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Multi-multi-tasking
May. 26th, 2005 02:38 pmWork is busy. It makes such a change from the relentless monotony that crushed the last few months - finally, there is so much work to do that I can pick up some different jobs. I've learned to use new equipment, and finished some client-based labwork. I'd always rather be busy than bored, to keep my mind from wandering... strangely, I'm most creative when I'm being busy. Perhaps my mind just wanders at a higher speed.
I have to write a job application by tomorrow, although I'm not expecting it to go anywhere - the last time I applied for something similar, I didn't even get a rejection email. My contract should be renewed until December, though, so I can search for work without too much desperation. While work here is improving, other jobs offer things that this cannot: a completely different style of work, and some sort of security in the form of 2-3 year contracts. I'm coming to the end of my ninth six-month contract, and the biennial stress caused by wondering if I'll be paying my rent past June is slowly getting me down.
I'm also eying the Graduate Diploma of Media and Communications and Graduate Diploma of Professional Writing (one course with electives from the other) by distance education, from Deakin. Either course would be 1 year full time (I'd probably try for 2 years Part Time while working), and a damn sight more practical than the subjects I have left in Melbourne's Media/Communications degree.
Tonight, I'm training again. My one class last week showed me how much I've lost... I can't even get into the lower stances, let alone swiftly shift from one to another. Tai Chi is great for building "slow" muscle strength in my legs though - I'm looking forward to adding an extra class in the week. I have some inflammation in my left hip though, which is preventing me from stretching properly. Can anyone suggest a natural anti-inflammatory? I can't remember what I used to use.
Tomorrow night, I'll start layout for Insurgent #2. I'm looking forward to using the software again, as it's been a couple of months since I last had it out. I have a few articles to work on, and one to write myself - good practice, as I haven't used those bits of grey matter for a while. I'm also looking forward to writing Silent Streets for RetroCon - my blurb sucked, but it gave away exactly as much information as I wanted to give the players.
The wheel is turning again, and this time I'm determined to be on top of it as it comes around...
I have to write a job application by tomorrow, although I'm not expecting it to go anywhere - the last time I applied for something similar, I didn't even get a rejection email. My contract should be renewed until December, though, so I can search for work without too much desperation. While work here is improving, other jobs offer things that this cannot: a completely different style of work, and some sort of security in the form of 2-3 year contracts. I'm coming to the end of my ninth six-month contract, and the biennial stress caused by wondering if I'll be paying my rent past June is slowly getting me down.
I'm also eying the Graduate Diploma of Media and Communications and Graduate Diploma of Professional Writing (one course with electives from the other) by distance education, from Deakin. Either course would be 1 year full time (I'd probably try for 2 years Part Time while working), and a damn sight more practical than the subjects I have left in Melbourne's Media/Communications degree.
Tonight, I'm training again. My one class last week showed me how much I've lost... I can't even get into the lower stances, let alone swiftly shift from one to another. Tai Chi is great for building "slow" muscle strength in my legs though - I'm looking forward to adding an extra class in the week. I have some inflammation in my left hip though, which is preventing me from stretching properly. Can anyone suggest a natural anti-inflammatory? I can't remember what I used to use.
Tomorrow night, I'll start layout for Insurgent #2. I'm looking forward to using the software again, as it's been a couple of months since I last had it out. I have a few articles to work on, and one to write myself - good practice, as I haven't used those bits of grey matter for a while. I'm also looking forward to writing Silent Streets for RetroCon - my blurb sucked, but it gave away exactly as much information as I wanted to give the players.
The wheel is turning again, and this time I'm determined to be on top of it as it comes around...
