We are now heading into the last quarter of 2008… wow. Let’s take a look at the goals.
- 53 Weeks of Drewy Goodness. This month, I optimized my blog, lived on a $100 budget, submitted a Writer’s packet, created a time budget, and started on building my set for a stand-up competition, bringing me to a total of 40 projects.
- A Joke a Day. Whew- 274 jokes total. Some favorites from September: a canceled flight, oral surgery, and a divorce lawyer.
- Perform Comedy 53 times. I only performed 3 times in September, leaving me at 41 performances for the year.
- Get over 100,000 views on YouTube. I wasn’t sure if we were going to make any final changes to the video from last month, but it doesn’t look like we will. You can find the video here.
- Publish an Article. I now have a few “articles” written (just check in the Article category). Now I’ll just have to take one of these ideas and get it published.
- Break into Top 10 Internal Blogs at P&G. The internal blog continues to do well where I’m floating between the Top 5 and Top 10.
- Start a business. Technically we’ve made $0.22 so far. Hopefully we’ll at least get to the $1 this month.
- Have 13.5″ Guns. This month was rough on working out. First I was still adjusting to waking up early, then it was headaches, then sore throat, and now I’m in Cincinnati. All in all in means my arms are now back down to 13″.
- Never hit Snooze. The challenge has still helped. I have hit snooze a few times (especially while here in Cincinnati), but overall I’m happy with how I’ve been waking up.
- Help Someone Achieve a Goal. I have one or two things that I’m lining up for this one.
I can’t believe we’re in the final 3 months of the year already. I had a pretty solid month, though I need to start making specific progress on the video (views) and the article. I also need to build a buffer back in for stand-up, as I probably won’t perform that much towards the end of the year. Here’s to a productive October.
Next week is the New York Underground Comedy Festival. As part of the event, they have a “New Faces” competition where an audience decides on a comedian that will get to perform on three different industry shows. Guess who’s going to be performing in the competition? That’s right- yours truly.
As such, I need to revisit my Fave 5 and come up with the 5 minutes I’d like to perform, and then actually do them at the show.
Success = Perform at the New York Underground Comedy Festival.
Like many, a typical week for me is atypical. For instance, this week started with me waking up in Niagara Falls (Buffalo), NY and ends with me in Columbus, OH, with a number of days in NYC in between. I created a time spreadsheet to track how I spent the 168 hours of my week, and it’s interesting to see where the hours actually went.
The key now, like any budget, is to align my goals to where I’m actually spending my resources. Considering I possibly want to get more into writing, the fact I only spent 45 minutes on it this week, for less than 1% of the week, is a problem. But, with a system to track my time now, and a way to visually see the results, I can make adjustments from week to week. We’ll see how things go a month from now to see if it things get better.
Though it doesn’t always feel like it, time is our most precious resource. When people are laying on their deathbeds, rarely will they say “I wish I had more money.” Time- that’s what you would want. Yet a number of people will create a budget for their finances (I did it earlier this year when I wanted to get my finances under control), but how often do they create a budget for their time?
This week I want to remedy that situation by creating a budget of my time, based on a week, to follow for the duration of the year.
Success = A completed time budget for the week.
It’s amazing how much easier a sketch is to write when 1) You’re excited about the idea, and 2) You map out the beats before hand. I mapped out the beats for 3 sketches, and wrote out one of them. This was my first real attempt to write on political-type topics, though only 1 really has a viewpoint attached with it.
I’ve submitted the ideas to the CEO, and hopefully I’ll hear back soon about whether or not I’ll be able to intern with the network. Regardless, I think I will try to find a way to make the Mac vs PC one, I think it could turn out very funny.
