TINDERBOX: Revival
Several months ago I downloaded the fabulously organizational software program from Eastgate that is Tinderbox and promptly started a project that was basically my "to do" list. Unfortunately, I have a tendency to avoid a "to do" list even if it’s magneted (yes, I love to make up words) to the refrigerator door. The associated guilt is just too much to handle.
There’s another project ripe for the Tinderbox environment though: literary submissions. In this, the prime time for reading, I’ve found myself sending out stories via online submissions and email, no longer as willing to plaster a couple dollars’ worth of stamps as the cost of rejection. While it’s easy to look up these submissions online, and there’s usually an acknowledging email, both processes that can be categorized on the mail program and the browser favorites, I think it’s time to maybe realize that it’s a job that Tinderbox could better structure given all the dates, stories, places, and feedback that is starting to look octopusal (another one!) in my mind.
Okay, so here’s the deal: the project’s been added to my "to do" list, but seeings that this is time-sensitive, I’m going to make myself sit down and get started–though first I’ve got to clean a couple of those "to do’s" off my schedule, such as "plant beans."
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