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Weekly review: Week ending May 4, 2012

From last week’s plans

  • Business
    • [X] Earn: E1: Mon-Thu (training, prototyping)
    • [-] Connect: Attend open source meetup – skipped in favour of staying home
    • [-] Build: Draw a visual metaphor
    • Earn: E1: Put together one-pager for training
    • Connect: Attended #torontob2b meetup and posted sketchnotes
    • Connect: Met with Kathryn Everest
  • Relationships
    • [X] Spend time walking around with W-
    • [X] Hang out with J-’s friends’ parents
    • [X] Get together for the Avengers (May 5)
    • Helped look around for a scooter
    • Helped study group
  • Life
    • [X] Get halfway through chapter 4 of Latin Made Simple – completed the chapter, even!
    • Improved my Emacs configuration

Plans for next week

  • Business
    • [ ] Earn: E1: Mon-Thu (training, prototyping)
    • [ ] Connect: Go to Toronto Reference Library small business meetup and post sketchnotes
    • [ ] Connect: Follow up on conversations from #torontob2b
    • [ ] Build: Draw a visual metaphor or book summary
  • Relationships
    • [X] Watched the Avengers with friends
    • Baked brownies and shared them with neighbours
    • Earned $4 in a yard sale
  • Life
    • [ ] Plant vegetables and herbs

Notes on time

  • Consulting: 28.7 hours
  • Drawing: 2.6 hours
  • Discretionary: 32 hours
  • Sleep: average of 7.9 hours per day – 6.5-7.5 hours during the week, longer on weekends

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