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Weekly review: Week ending October 12, 2012

Friends from the Netherlands are over here, so it’s been pretty busy!

From last week’s plans

Business

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

Relationships

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

Life

  • [X] Relax
  • Harvested parsley from garden

Plans for next week

Business

  • [ ] Earn: E1: Consulting (1 day a week)
  • [ ] Connect: Sketchnote Small Business Forum
  • [ ] Connect: Host Quantified Self Toronto meetup
  • [ ] Connect: Sketchnote Entrepreneurship 101
  • [ ] Build: Set up meeting regarding Entrepreneurship 101 PDF?
  • [ ] Build: Prepare templates for sketchnoting
  • [ ] Build: Work on lettering and typography
  • [ ] Build: Check out art classes
  • [X] Build: Order more sketchnoting resources
  • [X] Build: Register new domain names for business

Relationships

  • [ ] Have Dan over!
  • [ ] Recover =)
  • [ ] Get the house sorted out again
  • [ ] Sign up for Cantonese tutoring
  • [ ] Get ready for Saturday parties: David Ing, Eric Buchegger

Life

  • [ ] Harvest basil
  • [ ] Write long-delayed monthly review
  • [ ] Categorize topics

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