I never get everything transitioned over. But when I try for something really crazy, what I get done as a result is still surprisingly aggressive.
One of the main reasons I didn’t get as much done as anticipated is that my new M1 Mac arrived early! I thought it wouldn’t get to me until January, but instead I got it on Christmas Eve. Naturally there are a lot of extra projects and processes surrounding getting this machine up and running, and transitioning off of my iPad and older Mac — which I’ve already done. Those are much more entertaining (and unexpectedly time consuming) than the other stuff I was expecting to work on.
For my update, all the strikethrough text below is either done or dropped since the 19th. I’m putting this here to keep myself honest. And hopefully to provide a little inspiration for you!
complete all Christmas gift wrapping & sending (including online gifts)– DONEfinish Data Analytics & Visualization course requirements– DONEobtain & install new Tableau (student license)– DROPPED, can’t install on my new M1 Mac because it’s not supported yetfinish IWT course– DONEcomplete writing course– DROPPEDcomplete Indistractible audiobook & set daily activities from workbook– DROPPED, I’m only taking select daily activities from the workbookclean & prep Suburban for sale– DROPPED, this will have to wait until Spring, it’s just too dang cold and icy hereauto insurance switch & vehicle registration changes– DROPPED, dependent on abovedecide on purchase of next computer– DONE, ordered (and received) my new M1 MacBook Airdecide on linux studio computer rebuild & configuration– DONE, I’m setting it in my closet and forgetting about it until further noticemigrate & retire Nextcloud account– DONEmove all calendars to Synology Calendar– DONEmove all contacts to Synology Contacts– DONEmove all photos to Synology Moments– DONEmove all music to Plex– DONE, I think. I could still find more in other subfolders, but I think I got all the commercial music nowmove all movies & shows to Plex– DONE, again in terms of commercial movies and shows, not the ones I madededuplicate all music– DROPPED, I have better things to do with my time and with all the music I have…this is a thing- test/configure home VPN – IN PROCESS
all URLs renewed or released– DONEredirect remaining URLs for sale– DONEinitiate closing of any extra Optimistic Holdings accounts, rolling back to primary– ROLLING OVER to 2021Q1- end of year reporting & final Clear Mind payment to Crosspulse – IN PROCESS
end of year tax info & updates/communications– DROPPED, I reached out but never heard backcreate routing map of all financial & insurance accounts– ROLLING OVER to 2021Q1- cancel all Snap Synapse credit cards – IN PROCESS
download & archive all video tutorials & livestreaming appearances for 2020– ROLLING OVER to 2021Q1, I got most but not all as it requires additional authorization from other people that I’ll follow up with in the new yearre-record all voicemails– DONEreset all autoresponders– ROLLING OVER to 2021Q1 because I don’t really know what these should say yetarchive email accounts from EUG & VLC– DONE, I have archived zips of these though that’s not really what I’m meant when I wrote this it turns out that what I meant is really complicated, so I’m calling this enougharchive all pre-2018 emails to text– DROPPED, I don’t know why it’s so complicated to turn emails into plaintext for archival purposes but whatever- reset & migrate all email accounts for 2021 – IN PROCESS
- unsubscribe from all email newsletters (again) – IN PROCESS
- unsubscribe from all non-essential annual services/softwares – IN PROCESS
- follow up on all outstanding post-gig tasks from last 12-months – IN PROCESS
- confirm validity/expiry status of all coupons & credits – IN PROCESS
- update 401k loan paperwork post-COVID legislation – IN PROCESS
- retire & archive all LinkedIn groups/pages – IN PROCESS
- retire & archive alternate/old Twitter accounts (6) – IN PROCESS
- retire & archive all Facebook groups/pages – IN PROCESS
- retire & archive instagram account – IN PROCESS
- Verizon discount applied & account restructured – IN PROCESS
cellphone hardening & redirectionDROPPED, as it looks like I may be switching carriers and maybe phones too- CPR cert renewal – – IN PROCESS
chatbot buildDROPPED, things have gotten pretty crazy at work with our main LMS Admin quitting, so I just won’t get to this probably at all2021 learning plan finalizedDONE2021 timeboxing/visioningDONEConvaTec admin transition managementDONE- ConvaTec end of year reporting scorecard – IN PROCESS
- reconfigure office & network setup – IN PROCESS
Denise office setup completedDROPPED, she doesn’t really want this anymore
Coming soon, a bunch more stuff crossed out (I hope!) and my next list of 50 projects getting done or dropped by the end of 2020 :)