Hmm. Way fewer sketches this week because I was focusing on packaging and delegation. Good work getting https://sachachua.com/no-excuses-blogging (PDF, EPUB, MOBI) out the door, though. Also, I was concentrating on planning my life. =) Now that the general direction is mostly sorted out, let's get going!

Blog posts

• Weekly review: Week ending January 31, 2014
• Stepping up to publishing
• A no-excuses guide to blogging
• How to develop your ideas into blog posts
• Thinking about the systems I can put into place to scale up sharing
• Reflecting on wild success
• More tips for self-directed learning: deliberate practice

Sketches

1. 2014-02-02 Learning on your own
2. 2014-02-02 Imagining a useful member's area
3. 2014-02-02 A path for learning to delegate or outsource #delegation #path
4. 2014-02-03 How to learn from business books
5. 2014-02-04 What systems do I need to put into place to do awesome
6. 2014-02-04 Thinking about idea development and possible blogging flow
7. 2014-02-04 Improving the way I delegate #delegation
8. 2014-02-04 How to create your own exercises for deliberate practice during self-directed learning
9. 2014-02-05 Notes on publishing
10. 2014-02-05 Delegation and drawings - where does it make sense #delegation
11. 2014-02-06 What other excuses can I collect and work around
12. 2014-02-07 What are my motivations for questions
13. 2014-02-07 Low-hanging fruit
14. 2014-02-07 Adjusting the balance

Link round-up

• Latin LOLCat: Reading: Multum legundum, non multa. You should read much, not many.
• Matt Swanson – Do things, write about it: Share what you're working on
• Don't End The Week With Nothing: Related to the one above – make sure what you're working on builds up your life
• The Gumroad Blog – Is Pay What You Want Pricing for You?: Yay pay-what-you-want pricing! =)
• org in the wild update: Always so nice to see how people use Org Mode.
• How to Train Your Mind to Think Critically and Form Your Own Opinions: I'm getting better at keeping people's contexts in mind while listening to them.
• How I learned to stop giving advice: Interesting discussion on Hacker News. I'm coming to terms with how I want to approach this entire “advice” thing – I like
  
  more than “You should…”.

Focus areas and time review

• Business (55.7h – 33%)
  • Earn (28.6h – 51% of Business)
    • [X] E1: Work on prototype for conversation
    • [X] E1: Add image links
    • [X] E2: Animate script 3
    • [X] E2: Send new script 1 and trailer
    • [X] E2: Slow down script 2
    • [X] Earn: E1: 2.5-3.5 days of consulting
    • [ ] Deposit cheque
    • [ ] Earn: E1: 2.5-3.5 days of consulting
  • Build (20.5h – 36% of Business)
    • Delegation
      • [X] Build: Document post-podcast process
      • [X] Hire writers
      • [X] Delegate making my website more responsive
      • [ ] Document process for setting up a public conversation
    • Content
    • Packaging
      • [X] Compile blog posts related to busting blogging excuses
      • [ ] Plan and record a video for busting blogging excuses
      • [ ] Explore membership plugins / course plugins
    • Other
      • [X] Build: Tweak performance on server
      • [X] Build: File payroll return
  • Connect (6.7h – 11% of Business)
    • [X] Connect: Chat about Free Geek Toronto
    • [X] Connect: Chat with Google regarding Helpouts and Hangouts
    • [X] Connect: Chat with Mel about self-directed learning
    • [ ] Connect: Chat with Naomi Fein about delegation and sketchnoting
• Relationships (6.5h – 3%)
  • [X] Attend party at Beatrice
  • [X] Have Maira over (Sunday)
  • [ ] Work on project with W-
• Discretionary – Productive (1.7h – 0%)
  • Writing (0.6h)
• Discretionary – Play (0.0h – 0%)
• Personal routines (18.8h – 11%)
• Unpaid work (14.1h – 8%)
• Sleep (71.3h – 42% – average of 10.2 per day) (!) Oh right, it was because I was sorting out some stuff in my head.