"Movin' on Up..."
I said the other day that I was going to try to move more and that I would spend my break during office hours today doing two circuits about the academic side of campus. And I did! I popped in the Ipod shuffle and did two circuits, which was great. It really felt like I'd done something, which tells you how out of shape I am. I also have a huge blister on my left foot just from the treadmill yesterday and that walk today. I've done nothing strenuous, but as my doctor would say, I'm carrying more weight than I ever have before, and my body is trying to handle it. Ah, well. That is the main reason I have to keep moving.

Mel, I think, asked a while ago about my notebook GTD system and how it's working, and it's working well. I have a sketchbook. At the top fo thepage, I write down the GTD context: email, computer, office, calls. Then, I make my list of what to do, all in brightly-colored, fine-point Sharpies. I cross out each item with a thick, black Sharpie. When the page is empty, I black out the context at the top so I know I don't have to look at the page again. And I have to say that this is working. I need the colors to add some sense of play to this whole process. And today, I had three pages with one item left on them, so I did the remaining item on each page just so I could wrap up the page and move on. And that's why I think the system is working. I feel pushed to get things done so I can move on.

Yeah, not the most exciting entry, but things are moving (including me!), so that's cool.
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