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Feeling overwhelmed by the scope of your personal projects? Remeber that 1 hour a day for 365 days, is as many hours as working fullt time 40 hours a week for 9 weeks.
Some Action > No Action.
#Motivation #JustGetStarted #1HourADay
Some Action > No Action.
#Motivation #JustGetStarted #1HourADay
Days 335-384
Friday May 22- Friday July 10
My 1 year anniversary slipped by. When I started I mentioned feeling overwhelmed. Work/Life has me in a place where finding the extra hour is difficult, but not always impossible. I hope to find balance again soon.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Friday May 22- Friday July 10
My 1 year anniversary slipped by. When I started I mentioned feeling overwhelmed. Work/Life has me in a place where finding the extra hour is difficult, but not always impossible. I hope to find balance again soon.
#Motivation #1HourADay
July 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Days 335-384
Friday May 22- Friday July 10
My 1 year anniversary slipped by. When I started I mentioned feeling overwhelmed. Work/Life has me in a place where finding the extra hour is difficult, but not always impossible. I hope to find balance again soon.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Friday May 22- Friday July 10
My 1 year anniversary slipped by. When I started I mentioned feeling overwhelmed. Work/Life has me in a place where finding the extra hour is difficult, but not always impossible. I hope to find balance again soon.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 333-334
Wednesday & Thursday
I’ve mentioned before spending my creative hour as drawing time with the little one. Yesterday I had evidence that it’s paying off. She drew this on her own, no prompting, and declared it was a pig. She’s not 2.5 years old yet.
#Motivation #1HourADay #Proud
Wednesday & Thursday
I’ve mentioned before spending my creative hour as drawing time with the little one. Yesterday I had evidence that it’s paying off. She drew this on her own, no prompting, and declared it was a pig. She’s not 2.5 years old yet.
#Motivation #1HourADay #Proud
May 22, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Days 333-334
Wednesday & Thursday
I’ve mentioned before spending my creative hour as drawing time with the little one. Yesterday I had evidence that it’s paying off. She drew this on her own, no prompting, and declared it was a pig. She’s not 2.5 years old yet.
#Motivation #1HourADay #Proud
Wednesday & Thursday
I’ve mentioned before spending my creative hour as drawing time with the little one. Yesterday I had evidence that it’s paying off. She drew this on her own, no prompting, and declared it was a pig. She’s not 2.5 years old yet.
#Motivation #1HourADay #Proud
Days 332
Tuesday
Excel Project is coming along nicely. Nearly complete with the Tax Projection section. Nice to see the expected impact of 401k election changes.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Tuesday
Excel Project is coming along nicely. Nearly complete with the Tax Projection section. Nice to see the expected impact of 401k election changes.
#Motivation #1HourADay
May 20, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Days 332
Tuesday
Excel Project is coming along nicely. Nearly complete with the Tax Projection section. Nice to see the expected impact of 401k election changes.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Tuesday
Excel Project is coming along nicely. Nearly complete with the Tax Projection section. Nice to see the expected impact of 401k election changes.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 308-331
Saturday to Monday, many weeks later?
Not gonna pretend this was a planned break. Having a cold is an excuse (it last 3 weeks,but wasn’t that bad.) Big work changes - also an excuse.
I did get a lot of work done on my personal Excel project - just didn’t post.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Saturday to Monday, many weeks later?
Not gonna pretend this was a planned break. Having a cold is an excuse (it last 3 weeks,but wasn’t that bad.) Big work changes - also an excuse.
I did get a lot of work done on my personal Excel project - just didn’t post.
#Motivation #1HourADay
May 19, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Days 308-331
Saturday to Monday, many weeks later?
Not gonna pretend this was a planned break. Having a cold is an excuse (it last 3 weeks,but wasn’t that bad.) Big work changes - also an excuse.
I did get a lot of work done on my personal Excel project - just didn’t post.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Saturday to Monday, many weeks later?
Not gonna pretend this was a planned break. Having a cold is an excuse (it last 3 weeks,but wasn’t that bad.) Big work changes - also an excuse.
I did get a lot of work done on my personal Excel project - just didn’t post.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 304-307
Tuesday - Friday
Back from the work event and mostly recovered. Had grand plans for finding time to write, but instead was just generally short on sleep the whole time. Friday has been the recovery day.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Tuesday - Friday
Back from the work event and mostly recovered. Had grand plans for finding time to write, but instead was just generally short on sleep the whole time. Friday has been the recovery day.
