sacha chua :: living an awesome life

Plans from last week:

Work

• [X] Help with re-run for Remote Presentations that Rock
• [X] Branding / social marketing chat with IBM AU/NZ social media marketing folks
• [X] Prepare collaboration presentation for UK workshop
• [X] Finalize UK workshop travel arrangements
• [X] Prepare for trip
• Also: Sat in on two CIO meetings. It’s so awesome – other people think my work is useful and inspiring! =)
• Gave presentation on microblogging using Lotus Connections Profiles. Encouraged information management team to use it as a virtual watercooler.
• Facilitated discussion during presentation of industry business value assessment study
• Participated in a great blog discussion around virtual leadership
• Helped Rawn Shah edit his virtual leadership article for Forbes
• Got David Ing, David Singer, Ted Tritchew, and Robert Terpstra’s advice on my career plans
• Learned that Bernie Michalik found my to-do notation useful
• Mapped what I want to learn
• Had an awesome meeting with the Toronto Public Library – excited!

Relationships

• [X] Explore more recipes
• [  ] Sort out photography
• [X] Host tea party
• [X] Tidy up some more
• Also: Inventoried and organized the freezer
• Met wonderful people
• Helped people work on their businesses
• Supported W-‘s crunch time

Life

• [X] Go for follow-up appointment with dental surgeon
• [X] Recover from wisdom teeth extraction
• Also: Back on normal food, yay!
• Booked massage for next weekend
• Adjusted my envelope system (divided investment fund into emergency, sabbatical, and opportunity fund)
• Ordered a small lean-to greenhouse and other things for an even more awesome life
• Experimented with ordering from GroceryGateway (convenient, okay produce, not happy with the asparagus, will probably go with No Frills most of the time)
• Biked to work, yay!
• Planted parsley and peppers
• Switched over to daylight savings time

Plans for next week

Work

• [  ] Facilitate workshop in Reading
• [  ] Find role models in sales and distribution – for interest interviews
• [  ] Have second career chat with my manager
• [  ] Write personal business commitments and individual development plan =)
• [  ] Share how to blog/share more effectively
• [  ] Meet up with awesome folks in London
• [  ] Prepare presentation for PresentationCamp in Toronto

Relationships

• [  ] Send care package
• [  ] Connect Jeff Muzzerall and Greg Gulyas
• [  ] Keep in touch while in the UK

Life

• [  ] Have proper British food
• [  ] Plant peppers and peas
• [  ] Blog even more
• [  ] Explore podcasting or videocasting or writing briefer notes as a way to get more out there

From last week’s plans:

• Work
• [X] Prepare overview of Sametime Unyte and Lotus Connections Communities for my second-line manager
• [X] Facilitate Idea Lab and summarize results
• [X] Write about Idea Lab refinements
• [X] Revise Innovation Discovery wiki
• [X] Make UK travel arrangements
• [X] Learn tons of cool stuff at The Art of Marketing
• [X] Talk about productivity with mentees and contacts

Relationships

• [X] Try a new recipe
• [/] Finalize care package
• Enjoyed being taken care of by W- after my wisdom teeth extraction: pureed congee, oatmeal, egg custard, cheesecake, Jello… mmm

Life

• [X] Participate in Ignite Toronto
• [X] Have wisdom teeth taken out
• [X] Test evening themes for working on short-term goals
• Biked again – yay! 8km
• Simplified my wardrobe and donated a lot of clothes
• Read the “His Dark Materials” trilogy, thanks to W-

Plans for next week

Work

• [  ] Help with re-run for Remote Presentations that Rock
• [  ] Branding / social marketing chat with IBM AU/NZ social media marketing folks
• [  ] Prepare collaboration presentation for UK workshop
• [  ] Finalize UK workshop travel arrangements
• [  ] Prepare for trip

Relationships

• [  ] Explore more recipes
• [  ] Sort out photography
• [  ] Host tea party
• [  ] Tidy up some more

Life

• [  ] Go for follow-up appointment with dental surgeon
• [  ] Recover from wisdom teeth extraction

Plans from last week:

Work

• [X] Conduct IBVA interviews (eep!)
• [X] Finalize preparations for Idea Lab
• [/] Create leader guide for Discovery Workshop
• [X] Finish UK visa application
• Also: Put together ID overview

