Reverse planning
Apr. 2nd, 2020 08:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartI got this beautiful planner from Mum for my last birthday: hard-cover, decorated with sapphire flowers in high relief, great inner structure for notes and all that. I started writing in thing very dutifully - actually just because I enjoyed the little thing so much. Well... for the last two months I had to strike out almost everything that stood in there. :(
But I still love my planner, so I decided to put it to another use: one that will cheer me up. So, as of last Monday, I started writing down the names of persons I spoke on the phone to on that day or exchanged e-mails with. And it does cheer me up to turn the leaves and see that I still have a social life! A young (ex-)colleague even sent me a copy of the sonogram of her unborn baby, and I keep sending her baking recipes. We'd never have done that before.
Take that, stupid coronavirus!
Also, I started my Easter baking today, with the Nutella bunnies (photo coming up later). I won't make the usual baking orgy this year: just the coconut lambs and the Spiegeleikuchen are still to go. That will be more than enough for the two of us.
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picowrimo resolution is to do at least some translating each day. Today I'm a bit behind schedule because of the baking - the decorating of the bunnies is time-consuming, even though I kept them fairly simple - but I did translate two pages for the (hopefully) paid job and might still do something for myself.
Other than that, we are fine. I hope so are you, folks. *hygienic virtual hugs to everyone*
But I still love my planner, so I decided to put it to another use: one that will cheer me up. So, as of last Monday, I started writing down the names of persons I spoke on the phone to on that day or exchanged e-mails with. And it does cheer me up to turn the leaves and see that I still have a social life! A young (ex-)colleague even sent me a copy of the sonogram of her unborn baby, and I keep sending her baking recipes. We'd never have done that before.
Take that, stupid coronavirus!
Also, I started my Easter baking today, with the Nutella bunnies (photo coming up later). I won't make the usual baking orgy this year: just the coconut lambs and the Spiegeleikuchen are still to go. That will be more than enough for the two of us.
My past-
picowrimo resolution is to do at least some translating each day. Today I'm a bit behind schedule because of the baking - the decorating of the bunnies is time-consuming, even though I kept them fairly simple - but I did translate two pages for the (hopefully) paid job and might still do something for myself.Other than that, we are fine. I hope so are you, folks. *hygienic virtual hugs to everyone*
