Weekly review: Week ending August 12, 2011

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It was a wonderful week. I talked to clients about the scope of a new project and wrapped up a project with another set of clients. And it was my 28th birthday on Friday, too! Whee. =)

From last week’s plans

  • Work
    • [X] Wrap up project M
    • [X] Set up meeting for project T
    • [X] Follow up with project O
    • [X] Figure out what next week will look like
  • Relationships
    • [X] Volunteer to lead a build class at Free Geek
    • [X] Hang out with W-‘s family
    • Got build process notes sorted out, followed up with Free Geek Toronto
  • Life
    • [-] Sketch yearly update
    • [X] Practise piano some more
    • [X] Decide whether to continue piano lessons: I’ll study on my own for a bit
    • Ordered movie ticket coupons

Plans for next week

  • Work
    • [ ] Tidy up project M some more
    • [ ] Shepherd paperwork for project T
    • [ ] Work on my project assessments
    • [ ] Learn about Maqetta
  • Life
    • [ ] Sketch year in review
    • [ ] Write, write, write

Time analysis

Activity This week Last week Delta Notes
D – Break 0.7 6.5 -5.8
D – Drawing 4.2 4.8 -0.6
D – Gardening 1.2 -1.2
D – Latin 1.4 4.3 -2.9 Less travel time, so less Latin review time
D – Piano 6.6 4.5 2.1 At least half an hour each day
D – Reading 0.7 1.6 -0.9
D – Shopping 11.0 -11.0 Moved time to socializing and volunteering instead
D – Social 11.5 6.5 5.0
D – Volunteering 6.3 6.3
D – Writing 8.1 6.5 1.6
R – Cooking 6.4 8.8 -2.4
R – Eating 4.9 7.0 -2.1
R – Exercise 5.9 2.6 3.3 Biked to work
R – Routines 7.7 8.8 -1.1
R – Sleep 60.9 60.8 0.1
R – Tidying 2.5 8.6 -6.1
Work 40.0 24.2 15.8 Back to regular work

I met some clients for the first time, and they mentioned that they read my blog. One client told the other that it’s a wonder I got any sleep. Thanks to my time-tracking, I could tell her that I actually do manage to get eight-and-a-half to nine hours of sleep everyday, but that I don’t watch television. =)

Back to regular programming. Last week’s average of about 4 hours of discretionary time per workday held steady. I had about 9 hours of discretionary time each weekend day, which was up from last week. We spent more time cleaning last week, because we were reorganizing. This week felt like more of a typical week.

Life is great.

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