March 23 List

- worked out
- made nutrious breakfast and dinner
- went to the dentist
- wrote Congressmen letters in support of public broadcasting

March 22 List

- sent emails
- read, wrote, and meditated
- worked out
- made nutrious meals
- stopped at the hardware store
- watched the King's Speech

March 13 list

- called to wish my dad a happy birthday
- worked on This American Life resume site
- did a leg workout
- prepared and ate a nutritious meal
- cooked dinner with a friend
- witnessed a break-in and swarm of cops in the Lower East Side, exiting

March 12 List

- taught guitar lessons
- thrift'd for new pants, support a friend's business
- worked out in the park
- watch cyclist in the Columbia, Grants Tomb Race
- learned to play The Gardner by The Tallest Man on Earth
- had a terrific date with my guitar

March 11 List

- created MobileMe ebay auction
- posted blog posts
- worked on This American Life coverletter
- re-discovered Camille Saint-Saёns' Carnival of the Animals
- digitized BBC nature videos of monkeys doing it
- watched the first season of Arrested Development
- practiced guitar

Oh and a little message from dear mother:

Hey Shawn,

I've done the same thing......it is very satisfying & accomplishing to cross off your 'to do' list. Just be careful that your daily list isn't too long to begin with, so you don't get frustrated when you have to keep bumping a project to next day's list. I found lists very helpful when I would start a project & then get distracted or when on to something else & didn't get back to original project/or 'to do' thing.

By the way, how did the banana bread get burnt? Do you have a bread pan to bake it in?

Yea, I forgot it was in the oven.

March 10 List

- worked on This American Life resume and coverletter
- helped a blogging friend who will someday become famous of inspiring others
- donated money to Moveon.org
- read up on Wisconsin state issues
- researched resume & job interviewing tactics
- baked banana bread (and burned it....)
- made nutritious dinner
- rekindled my love with Satie's Trois Gymnopedies

Lists

I am not a fan of frustrating days. Particularly the ones where you don't even realize they were frustrating till the end of the day. You start thinking back to all the things you wanted to get done, and not a one accomplished.

I've been having those days lately.

To correct the problem, I'm starting a new tactic today. Taking after the advice of a very good friend, I'm going to start making lists. A list of everything I want to get done throughout the day. As I get something done, I cross it off the list. If I do something that was not on the list, I add it do the list and cross it off. If I don't get something done on the list that I wanted to, it gets bumped to another day. No biggie.

At the end of the day, it feels amazing to look at that list and realize just how much I really do in a day. From productive career work to the simple act of taking care of myself, there's a lot that gets done. That being said, I don't think I'm going to catalog everything (i.e. brushing my teeth, riding the train) However, if I feel it was a significant enough part of my time or day, then I'll put it down.

So where does one host such lists? I thought of getting a nice notebook or leather-bound something-or-other. But I'm on this minimalization kick lately, so I think I'll keep it digital. And why keep this nifty idea to myself when I can share it with the world.

Enjoy the following posts, cause they'll truly be a digitalization of my life.

- made nutritious breakfast
- worked on This American Life coverletter
- mailed a birthday card
- mailed a letter
- found banana bread recipe

• 4 ripe bananas (mashed)
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon backing soda
• pinch of salt
• 1 & 1/2 cups flour
• Bake at 350F for 1 hour

- worked on figuring out iTunes podcast hosting
- figured out how to host multiple websites with iWeb
- visited art fashion show at New School
- visited friend at Cure Thrift Shop
- few beers with friends, discussed therapy, religion and life
- had a 2Bros pizza slice to finish off the night
- started new blogging venture or listing

Kill'n Some Time in Technicolor

Do yourself a favor and try this

http://www.addictinggames.com/color-of-theory-game.html

This Pleases Me

In Maine

Come to Center Lovell, Maine!

Immortality Drive

Did you know this existed? Cause I sure didn't.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortality_Drive

I'm Back

Life has been interesting lately. Ups and downs. To sum it up simply, I'll quote the great LCD Soundsystem.

New York I Love You, but You're Bring Me Down

However, I was still productive over the past month or so since my last post. Mostly resulting in this:

www.shawnconnellysound.com

What Do You Mean, I'm Not Wearing Pants?

Rocking in the Heights

As mentioned in a previous post, playing tour guide makes one feel like they really belong somewhere. Round two of my tour guiding came mid-December when my father came out for a visit. We never really had any set agenda. Lots of walking and seeing what there is to see.

On a particular Tuesday we must have put eight miles under our feet. While I can't be exactly sure where exactly we walked, the Google map at right is some indication of the very indirect route we took to wherever it is we all went.

Voyaguer

http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/spacecraftlife.html