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Weekly review: Week ending December 2, 2011

This week was busy because we were getting ready to launch Project O. Launch date for project O is on Tuesday, launch date for project T is on Wednesday – exciting times!

I switched to using Tap Log for Android instead of Time Recording for Android so that I could easily capture other data (mood, reading, etc.) in addition to activities. I’ve just finished writing the code to analyze the timestamps, so I’ll be able to use the week’s data in today’s review.

W- got the furnace upgraded, so that’s another thing checked off our list.

Noticed I was feeling fatigued at work, so I slept more. Now back to normal, I think.

Slow and steady wins the race!

From last week’s plans

  • Work
    • [X] Project O: Get ready for launch
    • [X] Project T: Get closer to launch
    • [-] File expenses
    • [-] Work on Connections Toolkit
    • Put together cartoon and logo for SamePlace
  • Relationships
    • [-] Clear furniture so that insulation can be installed
    • [X] Go to Quantified Self Toronto meetup
    • [X] Add memories to Quantified Awesome
    • [-] Get Quantified Awesome ready for other users
  • Life
    • [-] Take pictures of rest of clothes
    • [-] Increase test coverage to at least 60%

Plans for next week

  • Work
    • [ ] Survive launch of project O
    • [ ] Survive launch of project T
    • [ ] File expenses
    • [ ] Upload new cartoon
  • Relationships
    • [ ] Clear furniture and simplify stuff
    • [ ] Add more memories to Quantified Awesome
  • Life
    • [ ] Experiment with tracking mood more
    • [ ] Add public/private and todo/done to text notes

Time analysis

As mentioned, I rejigged my time tracking system to use Tap Log instead of Time Recording.

Activity This week Last week Delta Notes
! Discretionary 22.7 29.5 -6.8
! Personal care 27.9 14.2 13.7
! Unpaid work 11.0 11.4 -0.4
A – Sleep 64.6 59.6 5.0 More tired this week, so I slept more
A – Work 41.8 53.4 -11.6 Cut back so that I have some slack for next week’s hectic launches
D – Break 0.9 -0.9
D – Family 0.1 0.1
D – Harry Potter 0.9 0.9 Played with J-
D – Quantified Awesome 5.0 4.1 0.9 Added Tap Log analysis, memories
D – Read 3.5 3.5 I, Claudius; Claudius the God
D – Shopping 1.8 2.8 -0.9
D – Social 8.5 18.6 -10.1 Study group, Quantified Self Toronto
D – Writing 3.0 3.0 -0.1
P – Eat 9.7 2.2 7.5
P – Exercise 2.9 -2.9
P – Plan 3.7 3.7 Figured out my plan for the next year
P – Routines 6.5 9.0 -2.5
P – Walk 8.0 8.0 Separated this from P – Exercise
UW – Cook 5.7 3.5 2.2
UW – Subway 3.2 3.2 Separated this from UW – Travel
UW – Tidy up 1.9 2.4 -0.4
UW – Travel 5.6 -5.6
UW – Wait 0.2 0.2 Tried tracking waiting for a little bit, decided not to
Activity Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Total Average Weekday average Weekend average
Sleep 7.8 11.8 7.9 12.3 7.5 8.5 8.8 64.6 9.2 9.0 9.8
Work 2.9 0.0 10.7 8.2 6.4 6.2 7.4 41.8 6.0 7.8 1.4
Discretionary 8.8 2.9 1.5 0.8 4.5 1.6 2.6 22.7 3.2 2.2 5.8
Unpaid work 3.9 2.7 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.5 1.4 11.0 1.6 0.9 3.3
Personal care 0.7 6.6 2.8 2.2 4.7 7.1 3.8 27.9 4.0 4.1 3.6

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  • BreakDS

    Seems that this Tap Log doesn’t support adding “end” time stamp. Just curious about how did you managed to do time tracking :)

    • http://sachachua.com Sacha Chua

      Oh, I wrote a tool that processed all the timestamps, picked the ones representing activities, and made each one end when the following one started. :)

  • BreakDS

    That’s nice. So there will be no time for a “break” haha.

    • http://sachachua.com Sacha Chua

      That’s easy enough to do. Just create activities for breaks, sleep, and other things. :)

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