Preparing to Work

With the countdown set at two weeks until we leave for our road trip, there are a lot of preparations that need made. While some of these preparations are typical, such as getting the car inspected, paying bills, having our mail held, the bulk of our effort is going toward preparing to work from the road.

While I have flexibility in when I get things done, a lot of my work requires internet access which will be hit or miss while traveling. For this reason, I have to get ahead on any internet searching and make printouts of things I will need to read. I will be printing 3 weeks worth of articles to read as well as getting through two books. I expect that I can still manage 20-30 productive hours per week while on the road.

Since Kim is in music, her preparation is even harder. Like any sport, you can't simply train twice as many hours this week in order to make up for next week. Instead, she is meeting with her accompanist twice per week (instead of only once) for the next two weeks, but one of the meetings will be to prepare recordings that she can use while traveling. This will allow her to sing and learn her songs while we are on the road.

Today's Lesson: With preparation you can WORK productively while traveling.