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Quarter 1 Week 2 Update: All That Glitters is Green
Only 1996 hobbits break the mould. Welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, where I am in my second year of getting my backlog of unpainted, badly painted and broken warhammer miniatures painted up to an acceptable display standard using the tools of middle management; accountability, productivity and organisation. Every week I have targets to keep…
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Quarter 1 Week 1 Update: New Year, New You!
Welcome to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer (mostly) mini painting, accountability and productivity blog in which I use a small business operating system to “hack” my fallible human motivations and get a backlog of 25 years of collected minis painted to a decent display standard. After a break from painting for the yearly review…
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Year 1 Review and Year 2 Target Setting
Well hello there. Thanks for coming. Welcome to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly mini painting, accountability and productivity blog run by me, Mick. In this update we are going to look at the last 52 weeks of the year 2022/2023 and start planning for next year, 2023/2024. Please, take my hand and join me as…
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Quarter 4 Week 13 Update: It’s All Over Bar the Shouting
Welcome back to the the last, the final, the ultimate quarterly update for quarter 4 of year 1 of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, accountability and productivity blog that uses the concept of an ‘operating system’ to force me to stay on track and spend the next few years getting my 25…
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Quarter 4, Week 12 Update: The Penultimate Warrior
Welcome to this year’s penultimate (that means second-last for the more germanicly minded of us) update for Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog. Seeing as this week was the second-last week of not only the quarter, but also the first full year of Hammer the Backlog, there was relatively…
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Quarter 4, Week 11 Update: Hubris, the Sheer Hubris.
Dearest of readers, welcome back to Hammer the Backlog, the weekly warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog, where this week your beloved author learned a thing or two about hubris, and not mucking about with plans after they are in motion. Let’s get started with a look at the scorecard for this week, before…
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Quarter 4, Week 10 Update: Deadly!
Oh, hi there. I didn’t notice you coming in. You’ve just caught me writing this week’s update for Hammer the Backlog, the weekly miniature painting, productivity and accountability blog. Why don’t you have a seat there, while I regale you with the tale of week 10 of the last quarter of the year? The ups,…
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Quarter 4, Week 9 Update: Some Respite
Hello wonderful reader, welcome back to the Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog formerly (and currently) known as Hammer the Backlog. The rapidly approaching end of the first year of the project means that progress is being made, palms are sweating and rocks are getting ticked off at a rate of knots. Some great…
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Quarter 4, Week 8 Update: A Pox on Both Your Houses!
Welcome to the 8th Weekly update of the 4th quarter of the first year of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog that I use to keep myself on track and on target, despite everything that life can do to throw me off! This week was a study of having…
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Quarter 4, Week 7 Update: Consider Yourself Escalated!
Welcome back to the real back nine (seven, I suppose, if we’re being literal) of the first year of Hammer the Backlog, the weekly Warhammer mini painting, productivity and accountability blog, where I paint minis, organise projects and generally try to stop myself from hoarding more stuff than I could deal with in a lifetime.…
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