pension check comes this week. I am worried about money, which is nothing new, but I am facing some medical testing that will take away my savings if I am not careful. So, the money worries will happen, but also some sort of job will happen. I just need to know that things will be fine.

So, this week's agenda is coming together. I have a Zoom call on Tuesday and another on Thursday - the Thursday one is during the DAY! That was strange to arrange - I usually don't do work hour meetings, but I can do that now! Weird, but my days are now my own. Other than that, I have to head out to the post office but that's all. I will be at home until the heat warning is over. I hate going outside when it is humid, so I am at home. The only thing I will be doing is opening my door to get my most recent supply order - actually, this is mostly Christmas presents.

I will continue to work on presentations today, and I have some lessons to work through as well. I will be using these self-study courses as CMTEs, so I am tracking my progress and will be adding the certificates to my CMTE folder on my computer. I will no longer have access to work trainings, so that will take about 10 hours off my usual submissions. This is a good way to add hours back - I like Skillshare, and I have a referral program, if anyone else is interested... just comment here, and I will share the free trial link!

Anyway, here is my agenda for today - finish blogging, work on presentations, do two Skillshare lessons, check my printing limit for my print anything plan, and then look into another class that I have signed up for. After that, I have some new clip art files to arrange, and I might even get something ready for my TPT store. We will see. I will eventually get something to eat and then I can always do dishes and/or laundry, so that is on the list for sometime soon. Other than that, I have no real plans for today.

I am finding the hours of non-project time the most challenging right now, but I am starting to fill things up.

I wonder how many spiders I will kill today while cleaning and clearing things from my house... yesterday, it was two. We will see.

Tomorrow is TME Tuesday. See you then.

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