I don't know if you enjoy reading my to-do lists as much as I enjoy writing them, but "publicly announcing what I want to prioritize" is becoming an essential part of planning and structuring my week — so here's everything that was on my to-do list from last week, with notes on what actually got DONE:

• Freelance work (obvs): DONE

• Memorize the last movement of Stravinsky’s Les Cinq Doigts (I did that this morning, will need to confirm that it is memorized tomorrow [and reconfirm that it’s still memorized the day after that]): DONE

• Record/post Les Cinq Doigts in full: DONE

• Record/post Mozart K332 in full: NOT YET DONE, HOPING TO DO THIS WEEK

• Continue La Valse detailed section work with L: DONE

• Continue La Valse metronome work with L: DONE

• Visit YMCA to see if I want to join up (I loved the Cedar Rapids YMCA; now it’s time to see if I can love another one just as much): DONE, ALTHOUGH I ENDED UP JOINING A DIFFERENT GYM INSTEAD

• Book spa day (we aren’t planning on taking a vacation until the very end of August, so I’m all “okay, am booking spa day for upcoming weekend, mani/pedi, float pool, hot stone massage, facial, everything that fits in my budget and can be completed in six hours”): DONE/IN PROGRESS (I booked and completed a float session)

• Continue chess study (at least one lesson per day and two games per week): DONE, SORT OF (I did four lessons over seven days, no games)

• Continue Gödel, Escher, Bach study (I’ve been reading a few pages every day, which is about all I can handle at once): DONE

• Try to fit music composition back into my schedule (ummmmmmmm but I want to): DONE, THANK GOODNESS (I was worried that this one would get bumped)

• Write two lengthier blog posts this week since I should have time (and last week’s posts were pretty short): DONE

This week I've got freelance work, a new developmental editing project, getting that Mozart K332 recorded, continuing GEB, chess, and music composition, continuing to hit the gym for Stronglifts 5x5, and...

I hope...

at the very end of the week...

if I successfully get the entire Mozart sonata performance-ready...

(and record it)...

I can finally...

start devoting the majority of my piano practice time to...

La Valse...

and...

the Ricercar a 6. ❤️