General Update
I have struggled with time management for a while now and it is very frustrating. Procrastination, obsessive compulsive tendencies, depression, self-destructive behavior has all taken their toll on my ability to use time efficiently. I look around and wonder, have I wasted my 29 years of life one second at a time? Will my future time be wasted as well?
Part of this issue I blame on my center brained thinking process. In planning my day I struggle between organization and embraced chaos with constant dissidents over this balancing act.
My newest solution to this problem is to embrace a form of chaotic planning. I will allow myself the comfort of long-term planning but promote flexibility in the day-to-day activities. The plan is to keep track of things that need to get done and complete them when I feel like doing them instead of trying to force myself to accomplish tasks in a direct order. I hope that the reduced stress from my freedom of choice will allow me to enjoy completing those things that need to get done.
If this will work I am not sure, but I will keep you updated.
Woody Allen was born in Brooklyn, NY in the December of 1935 as Allan Stewart Konigsberg. In his childhood he enjoyed magic, movies, and music. Mr. Allen got started writing comedy for his school newspaper while in High School but he wasn’t sure what he wanted to be in his adult career. He went to college, but he dropped out. With help of a relative, the young Allan started writing for radio and television.
At age 25, he began performing even though he had immense stage fright. He would practice at small clubs till he could get over being in front of larger and larger audiences. His first film was the 1965 classic “What’s New Pussycat?”. His first directing role was in 1966 for “What’s Up, Tiger Lily?”. From there he has been very active as a Writer, Director, and Actor often being all three in many of his movies.
Woody Allen’s success can be attributed to his insane work ethic. He is known for constantly practicing and perfecting his interests, often times locking himself away in his own apartment to work with little interaction with the outside world. This has been an advantage in that his movies are often un-influenced by other people’s work. Woody Allen tries to stay true to himself. Instead of making movies that he believes will be commercial success, he makes ones he would want to watch.
Looking over Woody Allen’s life we can see wild success, but it comes at a price. Neurosis, anxiety, and anti-social behavior is the curse this talented man must live with. It seems for Mr. Allen, being productive and prolific in the art form of film is his coping mechanism to life.
If you would like to see Woody Allen’s extensive filmography list click here.
Dashlane how I love thee.
I have been using Dashlane for 24 hours and I have to say I like it. I had problems at first getting the software to work properly. I am not sure what the problem was, but as soon as I installed it a second time it worked fine.
The thing I love about it is that I can use it as a website list of blogs I am a member of. I find it difficult to keep track of what sites I am a member of and then also keep my username and password connected for each of those sites. This application allows me to keep all that information in one location.
I find this enormously helpful and hope to utilize this in my marketing efforts. It allows me to keep blogs, message boards, and social media sites my fans/consumers would use in order and with the ability to log in with one click. This is a beautiful thing for someone like me who is constantly struggling with organizations and systems.
I have been very busy from my home office in Wisconsin trying to sell off my unused belongings in order to live a more streamline life while making some extra cash. One of the items that I’ve recently sold was a laptop screen, LCD, from my broken laptop. This item was a pain to package due to how fragile it was but I went out and bought a padded envelope and found some cardboard to secure on each side of the screen. While I was there at the P.O. I was struck with the idea that it might be important to get insurance.
Proof of Value
The costs for both of these services were under $3 with shipping being $9.45 and I sure am glad I got the insurance. Shortly after mailing the product I received an email saying the screen was damaged in shipment. To file my claim, I simply had to go to https://www.usps.com/ship/file-insurance-claims.htm and click the link to start an online insurance claim, register, provide proof of items value, and proof of damage. For proof of value I provided a screen shot of the amazon sales receipt in JPEG form and for proof of damage I sent a photo the buyer emailed to me.
Not a very good proof of damage
As you can see, the image from the seller was of low quality. This made me nervous if the Post Office would hassle me about getting my insurance money. It turned out there was no trouble and I received approval in less than a week. If you need to file a claim with the post office, don’t worry it is a very easy process, both painless and easy.
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