Keeping Score

Task Value
Listen to morning news podcast. +3
Brew single origin coffee, pour-over method. +10
Do 40 pushups before shower. +100
Make and eat wholesome, filling breakfast. +20
Remember to take anti-depressant. +500
Remember to take anti-depressant after eating food. +1
Feed children breakfast, coax them to get dressed and brush teeth and go to the bathroom, then put on shoes in early enough to get to school on time. +0
Complete school drop-off on time. +0
Send booking pitch to talent buyer. +5
Call Mom. +2
Check Instagram. -50
Friend is going on tour. -100
Friend hired mutual friends for touring band. -200
Spend some available creative time jealously obsessing over the success and popularity of others. -300
Forget to eat lunch. -1
Plan upcoming rehearsals. +30
Edit a demo. +30
Read novel. +2
Practice Spanish. +2
Check Instagram. -50
Listen to a new album for the third time to get to know it better. +10
Obsess over success and popularity of the artist. -12
Read emails. +1
Plan three dinners, shop for two, cook one, plus a separate one for kids. +0
Teach music lessons. +0
Coax kids into eating dinner, cleaning up toys, brushing teeth, putting on pajamas, then read them a book, snuggle them, tuck them in, and close their door only an hour and a half past bedtime. +0
Spend quality time with partner over a craft cocktail. +2
Neglect to capture a budding song idea, then forget it. -1
Realize at bedtime you forgot to actually put in the work on your craft. -5
Day Score: -1

Date
2023-08-20 07:48