La Bene Vita

Friday: 14 Days!

Resign from Abbott by 4/4/10.
Two weeks to the day!!

I obtained my manager's signature and submitted my request for leave yesterday. It's not official until the leave center approves it, but it's officially too late to take it back. Also, we've selected my replacement from among the candidates. I went to the dentist for my six-month checkup Monday, too, which is good, since I'm not going to have health bennies anymore, at least not until ObamaCare goes into effect.

I'm not holding my breath... because I can't afford the respirator.

Brand the biz(es.)
I feel a little stalled at the moment while we wait for three property proposals. Also, another teacher declined to meet with me about potential employment. She's a former elementary school teacher who now works as an elementary school counselor, thanks to a failed tax levy. She was referred by an elementary (non-music) teacher friend of mine who works with her. My friend thought the ex-music teacher wanted additional part-time income, but it turns out that she's just looking for summer work.

People, if you're looking for a job, I have news for ya: the jobs are out there. Many hiring managers are trying to find you but don't know how. *makes a note of that for her business manager's blog* My topic list is getting long! If I can find the time to write all my blog posts, I'm fairly sure I'll never run out of ideas. It's a topic I know well.

15 minutes of small biz research per day.
Just more property searches and emails to my broker.

Some days my life seems surreal. First of all, I have a broker. Second, I'm quitting my secure job during a recession for the possibility of eking out a living in unknown territory. It's all very strange.

Post at WordPress at least once per week.
Still pending.

Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 3/31/10.
Weight:
Meals:
9:00am Coffee (1)

Write one new original song per month.
Goal met: "Time," which I ironically need more of so that I can record and publish the song at WordPress.

Launch one new repertoire song per week.
Pending.

Maintain Business Managers blog.
I launched my blog at http://mochanotes.com/adviceforbusiness managers, (re)posted my initial post, made the new blog pretty, and installed AdSense advertisements. I even figured out how to edit the code manually. Now I need to fill the blog with content and submit it to the search engines. I spent a bunch of time playing with GoDaddy, WordPress, and AdSense yesterday, and it was ridiculously fun.

Meet other writing goals.
Textbroker articles: I accepted the next four articles and wrote one of four.
Music Educators blog: On hold pending my Business Managers trial run.

I drafted the Good Friday bulletin, so I feel better about that. I have a meeting Saturday morning with all the church music leaders, so hopefully we'll hash out Good Friday, Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday services.