Weekly review: Week ending September 2, 2011
Posted: - Modified: | review, weeklyIt felt like a reasonable week. Looking back, though, I’m surprised by how much I finished! =)
From last week’s plans
- Work
[X]Make more improvements for project T[X]Follow up on looking for an information architect for project T[X]Follow up on code for project I[X]Prepare technology selection notes for project O- Prototyped project O with Rails
- Prototyped project O with Drupal 7 and Maestro
- Solved bugs for project I
- Set up LotusLive Activity for project T
- Started project assessments for project M and project C
- Changed settings for project C
- Fixed calendar bug for project M
- Helped out with communities of practice program
- Talked to people about the Community Toolkit
- Relationships
[X]Figure out LCD character display[X]Help J- learn how to program the Arduino[X]Reupholster chairs[X]Transcribe blogging interview, really- Followed up on gifts
- Started shopping for gifts for friends
- Sent more travel details to family
- Have been very good at responding to e-mail, yay!
- Life
[-]Sketch year in review[X]Continue working on dashboard[-]Try microphone as sound sensor[-]Prepare month in review with stats- Set up new laptop, yay yay yay! =D
- Hired virtual assistant, open to hiring more
- Started visualizing hours
- Learned about keyboard shortcuts and productivity tools for Windows 7
- Filed all my previous notes from Emacs (yay more memory and a faster hard drive)
Plans for next week
- Work
[ ]Start on redesign for project T[ ]Do other coding tasks for project T[ ]Follow up on project O[ ]Revise drawings for Hello Monday! comic series
- Relationships
[ ]Go to Quantified Self Toronto meetup, share notes on time tracking[ ]Reply to questions about quantified self[ ]Follow up on cat hotel / vets – choose an option[ ]Volunteer at Free Geek Toronto: take inventory of equipment, filter cards, improve checklist
- Life
[ ]Dashboard: Make hour visualization more flexible[ ]Dashboard: Get input from CSV[ ]Brainstorm other ways I can use delegation to improve life[ ]Take advantage of long weekend to plan projects[ ]Replace curtains (Value Village or Canadian Tire?)[ ]Look into buying summer flat shoes while they’re on clearance[ ]Laptop: Copy photos and sketches onto new hard drive[ ]Try microphone as sound sensor[ ]Prepare month in review with stats
Time analysis
| Activity | This week | Last week | Delta | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D – Break | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | |
| D – Delegating | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||
| D – Drawing | 2.0 | 10.0 | -8.0 | New laptop |
| D – Learning | 9.5 | -9.5 | ||
| D – Other | 2.5 | 4.8 | -2.3 | Setting up laptop, transcription |
| D – Personal | 12.7 | 3.9 | 8.8 | Setting up laptop, delegation |
| D – Reading | 0.1 | -0.1 | ||
| D – Shopping | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
| D – Social | 9.1 | 7.8 | 1.3 | |
| D – Volunteering | 3.8 | -3.8 | Short gap between build classes | |
| D – Writing | 11.3 | 5.0 | 6.3 | |
| R – Exercise | 6.2 | 12.2 | -6.0 | Walking, Thursday CSA bike |
| R – Routines | 6.4 | 8.2 | -1.8 | |
| R – Cooking | 7.4 | 1.5 | 5.9 | Cooking sprint |
| R – Eating | 5.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | |
| R – Tidying | 3.7 | 3.7 | 0.0 | |
| R – Travel | 0.6 | 0.6 | Was at the office on Friday | |
| Sleep | 56.0 | 53.5 | 2.5 | 8 hours / night |
| Work | 40.1 | 40.1 | 0.0 | Got lots of stuff done |
Discretionary time averaged 5 hours / workday, 8.7 hours / weekend day (more weekend time taken up by cooking sprint). Less discretionary time overall, but more time on workdays. Interesting combination. Sleep back up to eight hours a day, stdev of 1.2 hours. Slightly tired, but well-fed. Possible RSI twinges, maybe aggravated by typing sprint during transcription? May need to take more breaks.
Good week! Looking forward to focused hacking during the long weekend.
You can e-mail me at sacha@sachachua.com.