I am in the rut to end all ruts right now. I feel utterly useless and that everything I try to do is just going to be outdone by someone else or just completely ignored.

So let’s try to end said rut by making a list of feasible end-of-summer goals, huh?

I think I did something like this last year and it helped me get things done. The nice thing about this year is I’m FINALLY not going to have to spend my summer prepping for a new course (like ASHA, which took a lot of prep) or constructing, finalizing, and polishing my tenure application. So what should I do?

• Complete the registered marathons/ultras I am currently signed up for. This one should be easy if I don’t, like, lose a leg or something.
  
• Print the remaining blogs. I have Year 1 – Year 12 printed. I want to get the rest of them in physical form just in case something bad happens to all the digital versions.
  
• Do another story edit (and more?). I haven’t touched my story in several months because I’ve been busy with other nonsense…which maybe is a good thing; now I can do another edit with fresher eyes.
  
• Clean/organize my office. It’s better than it was this time last year, but I hate that it’s not as organized as it should be.
  
• Do art. Drawing, painting, whatev. I FINALLY will have some time to do it, so let’s take advantage of it, shall we?
  
• Get more serious about improving my French listening skills. Reading? Fine. Writing? Okay. Listening? It’s horrible. I need to do better before my next class in the fall.

I’ll add more stuff later if I think of it.