Lots of drawing, and lots of getting ready. =) Also, kicked off first session of Helpers Help Out!

Blog posts

• Weekly review: Week ending November 15, 2013
• My new Google Hangouts On Air checklist, plus upcoming Nov 29 Q&A on learning
• Finding the right balance between thinking, learning, doing, and reviewing
• Google Helpouts update: Building the community
• How to cheat when animating sketches
• Decluttering and reimagining the house

Sketches

Here's my favourite sketch of the week: =)

Lots of other sketches related to Google Helpouts, study/learning skills, and answering people's questions.

• 2013-11-16 How Google Helpouts fit into my current master plan #helpouts
• 2013-11-16 What am I specifically interested in learning from Helpouts #helpouts
• 2013-11-17 Current projects and discretionary focus #plans
• 2013-11-17 Google Helpouts and action focus #helpouts
• 2013-11-17 My current strategy for building awesomeness #plans
• 2013-11-17 Should I sell to people more - If so, how would you like that #business
• 2013-11-17 Thinking about podcast success #podcasting
• 2013-11-17 Trip plans #travel
• 2013-11-18 Documenting and delegating your work #delegation
• 2013-11-18 Helping your child study #learning
• 2013-11-18 How do I feel about parents asking me if I can help their kids study #business #helpouts
• 2013-11-18 How do rich media channels fit into the way I share #sharing #podcasting
• 2013-11-18 Imagining Helpouts futures #helpouts
• 2013-11-18 What would my ideal e-mail subscription be like #tech #design
• 2013-11-20 Exploring the idea of advice #sharing
• 2013-11-20 How do you find the time to do it all #productivity
• 2013-11-20 More thoughts on drawing for others #drawing #business
• 2013-11-20 What would you have done differently - What did you learn and how will you do better #learning
• 2013-11-21 Geek notes - automating bulk web stuff with iMacros #automation #tech
• 2013-11-21 Google Helpouts Business Strategies #helpouts #business
• 2013-11-21 I've decided to stop caring about pen colour #drawing
• 2013-11-21 Not always meta #learning
• 2013-11-21 Tracking personal finance #finance
• 2013-11-21 What would I change if I forced myself to delegate or outsource 10 percent #delegation
• 2013-11-21 Why did I start this experiment with semi-retirement #experiment
• 2013-11-22 Career conversations - Alex #conversation #entrepreneurship
• 2013-11-22 Freedoms #life
• 2013-11-22 Helpers Helpout - Free and Paid #sketchnote #helpouts
• 2013-11-22 Learn from online role models #learning
• 2013-11-22 More thoughts on reaching people #sharing
• 2013-11-22 Selling your services as a student #business #entrepreneurship

Link roundup

• How to track everything in your life without going crazy: Sleep, fitness, diet, driving
• 10 unorthodox tips for getting better performance from your blog: Hmm, maybe I should look into page-specific sidebars…
• Quam felix vita transit sine negotiis! How happily a life passes without business!

Focus areas and time review

• Business (57.4h – 34%)
  • Earn (18.3h – 31% of Business)
    • [X] E2: Animate snippets of script 1
    • [X] E2: Edit animations for script 1
    • [X] E2: Edit audio for script 1
    • [X] E2: Re-animate trailer
    • [X] E2: Record audio for script 1
    • [X] E2: Sync animation for script 1c
    • [X] Earn: Consulting – E1 – Thursday
    • [X] Earn: Consulting – E1 – Tuesday
    • [ ] Earn: Consulting – E1 – Thursday
    • [ ] Earn: Consulting – E1 – Tuesday
  • Build (11.7h – 20% of Business)
    • Drawing (9.8h)
      • [X] Time image processing
      • [X] Convert sketches into blog posts
      • [X] Draw guide to sketchnoting
    • Paperwork (0.0h)
• Connect (27.4h – 47% of Business)
  • [X] Chat with Xah Lee about Emacs Hangouts
  • [X] Helpers Help Out Show #2
  • [ ] Helpers Help Out Show #2
  • [ ] Prepare Mapping Your Learning presentation
• Relationships (6.0h – 3%)
  • [X] Prepare stuff
• Discretionary – Productive (5.2h – 3%)
  • Writing (4.7h)
• Discretionary – Play (4.6h – 2%)
• Personal routines (18.4h – 10%)
• Unpaid work (11.8h – 7%)
• Sleep (64.7h – 38% – average of 9.2 per day)