Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Okay, I’m back. And doing my best to return to normal.

Though, of course, our lives never return to a true, indefinite equilibrium. If history teaches us anything, it’s the constancy of change and the vast variety of human nature. Living a “normal” life implies an average, which simply isn’t meaningful when it comes to living life.

But I am trying to re-establish my routines, and find better ways to live. I had my animators over on Saturday, and spent Sunday afternoon with my parents, as usual. I thrive on routine.

My newest new organizational tool is a weekly to-do list. This list contains all the things I’d really like to do frequently, but often forget about. I print out a new list every week and put it on my desk where I’ll see it every day, and I use it to remind myself of my priorities. Here’s the list (unordered):

• Faith-building exercise
• Pray for ____ minutes (one more each week)
• Rent (and watch) one Great Movie, from Roger Ebert’s list
• Watch one current movie in theaters
• Watch anime
• Read up on jazz
• Read up on techno
• Listen to a classical piece
• Read a book
• Read a long stretch of the Bible (multiple chapters)
• Work on a Syllable application or tutorial
• Call friends (Saalon, Brennen, others)
• Practice piano
• Practice violin
• Compose some music

There’s also space at the bottom to add items that only apply to that week (like, this week, capturing the behind-the-scenes video footage I taped last week and storing it on a backup external hard drive).