Weekly review: Week ending April 22, 2011

Posted on April 23rd, 2011 by Sacha Chua

From last week’s plans

Work
- [X] Work on more items for project C – Rails is so awesome! Wrote tests, added a CMS using RichCMS
- [X] Assist with proposal
- [X] Follow up on migration plans for project I
- [X] Prepare for code turnover for project I
- [-] Plan travel
- Handled more Idea Lab requests

Relationships
- [-] Pick up gifts for Kathy and John
- [X] Make gifts for Kathy, John, and Dan
- [X] Plan gifts for Linda
- [-] Host another study group: Good Friday break
- [X] Plan cherry-blossom get-together

Life
- [X] Work on red dress
- [X] Read ahead: Latin homework

Plans for next week

Work
- [ ] Get Vijay up to speed on project C
- [ ] Review code for project I
- [ ] Make travel plans

Relationships
- [ ] Host tea party – home-made buns and bagels
- [ ] Prepare for trip
- [ ] Host study group
- [ ] Withdraw USD, maybe convert some euros

Life
- [ ] Finish hem for red dress
- [ ] Write some more! =) Maybe braindump marriage stories?

Time analysis


Category	This week	Last week	Delta	Notes
Break	8.3	7.5	0.8
Drawing	0.6	1.3	-0.7
Exercise	1.8	3.8	-2.0
Learning		0.5	-0.5
Personal	14.7	0.9	13.8	8.4 hours sewing
Preparation	0.7	0.4	0.3
Routines – cooking		5.4	-5.4
Routines – general	6.8	6.4	0.4
Routines – tidying	1.9	9.6	-7.7
Sleep	60.4	61.0	-0.6
Social	18.2	6.2	12.0
Travel	4.5	7.3	-2.8
Work	37.1	48.7	-11.6	About 5 hours over, considering holiday
Writing	5.02	7.4	-2.38

Ruby on Rails is too much fun. I got carried away and spent Saturday working on it. That was a decent way to spend a rainy Saturday, particularly as I got as far as I could get in my sewing project. Tracking my time and noticing how much I’m over my targets does make me ask, though: where is that time coming from? What could I focus the extra time on instead? Can I be more awesome at work with just the target amount of time? Yes, probably, and more safely too – less risk of negative productivity.

Friday was a holiday, so I spent the day sewing. I finished most of my red dress, and I might sew the hem in today or tomorrow. I also worked on simple gifts for my sister and for W-’s friend Dan. I think I’m starting to get the hang of sewing – hooray!

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