Comments on: Friday miscellany: Bach, cleaning out the office, time tracking challenge, etc. https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/01/friday-miscellany-bach-cleaning-out-the-office-time-tracking-challenge-etc/ Writer, Author, Speaker Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:37:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Joy https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/01/friday-miscellany-bach-cleaning-out-the-office-time-tracking-challenge-etc/#comment-490430 Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:37:36 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19422#comment-490430 In reply to Laura Vanderkam.

That’s helpful. I love Bach and would enjoy doing something like this. Thank you. Gillian’s idea of writing the numbers in her planner is great, too. A record plus an easy reminder.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/01/friday-miscellany-bach-cleaning-out-the-office-time-tracking-challenge-etc/#comment-490334 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 13:26:01 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19422#comment-490334 In reply to Yukun Wu.

@Yukun – we are indeed down a car, but I’m picking up a rental today so it won’t be as bad as it could be…

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/01/friday-miscellany-bach-cleaning-out-the-office-time-tracking-challenge-etc/#comment-490333 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 13:25:23 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19422#comment-490333 In reply to Angela.

@Angela- glad you are enjoying the Bach! And I’m glad I read Jane Austen too – wasn’t always my favorite but it was a good experience. Something it’s good to have read.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/01/friday-miscellany-bach-cleaning-out-the-office-time-tracking-challenge-etc/#comment-490332 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 13:24:45 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19422#comment-490332 In reply to Gillian.

@Gillian – glad you are tagging along! I’m going to work on the next month of the calendar this week. My take away is that the pace I’m listening at is quite doable. I think this should translate to finishing by December but I do need to map that out a little better…

]]> By: Yukun Wu https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/01/friday-miscellany-bach-cleaning-out-the-office-time-tracking-challenge-etc/#comment-490201 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 01:05:21 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19422#comment-490201 Yes, Ms. Laura Vanderkam, I’ve signed up for the time tracking challenge.
I think that what happens here is that we will practice the “ONE BIG ADVENTURE, ONE LITTLE ADVENTURE” principle whenever we are ready for them, and when things happens, like when a car is down, then we will not practice it this week.

]]> By: Gillian https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/01/friday-miscellany-bach-cleaning-out-the-office-time-tracking-challenge-etc/#comment-490101 Fri, 05 Jan 2024 22:22:26 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19422#comment-490101 In reply to Laura Vanderkam.

I have actually been looking up the numbers and recording the names in my planner. I find it easier to be sure I am getting the right piece when I am in the car.

]]> By: Gillian https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/01/friday-miscellany-bach-cleaning-out-the-office-time-tracking-challenge-etc/#comment-490100 Fri, 05 Jan 2024 22:20:54 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19422#comment-490100 The Bach listening has been really fun so far! One piece is from the same text as a Mendelsohn piece my choir sang this fall so I even understood the words. There is also something about listening to classical music while driving that has always felt to me like being in a scene in a movie. Glad I decided to tag along!

]]> By: Angela https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/01/friday-miscellany-bach-cleaning-out-the-office-time-tracking-challenge-etc/#comment-490098 Fri, 05 Jan 2024 21:56:43 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19422#comment-490098 Laura, I actually just started a “decide once” on listening to Bach as we unwind at night as a family in the eve and in the morning as we are getting ready. I wouldn’t have thought about this really without your challenge AND I’m back to trying to read all the major works of Jane Austen this year…thanks for all the ideas as always!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/01/friday-miscellany-bach-cleaning-out-the-office-time-tracking-challenge-etc/#comment-490085 Fri, 05 Jan 2024 19:14:00 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19422#comment-490085 In reply to Joy.

@Joy – so Wikipedia does have all the BWV numbers listed (all of Bach’s works are catalogued with a system of numbers 1-1176 more or less – some versions go to 1080 or so…). They are grouped by type of music, so 1-220 or so are all cantatas. Organ music starts at 525… So I decided to start at the beginning and in the middle and piece things together to create 30-40 minutes of listening per day. It’s not that hard to find recordings of the pieces. I typed in BWV 4 yesterday and a great recording of the Monteverdi orchestra came up. I didn’t know the actual name of the piece but I had the number.

]]> By: Joy https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/01/friday-miscellany-bach-cleaning-out-the-office-time-tracking-challenge-etc/#comment-490082 Fri, 05 Jan 2024 18:47:09 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19422#comment-490082 I’m so intrigued by your Bach listening. Is there a place where all of his works are listed or did you have to pull that together yourself. I was listening to his Christmas cantatas last week and thought of you project.

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