Check-in:

Morning Pages: 2/7. Better than I have been.

Artist's Date: avoided. Had a nice browse through the bookstore - which I really should avoid. I need to do another reading deprivation session.

Walking: Nothing serious. I fell backstage at Carousel and did a number on my knees. Sigh

Synchronicity: Two great temping days. Nice people - good gig!

Nice Thing for Me Each Day: a brainwave CD

Issues: Why change it?: get back in tune with Gail's breathing ideas and thinking about the notes - get so inside the music (a la Yo Yo Ma) that it comes from your brain, not your throat.

Technique, technique, technique. Breath. Exercise/PT

Goals:

Gigs: Syracuse Opera outreach: Pigs; Ready... Set... Opera!

Day Job: call temp agencies - return two phone calls.

Listening/Opera Videos: Magic Flute DVD; Puritani DVD

Diction/Dialect/Accent Tape: speech therapy exercises

Pedagogy Work: a good solid foundation of breath and relaxation

Creativity Book: The Creativity Book and Fearless Creating (Maisel),

Performing Business: update address book; revamp address labels; read through Little Red Riding Hood score. Update audition binders.

Sight Singing: focus on basic technique - use simple art songs

Acting: monologue memorization; basic warmup

Piano: scales; play through vocal rep

Cello: scales and other technical exercises

Guitar: scales and finger busters

Flute: technical drills

Physical Program: E2L and food combining principles; yoga/other stretching, Pilates, PT exercises, strength training 3x/week

Family: Christmas present work

Spiritual: DQT - focus on the Gospels; read 1 chapter of Proverbs (corresponding to the day)

FlyLady: keep decluttering

Car: clean out; wash


Formal checking:

DO OR DIE:
1. loose weight (SP)
2. declutter
3. practice
4. translations
5. faith - DQT
6. mail
7. TLT
8. TOOLS

Important Tasks:
1. HTML
2. laundry
3. piano
4. languages
5. outreach brushups
6. vocal technique rehab

Wish List
1. creative writing
2. scrapbooking
3. genealogy
4. crochet
5. flute
6. cello
7. guitar
8. massage therapy license