Things are getting a little hectic in SeanTConrad.com land. Last week, I signed a new lease and the big moving day is this Saturday. The movers show up at 9AM and if everything I own isn’t wrapped in cardboard, they charge extra. My excitement about the new place (pictures pending) has caused me to begin a thousand projects, at least in my mind. The daydreaming and speculating is distracting me from getting done the most important tasks. I’ve decided to step in and use some of my project management skills (that’s what I do during the day for the Benjamins) and introduce some structure to the week.
I’ve organized all the tasks I need or want to do by priority. Nothing of a lower priority should be done until all the jobs of the preceding priorities are completed. This should optimize my time use.
Priority 1 – All tasks that have an external deadline–the movers 9AM arrival.
– Buy some boxes, twine, and tape.
– Box up all my stuff.
– Wrap up all the pictures in cardboard.
– Bag up all the clothes.
– Throw out or get rid of anything extra in the apartment. It would be a pain to pack the wine bottles and beer, so drinking those are a priority one.
Priority 2 – Things I really want to do before the move.
– Get the cable hooked up. TBS is having a Rocky marathon on Saturday afternoon and that would be cool to watch while unpacking, especially since I didn’t tape last week’s Rocky marathon.
– Clean the apartment while it is empty. Ildi and I did this last night, despite not having finished packing, yet. When free labor is available, you have to take what ever you can get. She wanted to see the new place, so I said “Bring a mop, woman.”
– Buy a shower curtain.
Priority 3 – Things that need to be done soon to put all my crap away.
– Hang some book shelves. I have a really good system using Bondo that I will describe in another entry. You are giddy with anticipation.
– More shelves in the closet. I’m a shelf hanging machine. Oddly, that gets women over the age of thirty really hot.
– Hang some pictures.
Priority 4 – This is stuff I’d like to do soon (before I move out) to make the place livable.
– Buy some pictures to hang.
– Buy a couch.
– And a dresser. And a bistro table. Yeah, I said a bistro table.
– A new rug would be nice, too. Have you ever seen Fight Club when Ed Norton mentally fills his apartment with the Ikea catalog. And then tries to take over the world. Well, be afraid. Actually, I’m all done with Ikea. Forever.
– Take the last of my shit out of the cardboard from my move.
So to summarize, I’m too busy to be funny. Let’s get drunk Saturday.
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Site of the Day: 100 Greatest Gadgets of All Time – I think I own or have owned about eight of them.
Things are getting a little hectic in SeanTConrad.com land. Last week, I signed a new lease and the big moving day is this Saturday. The movers show up at 9AM and if everything I own isn’t wrapped in cardboard, they charge extra. My excitement about the new place (pictures pending) has caused me to begin a thousand projects, at least in my mind. The daydreaming and speculating is distracting me from getting done the most important tasks. I’ve decided to step in and use some of my project management skills (that’s what I do during the day for the Benjamins) and introduce some structure to the week.
I’ve organized all the tasks I need or want to do by priority. Nothing of a lower priority should be done until all the jobs of the preceding priorities are completed. This should optimize my time use.
Priority 1 – All tasks that have an external deadline–the movers 9AM arrival.
– Buy some boxes, twine, and tape.
– Box up all my stuff.
– Wrap up all the pictures in cardboard.
– Bag up all the clothes.
– Throw out or get rid of anything extra in the apartment. It would be a pain to pack the wine bottles and beer, so drinking those are a priority one.
Priority 2 – Things I really want to do before the move.
– Get the cable hooked up. TBS is having a Rocky marathon on Saturday afternoon and that would be cool to watch while unpacking, especially since I didn’t tape last week’s Rocky marathon.
– Clean the apartment while it is empty. Ildi and I did this last night, despite not having finished packing, yet. When free labor is available, you have to take what ever you can get. She wanted to see the new place, so I said “Bring a mop, woman.”
– Buy a shower curtain.
Priority 3 – Things that need to be done soon to put all my crap away.
– Hang some book shelves. I have a really good system using Bondo that I will describe in another entry. You are giddy with anticipation.
– More shelves in the closet. I’m a shelf hanging machine. Oddly, that gets women over the age of thirty really hot.
– Hang some pictures.
Priority 4 – This is stuff I’d like to do soon (before I move out) to make the place livable.
– Buy some pictures to hang.
– Buy a couch.
– And a dresser. And a bistro table. Yeah, I said a bistro table.
– A new rug would be nice, too. Have you ever seen Fight Club when Ed Norton mentally fills his apartment with the Ikea catalog. And then tries to take over the world. Well, be afraid. Actually, I’m all done with Ikea. Forever.
– Take the last of my shit out of the cardboard from my move.
So to summarize, I’m too busy to be funny. Let’s get drunk Saturday.
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Site of the Day: 100 Greatest Gadgets of All Time – I think I own or have owned about eight of them.
