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Weekly review: Week ending May 11, 2012

From last week’s plans

  • Business
    • [X] Earn: E1: Mon-Thu (training, prototyping)
    • [X] Connect: Go to Toronto Reference Library small business meetup and post sketchnotes
    • [X] Connect: Follow up on conversations from #torontob2b
    • [X] Build: Draw a visual metaphor or book summary: $100 Startup
    • Earn: R1: Thu/Fri – helped MT with backups
    • Build: Worked on Quantified Awesome – added outfit dropdown, duration to category lists
  • Relationships
    • [X] Watched the Avengers with friends
    • Baked brownies and shared them with neighbours
    • Earned $4 in a yard sale
  • Life
    • [X] Plant vegetables and herbs

Plans for next week

  • Business
    • [ ] Earn: R1 Mon,Fri
    • [ ] Earn: E1 Tue-Thu
    • [ ] Connect: Have lunch with mentor
    • [ ] Connect: Take sketchnotes of Jeremiah Owyang talk
    • [ ] Build: Migrate old time data for Quantified Awesome
    • [ ] Build: Hire VA for data entry
    • [ ] Build: Review applications for WordPress development
  • Relationships
    • [ ] Host study group
  • Life
    • [ ] Have massage
    • [ ] Get receipts typed in with line-item detail

Time notes

  • Business: 49:18 (E1 30:00, R1 9:37, Quantified Awesome 2:12)
  • Discretionary: 31:20 (gardening 6:52, writing 4:30)
  • Personal: 29:04 (biking 11:02, routines 11:51)
  • Sleep: 52:52 (average 7.6 hours per day)
  • Unpaid work: 4:38 (I need to help out with more chores =) )
Short URL: http://sachachua.com/blog/p/23377
  • http://www.kmaxwell.ca K-Max

    Interesting. I had no idea you even tracked all the major stuff going on. What do you use to keep track?

  • http://sachachua.com Sacha Chua

    K-Max: Do you mean time-wise? QuantifiedAwesome.com. =) As for tasks / projects, that’s a plain text file using Emacs Org Mode for a little structure.

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