Tried new routine: wake up early-ish, have breakfast, do personal stuff or work, switch to work, have lunch, work, have dinner, tidy up, go to bed. This meant not doing anything that required a lot of thought or creativity in the evenings, and moving those activities to the morning instead.
| Category | Hours | Last week | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep | 62:36 | 53.8 | 8.9 hours average |
| Work | 47:17 | 59.9 | Got carried away prototyping and estimating |
| Social | 13:00 | 14.8 | Chinese New Year dinner with W-’s family |
| Writing | 11:03 | 3.6 | Assorted reflections |
| Travel | 3:24 | 19.6 | Some commuting |
| Routines – general | 7:49 | 7.8 | |
| Exercise | 5:39 | 0.5 | Walking around |
| Break | 5:12 | 3.8 | |
| Routines – tidying | 5:08 | ||
| Learning | 1:49 | ||
| Routines – cooking | 0:43 | ||
| Drawing | 0:33 | ||
| Prep – general | 4.0 | ||
| Prep – planning | |||
| Sewing | |||
| Outsourceable |
Observations: I slept more than expected because I gave in to the temptation to snooze. W- simultaneously shifted to a late-night routine, so he woke up later in the mornings, which influenced the snoozing bit too. I think I’ll try this again, but with activities blocked off for morning hours so that (a) I don’t fill it with work by default, and (b) I have a clear reason to get up and get going.
It was a quiet week, which was a good way to recover from the buzz of Lotusphere. I suspect a good balance may be more towards the social side, though, and I spent some time focusing on developing relationships (finally answered my e-mail, for example!). Next week is going to be pretty busy on the social front. Something in the middle, perhaps. Maybe one occasion planned each week.
I have a feeling that it would be worth spending time developing friendships. I miss that sense of knowing other people that I had with my friends, and the extra richness of shared experiences. I have to consciously reach out and be interested in people to deal with the asymmetry of knowledge. It’s generally easy to know what I’m thinking about because I write about it, but other people tend not to.
Hmm…