Looks like this year instead of doing my full Drop100, I only go to Drop50. And I didn’t get as far down with those as I’d hoped. But I did still get a lot more done than I would have otherwise!
The numbering has changed from my part 1 and part 2 posts, but to keep myself honest, here’s what I’ve got to show for my 2020 efforts.
DONEcomplete all Christmas gift wrapping & sending (including online gifts)– DONEfinish Data Analytics & Visualization course requirements– DONEfinish IWT course– DONEdecide 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 madeall URLs renewed or released– DONEredirect remaining URLs for sale– DONEre-record all voicemails– DONEarchive 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 enough2021 learning plan finalized– DONE2021 timeboxing/visioning– DONEConvaTec admin transition management– DONEretire & archive all LinkedIn groups/pages– DONE, although it turns out I can’t retire/archive groups so I set mine to “hidden” insteadreset & migrate all email accounts for 2021– DONE, for now at least. Likely a new effort and a new post on this coming soon.complete new MacBook transition (install files, licenses, authorizations, etc)DONE, and though this wasn’t in my original list it did take a substantial amount of time that led to the below being in dropped & rollover status
obtain & install new Tableau (student license)– DROPPED, can’t install on my new M1 Mac because it’s not supported yetcomplete 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 abovededuplicate all music– DROPPED, I have better things to do with my time and with all the music I have…this is a thingend of year tax info & updates/communications– DROPPED, I reached out but never heard backarchive 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 whatevercellphone hardening & redirection– DROPPED, as it looks like I may be switching carriers and maybe phones toochatbot buildDROPPED, things have gotten pretty crazy at work with our main LMS Admin quitting, so I just won’t get to this probably at allfollow up on all outstanding post-gig tasks from last 12-monthsDROPPED, for emotionally complex reasons I just don’t have it in me to complete this oneDenise office setup completed– DROPPED, she doesn’t really want this anymoreretire & archive all Facebook groups/pages– DROPPED, I did change all my security settings and tried to manage more groups & pages but they don’t make it easy and…I’ve done as much of this as I’m going to do for nowcancel all Snap Synapse credit cards– DROPPED, decided to cancel one but keep the other two for now for reward point & credit score purposesretire & archive instagram account– DROPPED, yeah changed my mind on this oneconfirm validity/expiry status of all coupons & credits– DROPPED, because 2020 has been a helluva year for everyone, and aside from the three credits I remember that are over $100, I’m not going to sweat the small stuff like this
- initiate closing of any extra Optimistic Holdings accounts, rolling back to primary – part of one of my Top 5 projects for 2021Q1
- create routing map of all financial & insurance accounts – part of one of my Top 5 projects for 2021Q1
- update 401k loan paperwork post-COVID legislation – part of one of my Top 5 projects for 2021Q1
- reconfigure office & network setup – part of one of my Top 5 projects for 2021Q1
- test/configure home VPN – part of one of my Top 5 projects for 2021Q1
- download & archive all video tutorials & livestreaming appearances for 2020 – I got most but not all as this requires additional authorization from other people that I’ll follow up with soon
- end of year reporting & final Clear Mind payment to Crosspulse – this got way more complicated when I cancelled my Vimeo account, and I’m going to have to just make my best guess by Monday
- reset all autoresponders – because I don’t really know what these should say yet, another post coming soon
- Verizon discount applied & account restructured – This one is in process, but is complicated
- unsubscribe from all email newsletters (again) – I got a few dozen, and the rest will slide into January
- unsubscribe from all non-essential annual services/softwares – this was not well-defined, another post on this coming soon
- CPR cert renewal – this should really only take one afternoon, and I hope to complete it next Saturday
- ConvaTec end of year reporting scorecard – I couldn’t get it done by end-of-year for reasons outside my control, and it is my primary deliverable for week 1 of the new year
- retire & archive alternate/old Twitter accounts (6) – Turns out you can’t both download your activity and delete your account at the same time, so this is taking a bit longer than planned
Because I didn’t get as far this time as usual, I’m budgeting in time to do another Drop50 at the end of the next quarter. Maybe this will be better as a smaller recurring project every couple of months than the one big one at the end of the year? …How can we find out?
Any suggestions or observations you care to share, please use the comments below.