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Weekly review: Week ending October 5, 2012

Colder weather!

From last week’s plans

Business

  • [X] Earn: E1: Consult (2 days a week)
  • [-] Earn: Reconnect with Beverly regarding Hardlines talk
  • [X] Connect: Attend Entrepreneurship 101 course at MaRS on Wednesday
  • [X] Connect: Attend #torontob2b meetup on Thursday
  • [X] Connect: O: Add “zero out donation” feature”
  • [X] Connect: Attend WordCamp Toronto 2012 and share sketchnotes
  • [X] Connect: Clean up my address book and start organizing contacts
  • [C] Build: Figure out if I can submit assignments to Coursera SNA course
  • [X] Build: Learn more about the Google Contacts API
  • [X] Build: Prepare for my first fiscal year end!

Relationships

  • [X] Enjoy anniversary dinner at Pho Hung
  • [X] Help clean the carpet
  • [-] Cook a new recipe
  • [X] Attend Eric Boyd’s housewarming
  • [X] Get things ready for Dan’s visit
  • Host get-together for consultants/freelancers

Life

  • [X] Exercise (long walks, weights, monkey bars)
  • [X] Get back into the rhythm of using the library
  • Lots of drawing, yay!

Plans for next week

Business

  • [ ] Earn: E1: Consulting (4 days a week)
  • [ ] Earn: Reconnect with Beverly, start working on Hardlines talk
  • [ ] Connect: Sketchnote small business meetup at Toronto Reference Library
  • [ ] Connect: Sketchnote Entrepreneurship 101 at MaRS
  • [ ] Connect: Discuss sketchonets / Canadian securities education
  • [ ] Build: Work on lettering skills
  • [ ] Build: Check invoices, etc.

Relationships

  • [ ] Have Dan over!
  • [ ] Possibly get together for Micah’s birthday?

Life

  • [ ] Relax

Short URL: http://sachachua.com/blog/p/23804

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