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Headlines for Sunday:
Tasks
| A | X | Write article for tomorrow |
| A | X | Tea party |
| A | X | Pay credit card |
| A | X | Balance books |
Notes
1. Weekly review: July 23 to July 29: 12:00
Goals from last week:
| Goals last week | This week |
| Finish and print thesis draft | In progress. Up to the tenth revision of my paper. Supervisor happy. Needs some more formatting, though. |
| Book room for defense | Done. |
| Meet manager re declined offer | Met Robert Terpstra and had great conversation about life. |
| Ping tech sales | Talked to Liz Elek about immigration documents. |
| Read more books | Read 7 books: one book on sales, four books on relationships, one book on e-mail, and one book on jobs. Only one sales book and one relationships book were particularly note-worthy: How to Sell to Difficult Customers, and the Feminine Mistake. |
| Start booksnake blog | Done: Booksnake |
| Do core exercises 3x week | Assisted reverse chin-ups. |
| Finish 6 more sessions of Cantonese study | 5 done so far, 1 more scheduled today. |
| Fri: Attend drop-in circus class | Tons of fun! |
| Revise CASCON paper | Not started. |
| Build cooking vocabulary | Not started. |
| Swim | Not started. |
| Outsource a task | Not started. |
| Plan birthday event - LifeCamp | Not started. Thinking about what I want to do with my life. |
Other stuff this week:
- Watched J-'s Shakespeare for Kids performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
- Watched Dream in High Park performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
- Found other book-related blogs.
- Signed up on SuperViva.com, a social website for stuff you want to do with your life. Like 43things, but better for my purposes.
- Skin reacting to Clinique acne starter kit. Toner might be too strong.
Next week:
- Send thesis draft to people, really.
- Check paperwork requirements for post-graduate work permit and start compiling them.
- Revise CASCON paper.
- Do one week + one advance post for Booksnake.
- Plan birthday event, really.
- Touch IBM blogosphere.
- Swim.
- Pay rent and balance books.
- Learn about sales.
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2. Croissants and tea: 12:49
Freshly-baked home-made croissants filled with marzipan and sprinkled with slivered almonds. Check.
English Breakfast tea. Check.
Are there any better ways to start a Sunday?
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3. GTD in Emacs: 22:37
credmp has an excellent blog post on GTD with Emacs using Planner and Remember. I'm so happy! =)
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