I got lots done this month, which is satisfying. I don’t consider productiveness to be a good indicator of satisfaction in general, because I’ve had busy periods that felt terrible and deeply unsatisfying, but this month was good. Creatively, I managed to lay down some tracks for new music, work on a film idea, and finish a first draft of a book I’ve been trying to write for a while. I also managed to write an article for work, and do some professional training. I also took the challenge of beating last months prolific movie watching a step further, and saw 32 films (in 30 days) which is a personal best, which I have no intention of besting, at least until I am bed bound. I took the opportunity to watch all of the Rocky series except Creed II. Like March, I caught up on more Hitchcock. I also read loads of books, albeit lots were graphic novels, again a personal best of 15. What difference an Easter holiday makes. Bee is back this month so I won’t break these records for some time! I also had lots of small tasks to complete around the house, which were not so satisfying, but important nevertheless. My hope is for a good summer.
READ: Debt: The First 5000 years – David Graeber, Do The Work – Steven Pressfield, Turning Pro – Steven Pressfield, The Three Paradoxes – Paul Hornschemeier, The Art of Pho – Julian Hanshaw, The Hidden Tools of Comedy – Steve Kaplan, If You Want To Write – Brenda Ueland, Lighter Than My Shadow – Katie Green, The Inflatable Woman – Rachel Ball, Daytripper – Fabio Moon & Gabriel Ba, Escape from ‘Special’ – Miss Lasko- Gross, The Refusal of Work – David Frayne, Ignore Everybody– Hugh MacLeod, The Complete Maus – Art Spiegelman, Free Country – George Mahmood
WATCHED: Max Richter’s Sleep, The Goonies, Finding Jack Charlton, Cocktail, The Wizard of Oz, Assault on Precinct 13, The Killing, Eighth Grade, Be Kind Rewind, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Patriot Games, Gregory’s Girl, About a Boy, Petite Maman, Bob and the Monster, Saboteur, Rock the Kasbah, Clear and Present Danger, Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, Rocky Balboa, Creed, Torn Curtain, Topaz, Family Plot, Sanjuro, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, District 9, Elgar
