Weekly review: Week ending February 28, 2014

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It turned out to be course selection time for Grade 11 and 12, so we spent the week discussing options. Intense stuff. J- does well in science, tech, and math courses, so we're leaning towards those types of courses. I'm setting up various (paid!) work tasks to give her a flavour of the kinds of skills people are looking for, too. If she can pick up computer programming skills through robotics and web development, she'll probably be well-suited for co-op and university programs.

That took just about all of our brainspace for the past week. I have to catch up on planning, writing, and creating. It was time well spent, though.

Blog posts

Sketches

  1. 2014-02-24 Yes, but how do you make money #experiment #business
  2. 2014-02-24 Reminding myself of freedom #freedom #experiment
  3. 2014-02-24 Emacs tips - use Dired to manage files #dired #emacs
  4. 2014-02-24 Aha, a plan for the things I want to write #experiment
  5. 2014-02-26 Thinking about delegation and projects #delegation
  6. 2014-02-27 Writing #goals #writing
  7. 2014-02-27 Thinking of tasks I can assign to J- to help her build her skills #delegation
  8. 2014-02-27 Map for getting the hang of Emacs movement #emacs #map #guide
  9. 2014-02-27 Learning from people #goals #my-learning
  10. 2014-02-27 How can I make it easy to print collections of my sketches #packaging #sharing
  11. 2014-02-27 Development #goals #coding
  12. 2014-02-27 Design #goals #design
  13. 2014-02-27 Delegation #goals #delegation
  14. 2014-02-27 Automation #goals #automation
  15. 2014-02-27 Art #goals #drawing
  16. 2014-02-28 What outcomes do I care about #experiment
  17. 2014-02-28 Are there ways for organizations to help me scale #experiment

Link round-up

Focus areas and time review

  • Business (55.5h – 33%)
    • Earn (18.4h – 33% of Business)
      • [X] Deposit cheque
      • [X] E1: Apply wall
      • [X] E2: Re-record and re-animate new segments
      • [X] Earn: E1: 2.5-3.5 days of consulting
      • [ ] Earn: E1: 2.5-3.5 days of consulting
      • [ ] Figure out why MOVs stopped having audio
    • Build (22.5h – 40% of Business)
      • Drawing (7.2h)
      • Delegation (5.3h)
      • Packaging (7.7h)
      • Paperwork (1.2h)
      • [X] Create PDF for Sketchnotes 2013
      • [X] Delegation: Interview more tech applicants
      • [X] File federal annual return
      • [X] Invest time into technical delegation
      • [X] Make darker grid and release SVG
      • [X] Package Sketchnotes 2013 – http://sach.ac/sketchnotes2013
      • [X] Reflect on what difference I want to make in the world
      • [ ] Build – Emacs: Make a guide to Dired
      • [ ] Build – Emacs: Prettify baby steps guide to Org Mode
      • [ ] Delegation: Add more web research and other basic tasks
      • [ ] Delegation: Document process for setting up a public conversation
    • Connect (14.7h – 26% of Business)
      • [X] Connect: Chat with Evan about visual thinking
      • [X] Connect: Check what's going on with the Quantified Sandbox
      • [X] Connect: Hang out with Matthew and learn more about d3js at HackLab
      • [X] Have general hangout about learning
      • [ ] Connect: Talk to Brian Sharwood about Free Geek
      • [ ] Connect: Work on slides for blogging excuses – Denise
      • [ ] Connect: Talk to Mel about delegation
  • Relationships (3.8h – 2%)
  • Discretionary – Productive (6.3h – 3%)
    • [X] Go for eye exam
    • [X] Reflect on two-year mark for experiment
    • [X] Test org-clock-jump-to-current-clock
    • Writing (4.9h)
  • Discretionary – Play (7.7h – 4%)
  • Personal routines (23.7h – 14%)
  • Unpaid work (12.9h – 7%)
  • Sleep (58.7h – 34% – average of 8.4 per day)

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