I was feeling overwhelmed yesterday, so today, I’m organizing my work. I have talked to probably a couple dozen people for Heart Month stories and I have pages and pages of notes. That’s right. I take my notes on paper. In Gregg shorthand, no less. Just like Mrs. Shontz taught me at Clarion Area High School.
That’s how old I am.
Now when I’m doing a couple interviews and then writing a story for the daily – as I did yesterday for the airport story in today’s paper – it’s pretty straightforward to go back and write the story.
But going through about 50 pages of notes or more from different people, on different but related subjects, let’s just say it becomes cumbersome. So today I’m starting with transcribing everything I might need this week. Then I can print it out and go through it with highlighter to mark different quotes and information for different stories.
Wow, even writing it out sounds tiring.
But having just completed that description steels me for the continued work. I’m actually making pretty good progress and may have time yet to do a couple of actual stories before the end of the work day.
Don’t know if I’ll get out on the walk, but I have hope. After all, it only takes 30 minutes.
I meant to say yesterday, that’s the other reason the 30-minute walk advocated by Dr. Mike Evans is so appealing. Not only is it a very good way to add exercise, but it only takes a half hour. If I go to the gym for a 30-minute workout, It adds 20 minutes of driving at least, and then a half hour to shower and change. Unless it’s really hot out, I don’t think a brisk walk before or after work, or on a lunch hour, leaves me socially or odoriferously unacceptable. Someone would tell me, wouldn’t they?
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