Weekly review: Weeks ending December 27, 2009 and January 3, 2010

Posted on January 4th, 2010 by Sacha Chua

Busy, busy, busy!

From the previous week’s plans for the week ending December 27, 2009:

Work

~~Set up Idea Lab needed for January~~
~~Document practices and lessons learned~~ Shared my braindumped mindmap internally (see blog)
~~Set up contingency plans, transfer skills~~ Wrote step-by-step
Interview Arvin P. about talking to CEOs Cancelled, Jason Wild’s interview was enough

Relationships

Help make cheesecake They did it while I was busy working! ;|
~~Attend W’s family get-together~~ That was lots of fun =)
~~Fly to the Philippines~~

Life

~~Relax (v. important! =) )~~

For the week ending January 3, 2010:

Work

Checked in to make sure everything was fine before I left for vacation

Relationships

Helped my dad get a netbook; set it up
Spent lots of time with my family. We went to Siargao, my sister’s favourite island

Life

Treated myself to a massage and a facial

Plans for next week:

Work

Add people to the Idea Lab
Help facilitate and summarize the Idea Lab
Catch up on work mail
Braindump some more
Brainstorm microblogging talk

Relationships

Talk to W- on Skype
Catch up with personal mail and blog comments

Life

Get back into the rhythm of writing
Find a way to post my sketches
Post blog highlights for the year
Find or replace water bottle =)

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