Weekly review: Week ending February 27, 2015
This week was about sewing. I made three tops, wow! I might go to the fabric store on Tuesday to see if there are other fabrics that I’d like to turn into tops using the same pattern.
Also, I made lemon meringue for the first time in ages. I tried another biscotti recipe, too.
My Samsung Galaxy S3 started power-cycling, so I replaced it with a Moto G. The Moto G is working surprisingly well. I thought I’d have problems with the small, non-expandable storage, but it works just fine. =)
Blog posts
- Weekly review: Week ending February 20, 2015
- Sketched Book – So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love – Cal Newport
- Learn how to take notes more efficiently in Org Mode
- Different dimensions of scaling up
- Using Emacs to prepare files for external applications like Autodesk Sketchbook Pro
- Tell the difference between diminishing returns and compounding growth when it comes to investing in skills
- Trying on common goals
Sketches
- Journal
- 2015-02-23b Week ending 2015-02-20 – index card #weekly
- 2015-02-21b Saturday – index card #journal
- 2015-02-22a Sunday – index card #journal
- 2015-02-23a Monday – index card #journal
- 2015-02-24e Tuesday – index card #journal
- 2015-02-25a Wednesday – index card #journal
- 2015-02-26a Thursday – index card #journal
- 2015-02-27a Friday – index card #journal
- Sewing
- 2015-02-21a Plan for replacement phone – index card #tech #phone
- 2015-02-24b Exploring idiosyncratic questions – index card #questions #sharing
- 2015-02-24c Update on phone decision – index card #tech #decision
Link round-up
- Org HTML themes – interesting Javascript+CSS+HTML output for Org Mode files, with task support. howeverHat-tip to Grant Rettke for the link
- my pkm story: Evolution of models and understanding.
- Greg Kroleski: Six Years of Tracking My Time: Always interesting to learn from other time trackers.
- Balancing Spending and Time: How “Time Frugality” Can Save You Lots of Cash: Be mindful about the artificial substitution of money for time or enjoyment.
- Raising Science-y Kids on the Cheap: So cool!
- Handling Windows: Hmm, maybe I should use bookmarks more often…
- web-mode.el v11 is released: I should get the hang of these expanders.
- (or emacs: Hydra 0.11.0 is out: Oh, it does have non-color options after all.
- New Org Mode app for android, seems like a big improvement over the alternatives.: Hmm…
- Need your help in compiling a list of packages useful for writing prose.: Check out the comments for great recommendations.
Focus areas and time review
- Business (26.5h – 15%)
- Earn (10.7h – 40% of Business)
- ☑ Earn: E1: 1-2 days of consulting
- ☐ Prepare invoice
- Build (3.5h – 13% of Business)
- Drawing (1.4h)
- Delegation (0.0h)
- Packaging (0.0h)
- Paperwork (0.8h)
- ☐ File payroll return
- ☑ Figure out why library isn’t renewing
- ☑ Fix color detection
- Connect (12.3h – 46% of Business)
- Earn (10.7h – 40% of Business)
- Relationships (12.5h – 7%)
- ☑ Help Sean with Emacs
- ☑ Print tickets
- ☑ Hang out with Linda and watch Gabriel perform
- Discretionary – Productive (24.1h – 14%)
- Emacs (1.6h – 0% of all)
- ☑ Help Sean with Ruby environment
- ☑ Choose additional fabrics for Sorbetto top
- ☑ Get 1.5 yards of cotton shirting
- Sewing
- ☑ Print out Colette pattern
- Phone
- ☑ Figure out what’s going on with my phone
- ☑ Set up new phone
- ☑ Buy Moto G from Staples
- ☑ Upgrade to Lollipop
- ☑ Attend Sketchnote Hangout
- ☑ Read synopsis for Die Walkure
- ☐ Read chapter 4 of Intermediate Japanese
- ☐ Review Createspace
- ☐ Investigate Powershell
- Writing (2.1h)
- Emacs (1.6h – 0% of all)
- Discretionary – Play (9.0h – 5%)
- Personal routines (21.6h – 12%)
- Unpaid work (16.3h – 9%)
- Sleep (58.1h – 34% – average of 8.3 per day)
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