We spent most of this weekend shopping for winter coats. W- and I are both on the smallish side, so it can be difficult to find things in our sizes later in the season. I bought a waterproof 3-in-1 jacket and a compatible down jacket that zips into the outer shell. I'm also experimenting with replacing my belt bag with a vest that has lots and lots of pockets. So far, this is working out well. W- hasn't been able to find a coat that he's happy with, though, so the search continues.

It's also been a week for get-togethers: celebration dinners at work, Thanksgiving and anniversary dinners with family, other get-togethers with friends… The Hacklab launch party is this weekend, and I'm looking forward to helping with that. =)

Oh! And I bumped into a Hacklab member who's learning R and who had good things to say about the Coursera course, so now I'm trying that. I still have a hard time sitting still for lectures, so instead I focus on taking the quizzes and doing the programming projects.

Lots of learning and connecting!

Blog posts

• Weekly review: Week ending October 10, 2014
• Improving my response to oopses
• Reflecting on my growth as a programmer
• Tablet thoughts
• More lessons learned from the recent sprints
• Sometimes – often – I don’t feel like making conversation

Focus areas and time review

• Business (39.4h – 23%)
  • Earn (25.1h – 63% of Business)
    • ☑ E1: Attend celebrations
    • ☑ Interview potential accountant/bookkeeper
    • ☐ E1: Pick up pass
    • ☐ E1: Update analytics
    • ☐ Earn: E1: 2.5-3.5 days of consulting
  • Build (4.2h – 10% of Business)
    • Drawing (0.9h)
    • Delegation (1.2h)
    • Packaging (0.0h)
    • Paperwork (0.0h)
  • Connect (10.0h – 25% of Business)
    • ☐ Plan for office hours
• Relationships (12.4h – 7%)
  • ☑ Attend Jade's party
  • ☑ Get more kitchen things
  • ☑ Go to Thanksgiving thing
  • ☑ Help look for winter coat
  • ☑ Make egg tarts
  • ☑ Repackage spices in mason jars
• Discretionary – Productive (4.4h – 2%)
  • Emacs (0.0h – 0% of all)
  • ☑ Buy winter coat
  • ☑ Have massage
  • ☑ Re-set-up dev environment for Quantified Awesome
  • ☐ Get passport pictures
  • ☐ Start working on kitchen organizer
  • Writing (2.5h)
• Discretionary – Play (9.6h – 5%)
• Personal routines (20.4h – 12%)
• Unpaid work (23.1h – 13%)
• Sleep (58.8h – 35% – average of 8.4 per day)