Weekly review: Week ending September 23, 2011

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Drupal geeking at work, and a little bit of prep for an upcoming Rails project (which got approved, yay!), plus some stressful troubleshooting (solved the problem, still going to look for an expert who can review my configuration). Getting ready for our trip, too. Life is packed, although my suitcase isn’t (yet).

From last week’s plans

  • Work
    • [X] Test project T and develop more features
    • [X] Start on project O
    • [X] Follow up on project I – sorted out miscommunication, fixed SQL server config, restarted search for SQL expert
    • Provided project C with advice on finding Ruby on Rails developers
    • Had another Hello Monday comic published on IBM intranet home page
  • Relationships
    • [X] Help with build class
    • [-] Pack for the trip
    • Picked up more gifts
    • Attended Eoin Colfer’s book event at the Toronto Public Library
  • Life
    • [-] Write backlog of blog posts for trip
    • [X] Delegate another two tasks
    • [X] Fix sleep analysis in my time tracker dashboard
    • [X] Draw

Plans for next week

  • Work
    • [ ] Add summary to project T
    • [ ] Migrate project T
    • [ ] Follow up on SQL search for project I
    • [ ] Gather requirements for project O
  • Relationships
    • [ ] Pack for trip
    • [ ] Help with build class
  • Life
    • [ ] Draw
    • [ ] Get through reading backlog
    • [X] Suspend library requests

Time analysis

Activity This week Last week Delta Notes
! Discretionary 46.0 42.2 3.9  
! Personal care 19.4 15.3 4.1  
! Unpaid work 10.5 15.5 -5.0  
A – Sleep 51.0 54.5 -3.5 Hmm, that’s interesting. Stopped snoozing, generally went to bed around 11 PM
A – Work 41.0 40.5 0.5  
D – Break 6.8 2.5 4.3 Tales of Monkey Island went on sale, so I picked it up
D – Drawing 0.7 1.9 -1.2  
D – Electronics   2.0 -2.0  
D – Personal 13.9 0.8 13.1 J- was not with us every day, so homework got replaced by hacking
D – Reading 1.1 2.9 -1.8  
D – Sewing   1.6 -1.6  
D – Shopping 11.9 3.4 8.5 Trying to find dress clothes and shoes for J-; shopping for our trip, too
D – Social 6.9 12.1 -5.2  
D – Volunteering 3.7 3.5 0.2  
D – Writing 0.9 11.4 -10.5 Side-effect of having a backlog of posts; must tweak
P – Eating 2.3 1.7 0.6  
P – Exercise 5.8 2.6 3.2  
P – Routines 11.3 11.0 0.3 Time spent getting ready for work
UW – Cooking 1.5 4.0 -2.5  
UW – Tidying 5.9 6.3 -0.3  
UW – Travel 3.1 5.2 -2.1  

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