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Time In A Bottle (or rather, in an app)

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Any of my older readers remember this classic? This line seems to be my life lately: "There never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do" This season of my life is so full. Blessedly, beautifully full. And I seem to always have to manage my time so precisely to get everything done. Because of this I am always looking for ways to be more productive. One of the things that I have been slacking a bit on is record keeping for my transcription work. 2017 wasn't my best effort in that department. I like to keep track of the time I spend doing transcription work as well as how much it's actually paying me per hour. And I needed a new, streamlined way to do this so it' wouldn't take extra time or effort to keep track of this information Now, in truth, I am a lover of all things that organize your life so up until this most recent season of multifaceted jobs, responsibilities and tasks I did a relatively decent job of just jotting down a

I'm BACK!!! And a reading challenge

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Pic: Flickr creative commons       My blogging class is over (😢) and the class and I will start learning some coding and web development next semester. Some of my students are still blogging a bit and my own daughter has started her own blog so keep checking out the links here for those student blogs.      I took some time off of almost everything that didn't relate to family and work for the last month.  I had a very nice holiday for the Thanksgiving/Christmas break. Our family took a fun trip to the Gatlinburg area (more on that in another blog post!) and enjoyed family and relaxation for the New Year week. Now that I am feeling mostly refreshed on to the next thing. Which is.....      Goals for 2018! I don't really set resolutions. I don't feel like "resolute" really defines the way I tackle any new thing. Although I'd love it to... it's just not the truth. I'm not sure "admirably purposeful" or "unwavering" is re