Relationships

• [X] Bake more pies
• [X] Send invitations to my family
• [X] Assemble more things for care package
• Also: Stocked the fridge and freezer with lots and lots of make-ahead food (apple tarts, empanadas, pot pie, pasta, rice and beans, pandesal), yay!
• Treated W- to Toronto Opera Repertoire’s performance of “Marriage of Figaro”

Life

• [  ] Survive having my wisdom teeth extracted – Postponed to March 5 because of dentist’s schedule
• [  ] Re-explore a liquid diet =( – Likewise!
• Also: Learned how to make pandesal. Mmm
• Signed up for Ignite Toronto and prepared The Shy Presenter talk
• Refreshed part of my wardrobe
• Maxed out my RRSP for this year and next year
• Wrote a Perl script to automatically renew our library books using WWW::Mechanize

Plans for next week:

Work

• [  ] Prepare overview of Sametime Unyte and Lotus Connections Communities for my second-line manager
• [  ] Facilitate Idea Lab and summarize results
• [  ] Write about Idea Lab refinements
• [  ] Revise Innovation Discovery wiki
• [  ] Make UK travel arrangements
• [  ] Learn tons of cool stuff at The Art of Marketing
• [  ] Talk about productivity with mentees and contacts

Relationships

• [  ] Try a new recipe
• [  ] Finalize care package

Life

• [  ] Participate in Ignite Toronto
• [  ] Have wisdom teeth taken out
• [  ] Test evening themes for working on short-term goals

From last week’s plans:

Work

• [/] Use new training program logo where appropriate
• [X] Help team members send out Idea Lab invitations
• [X] Learn from IBVA team
• Also: Helped Jennifer Nolan with Drupal installation
• Got a tour of the virtual analytics center from Jack Mason
• Learned tons from IBVA mentors =D
• Gave a former mentor advice on marketing independent consulting and coaching services
• Joined a great conversation on leadership
• Started UK visa application, may be there in mid-March
• Loaded questions into Idea Lab

Relationships

• [X] Bake more awesomes – chicken pot pie and apple tarts, dough made using the food processor = flaky and yummy
• [X] Smoothen household routines – made a week of meals in advance
• Also: Checked out a few restaurants. Had huevos rancheros at Dr. Generosity, pretty yummy. Cheerful servers.
• Learned more about great perspectives from W-

Life

• [  ] Upload Siargao pictures to photo-book making website
• [  ] Compare photo book to getting prints of favourite Siargao shots … clearly this is low on my priority list, so I should just ‘fess up and either drop it or do it
• [X] Sew more pouches
• Also: Attended Seedy Sunday and picked up lots of seeds
• Sewed a box-type bag
• Tidied up a lot

Next week:

Work

• [  ] Conduct IBVA interviews (eep!)
• [  ] Finalize preparations for Idea Lab
• [  ] Create leader guide for Discovery Workshop
• [  ] Finish UK visa application

Relationships

• [  ] Bake more pies
• [  ] Send invitations to my family
• [  ] Assemble more things for care package

Life

• [  ] Survive having my wisdom teeth extracted
• [  ] Re-explore a liquid diet =(

From last week’s plans:

Work

• [X] Support upcoming workshops by setting up Idea Labs and doing archetype presentations
• [X] Braindump more of what I know at work
• [X] Organize teleconference for people working in my neighborhood
• [X] Give “Shy Connector” presentation to WITI audience
• Added exploration workshop guide to wiki
• Learned about issue maps
• Braindumped my go-to people
• Coordinated development of logo for training program

Relationships

• [/] Try another restaurant
• [X] Check out portrait photographers
• [X] Hand-write invitations and include in care package
• Also: Took cats to vet
• Joined my godparents’ tea party
• Had Chinese New Year dinner with W-‘s family
• Made chicken pot pie from scratch
• Prepared next week’s meals
• Gave J- a warm gift
• Read lots of books on marriage
• Helped W- organize negatives

Life

• [X] Sew more zippered pouches
• [/] Sew wrap-around zippered pouch
• [/] Work on Siargao scrapbook, really
• [X] Send invitations for February tea party (end of month-ish?)
• Practiced bay parking
• Learned more Cantonese
• Went biking

Plans for next week

Work

• [  ] Use new training program logo where appropriate
• [  ] Help team members send out Idea Lab invitations
• [  ] Learn from IBVA team

Relationships

• [  ] Bake more awesomes
• [  ] Smoothen household routines

Life

• [  ] Upload Siargao pictures to photo-book making website
• [  ] Compare photo book to getting prints of favourite Siargao shots
• [  ] Sew more pouches