#Motivation #1HourADay
April 25, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Days 304-307
Tuesday - Friday
Back from the work event and mostly recovered. Had grand plans for finding time to write, but instead was just generally short on sleep the whole time. Friday has been the recovery day.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Tuesday - Friday
Back from the work event and mostly recovered. Had grand plans for finding time to write, but instead was just generally short on sleep the whole time. Friday has been the recovery day.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 303
Monday
Travel day for work today, so just checking in to stay in the habit.
It’s gonna be a busy week, but I met some nice people on the plane flying out to see their 3 year old niece for the first time! One of them was flying for the first time as well - joy!!
#Motivation #1HourADay
Monday
Travel day for work today, so just checking in to stay in the habit.
It’s gonna be a busy week, but I met some nice people on the plane flying out to see their 3 year old niece for the first time! One of them was flying for the first time as well - joy!!
#Motivation #1HourADay
April 21, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Days 303
Monday
Travel day for work today, so just checking in to stay in the habit.
It’s gonna be a busy week, but I met some nice people on the plane flying out to see their 3 year old niece for the first time! One of them was flying for the first time as well - joy!!
#Motivation #1HourADay
Monday
Travel day for work today, so just checking in to stay in the habit.
It’s gonna be a busy week, but I met some nice people on the plane flying out to see their 3 year old niece for the first time! One of them was flying for the first time as well - joy!!
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 299-302
Thursday-Sunday
More rereading pages and fixing typos - and those pesky apostrophes that Scriviner stripped out on import. (I blame Word smart-apostrophes.)
More migration from Quicken to MoneyDance. So far I feel it was a good choice.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Thursday-Sunday
More rereading pages and fixing typos - and those pesky apostrophes that Scriviner stripped out on import. (I blame Word smart-apostrophes.)
More migration from Quicken to MoneyDance. So far I feel it was a good choice.
#Motivation #1HourADay
April 20, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Days 299-302
Thursday-Sunday
More rereading pages and fixing typos - and those pesky apostrophes that Scriviner stripped out on import. (I blame Word smart-apostrophes.)
More migration from Quicken to MoneyDance. So far I feel it was a good choice.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Thursday-Sunday
More rereading pages and fixing typos - and those pesky apostrophes that Scriviner stripped out on import. (I blame Word smart-apostrophes.)
More migration from Quicken to MoneyDance. So far I feel it was a good choice.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 298
Wednesday
Spent doodle time with the Little One today. I trade off taking request or watching her draw. She’s starting to show more controlled line work.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Wednesday
Spent doodle time with the Little One today. I trade off taking request or watching her draw. She’s starting to show more controlled line work.
#Motivation #1HourADay
April 16, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Days 298
Wednesday
Spent doodle time with the Little One today. I trade off taking request or watching her draw. She’s starting to show more controlled line work.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Wednesday
Spent doodle time with the Little One today. I trade off taking request or watching her draw. She’s starting to show more controlled line work.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 297
Tuesday
Outline / thumbnails for a Power Point presentation that I build tomorrow. Not familiar with the tools available in PP - so this will be an interesting learning experience. Looks like it will be roughly 30 slides, depending on how transitions work.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Tuesday
Outline / thumbnails for a Power Point presentation that I build tomorrow. Not familiar with the tools available in PP - so this will be an interesting learning experience. Looks like it will be roughly 30 slides, depending on how transitions work.
#Motivation #1HourADay
April 15, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Days 297
Tuesday
Outline / thumbnails for a Power Point presentation that I build tomorrow. Not familiar with the tools available in PP - so this will be an interesting learning experience. Looks like it will be roughly 30 slides, depending on how transitions work.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Tuesday
Outline / thumbnails for a Power Point presentation that I build tomorrow. Not familiar with the tools available in PP - so this will be an interesting learning experience. Looks like it will be roughly 30 slides, depending on how transitions work.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 296
Monday
Rereading pages for editing. Fixing silly errors caused when transferred into Scriviner. For some reason, all of the apostrophes were stripped out: dont & youre & any possessive.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Monday
Rereading pages for editing. Fixing silly errors caused when transferred into Scriviner. For some reason, all of the apostrophes were stripped out: dont & youre & any possessive.
#Motivation #1HourADay
April 14, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Days 296
Monday
Rereading pages for editing. Fixing silly errors caused when transferred into Scriviner. For some reason, all of the apostrophes were stripped out: dont & youre & any possessive.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Monday
Rereading pages for editing. Fixing silly errors caused when transferred into Scriviner. For some reason, all of the apostrophes were stripped out: dont & youre & any possessive.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 277-295
Disappeared for almost 3 weeks. There has been more Excel work, more doodle time with the little one, and a tiny bit of writing.
