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 Friday June 20 2008

Summer Vacation

Summer Vacation officially began about three minutes ago when I submitted my grades and emailed off the last of the reports that I had to write. I am now free until September 1. This however does not mean I will be sitting around drinking margaritas all day - no, I’m going to be smoking busy as I launch my new career in web design and take on a bunch of extra work on the side - here’s the to do list as it stands:

  • private kids class twice a week 1 hour each time. This is actually more stress than you think as I don’t really enjoy teaching kids, but the money is good.
  • private company class twice a week 7:30-9:00 am. This is easy, but involves getting up early some travel and prep - but the money is good and I enjoy it.
  • In august I’ll be picking up 3 extra private classes for a woman going on vacation - this will be a lot of work, but it’ll also be a huge chunk of cash that will help us pay off the house loan faster
  • This semester I’ve been doing classroom research and it is now time to compile the data and write an article for publication. My co-researcher has also submitted an application to present at TESOL 2009. If we get accepted I’ll be going to Denver at the end of March.
  • I’ve recently launched a new web design venture. This is essentially my career transition plan for when I move back to Canada. This involves a lot of work and learning on my part:
    • Just finished redesigning this site, but it still needs a little work
    • received my first confirmed client, but this client is using a software that I am unfamiliar with (wordpress). I was planning on learning it later, but I guess it’s time to dive in.
    • I need to figure out how much to charge, how to receive payments, and a billing cycle
    • I still need to get my portfolio site (web business) off the ground. Was going to do that next, but paying clients get priority.
    • I want to redo this site, my Korean learning blog, and set up a teaching portfolio site for myself.
    • design and print business cards
    • Learn JavaScript (which is giving me headaches already) and Jquery.
    • I have another client setting up a business site for the first time - but for this I get to use Expression Engine so will be more fun.
  • Yesterday I restarted my exercise routine - 5km on the running machine, chin-ups and push-ups daily.
  • I also need to upgrade my student site and the department moodle
  • modify my class materials for next semester.


Sean. inscribed these words of wisdom on Friday Jun 20, 2008 at 08:26 PM
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