7 Days in a Life Seeking Subversion and Solidarity

This week is a very exciting week. There is a meeting called by the SWP called Autonomism: Do We Need Leaders which I’ve been asked by Sue Arguile (SWP) to attend and participate in and we’re also organising a City-Zen event on Friday evening which is shaping up to be a proper fresh, diverse, fun, informative and entertaining fundraiser. The main thing on my mind popping off this week however is that myself and Johnny Swinhoe have decided to step out of our comfort zones a little bit and do some street performance and promotion at 5pm on Friday, leading up to the City-Zen event. Very exciting times!

As I handed in my last essay for my MA in last Friday and this week is already shaping up to be quite an empowering and challenging week I thought I’d experiment a little bit and take the opportunity to go flat out and have the most positive, proactive, provocative and progressive week I can muster. A myriad of motivations drive this decision but personal growth and social change are broadly the main two. I have also decided to document each day in my blog which in itself adds an interesting dimension as it involves committing to write daily. The fact that my daily activities are being chucked out there for public consumption shall serve to strengthen my focus, motivation and commitment to the goals I set myself at the start of the week and therefore help me in cultivating the discipline and focus that I often lack in relation to certain aspects of my life, such as cutting down on drinking alcohol, watching shit horror films and wanking. Although wanking is apparently extremely good for you so in that department I shall strive to keep building upon my previous successes.

The To-Do list...

I always plan my week on a Sunday and break down my goals into 3 broad categories, which are comprised of various projects or roles that I tend to perform. This weeks to do list looks like this:

Health, Well-Being, Domestic, Financial, Others Buy ethical food/drink
Make smoothies
Eat raw veg
Eat nuts and seeds
Drink Water
Swim x 75 lengths
Meditate daily /
Tidy daily /
Organise daily /
Give £100 to Dave
Create communal To-Do list for house
Buy Valarian root
Recycle daily /
Budget & keep receipts /
Check To Do list daily /
Cook for friends /
Compost /
Buy Bike Lock
£100 off R - Kelly
See Dad & Brothers
Go to all-dayers

Mapping Alternative Derby, City-Zen, Global Youth Work, UK Uncut, Social Change Library
Send solidarity pamphlet to footprinters
Promote M.A.D at events
Go to Do We Need Leaders meeting
Poster & Flyer for City-Zen /
Buy face paint, spray paint, swimming cap and trousers for Fri
Facebook promotion
Discuss spending cuts with youth group
Set up events page for street promotion and invite friends
Take books back to the Social Change Library
Contact all City-Zen participants
Perform on City-Zen Open Floor
Make announcements
Street promotion and performance with Johnny
Global Education Derby training

Tao Jonez, I.D.Entity, City-Zine, For The People By The People
Update blog daily /
Write x 16 bars for M Dot tune
Send Lyrics to City-Zine
Pick Megaphone up
Research Spending cuts
Pick camcorder up from Jam Jam
Make Stickers /
Make Stencils
Don’t incriminate self on blog (:-)>
Invite City-Zine articles
Film interviews with people
Film Street promotion
Invite City-Zine interviews
Write opening announcement for street performance

So, that’s the plan, how this pans out in action is anybodys guess...