But mostly I allowed myself to get caught up in distractions, doomscrolling, world events and just life in general. Time to reset.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Disappeared for almost 3 weeks. There has been more Excel work, more doodle time with the little one, and a tiny bit of writing.
But mostly I allowed myself to get caught up in distractions, doomscrolling, world events and just life in general. Time to reset.
#Motivation #1HourADay
April 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Days 277-295
Disappeared for almost 3 weeks. There has been more Excel work, more doodle time with the little one, and a tiny bit of writing.
But mostly I allowed myself to get caught up in distractions, doomscrolling, world events and just life in general. Time to reset.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Disappeared for almost 3 weeks. There has been more Excel work, more doodle time with the little one, and a tiny bit of writing.
But mostly I allowed myself to get caught up in distractions, doomscrolling, world events and just life in general. Time to reset.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 276
Tuesday
Work has been a bit stressful, so today’s hour was doodling with the little one.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Tuesday
Work has been a bit stressful, so today’s hour was doodling with the little one.
#Motivation #1HourADay
March 25, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Days 276
Tuesday
Work has been a bit stressful, so today’s hour was doodling with the little one.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Tuesday
Work has been a bit stressful, so today’s hour was doodling with the little one.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 275
Monday
Transferred some writing from a notebook into my Scriviner file. Retyping handwritten words allows then to sink in.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Monday
Transferred some writing from a notebook into my Scriviner file. Retyping handwritten words allows then to sink in.
#Motivation #1HourADay
March 24, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Days 275
Monday
Transferred some writing from a notebook into my Scriviner file. Retyping handwritten words allows then to sink in.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Monday
Transferred some writing from a notebook into my Scriviner file. Retyping handwritten words allows then to sink in.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 274
Sunday
Simple Excel work, I’m beginning to notice a pattern.
I should get back to writing.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Sunday
Simple Excel work, I’m beginning to notice a pattern.
I should get back to writing.
#Motivation #1HourADay
March 23, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Days 274
Sunday
Simple Excel work, I’m beginning to notice a pattern.
I should get back to writing.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Sunday
Simple Excel work, I’m beginning to notice a pattern.
I should get back to writing.
#Motivation #1HourADay
March 22, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Days 272
Friday
Creative Excel in the morning…
Doodling with the Little One in the evening.
Good day, overall.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Friday
Creative Excel in the morning…
Doodling with the Little One in the evening.
Good day, overall.
#Motivation #1HourADay
March 21, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Days 272
Friday
Creative Excel in the morning…
Doodling with the Little One in the evening.
Good day, overall.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Friday
Creative Excel in the morning…
Doodling with the Little One in the evening.
Good day, overall.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 271
Thursday
More creative Excel work before actual work this morning. The suite is coming along bit by bit, or maybe that’s byte by byte.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Thursday
More creative Excel work before actual work this morning. The suite is coming along bit by bit, or maybe that’s byte by byte.
#Motivation #1HourADay
March 20, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Days 271
Thursday
More creative Excel work before actual work this morning. The suite is coming along bit by bit, or maybe that’s byte by byte.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Thursday
More creative Excel work before actual work this morning. The suite is coming along bit by bit, or maybe that’s byte by byte.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 270
Wednesday
Creative Excel work tonight, programming my own custom Functions to keep the individual cells easy to read. Also a Select Case is so much cleaner than multiple nested If statements.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Wednesday
Creative Excel work tonight, programming my own custom Functions to keep the individual cells easy to read. Also a Select Case is so much cleaner than multiple nested If statements.
#Motivation #1HourADay
March 19, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Days 270
Wednesday
Creative Excel work tonight, programming my own custom Functions to keep the individual cells easy to read. Also a Select Case is so much cleaner than multiple nested If statements.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Wednesday
Creative Excel work tonight, programming my own custom Functions to keep the individual cells easy to read. Also a Select Case is so much cleaner than multiple nested If statements.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 269
Tuesday
Good evening of journaling, writing and reworking a synopsis. Found an alternative intro that better explains the character’s origin and emotional motivations. Looking forward to refining the narrative.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Tuesday
Good evening of journaling, writing and reworking a synopsis. Found an alternative intro that better explains the character’s origin and emotional motivations. Looking forward to refining the narrative.
#Motivation #1HourADay
March 18, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Days 269
Tuesday
Good evening of journaling, writing and reworking a synopsis. Found an alternative intro that better explains the character’s origin and emotional motivations. Looking forward to refining the narrative.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Tuesday
Good evening of journaling, writing and reworking a synopsis. Found an alternative intro that better explains the character’s origin and emotional motivations. Looking forward to refining the narrative.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 258-268
Friday to Monday (+a week).
Hard to recap 10 days. Been building a little financial suite in Excel to do what Quicken can’t. Back to research, reading and planning on where my story is going. Lots of sketch time with the Little One.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Friday to Monday (+a week).
Hard to recap 10 days. Been building a little financial suite in Excel to do what Quicken can’t. Back to research, reading and planning on where my story is going. Lots of sketch time with the Little One.
#Motivation #1HourADay
March 17, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Days 258-268
Friday to Monday (+a week).
Hard to recap 10 days. Been building a little financial suite in Excel to do what Quicken can’t. Back to research, reading and planning on where my story is going. Lots of sketch time with the Little One.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Friday to Monday (+a week).
Hard to recap 10 days. Been building a little financial suite in Excel to do what Quicken can’t. Back to research, reading and planning on where my story is going. Lots of sketch time with the Little One.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 257
Thursday.
It was creative Me time today, it was a little programming and problem solving for work. It’s still creation and still fulfilling.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Thursday.
It was creative Me time today, it was a little programming and problem solving for work. It’s still creation and still fulfilling.
#Motivation #1HourADay
March 6, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Days 257
Thursday.
It was creative Me time today, it was a little programming and problem solving for work. It’s still creation and still fulfilling.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Thursday.
It was creative Me time today, it was a little programming and problem solving for work. It’s still creation and still fulfilling.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 256
Wednesday.
A little reading, a little walking and just thinking. A little drawing time with the little one.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Wednesday.
A little reading, a little walking and just thinking. A little drawing time with the little one.
#Motivation #1HourADay
March 5, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Days 256
Wednesday.
A little reading, a little walking and just thinking. A little drawing time with the little one.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Wednesday.
A little reading, a little walking and just thinking. A little drawing time with the little one.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 255
Tuesday.
Writing circle in the morning. Mostly re-reading old prose and making notes about needed changes. Also, new inspiration for a potential mystery series - lots of thinking to do.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Tuesday.
Writing circle in the morning. Mostly re-reading old prose and making notes about needed changes. Also, new inspiration for a potential mystery series - lots of thinking to do.
#Motivation #1HourADay
March 4, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Days 255
Tuesday.
Writing circle in the morning. Mostly re-reading old prose and making notes about needed changes. Also, new inspiration for a potential mystery series - lots of thinking to do.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Tuesday.
Writing circle in the morning. Mostly re-reading old prose and making notes about needed changes. Also, new inspiration for a potential mystery series - lots of thinking to do.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 254
Monday.
Forgot to post last night. Mondays are Mondays, as always. Extra time at work, and then finishing up other tasks that should clear up the rest of the week. Didn’t even get a walk outside. Falling asleep last night thinking over narrative.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Monday.
Forgot to post last night. Mondays are Mondays, as always. Extra time at work, and then finishing up other tasks that should clear up the rest of the week. Didn’t even get a walk outside. Falling asleep last night thinking over narrative.
#Motivation #1HourADay
March 3, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Days 254
Monday.
Forgot to post last night. Mondays are Mondays, as always. Extra time at work, and then finishing up other tasks that should clear up the rest of the week. Didn’t even get a walk outside. Falling asleep last night thinking over narrative.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Monday.
Forgot to post last night. Mondays are Mondays, as always. Extra time at work, and then finishing up other tasks that should clear up the rest of the week. Didn’t even get a walk outside. Falling asleep last night thinking over narrative.
#Motivation #1HourADay
Days 253
Sunday.
Easing back in, spent a morning walk rethinking narrative changes that I need to address.
Later in the day a more technical bit of planning for an Excel project (long range financial planner).
#Motivation #1HourADay
Sunday.
Easing back in, spent a morning walk rethinking narrative changes that I need to address.
Later in the day a more technical bit of planning for an Excel project (long range financial planner).
#Motivation #1HourADay
March 2, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Days 253
Sunday.
Easing back in, spent a morning walk rethinking narrative changes that I need to address.
Later in the day a more technical bit of planning for an Excel project (long range financial planner).
#Motivation #1HourADay
Sunday.
Easing back in, spent a morning walk rethinking narrative changes that I need to address.
Later in the day a more technical bit of planning for an Excel project (long range financial planner).
#Motivation #1HourADay