Monthly review: March 2015
Posted: - Modified: | monthly, reviewWow. That was actually a really full month. I hadn't realized it day by day, but wow. I got deeper into making things, sewing enough tops so that I can wear something I made whenever I want. I cooked food that people enjoyed. I picked up yoga again, and I'm working on building habits for strength and flexibility. I learned a lot about people and about myself.
Last month, I wrote that I expected March to focus even more on personal projects:
- finish a few more tops in this season's colours. Done!
- bake a few pies for Pi Day. Didn't do, but I brought egg tarts instead.
- work on a few personal projects. Yup!
Following up on my reflection on otium: that was an excellent use of discretionary time, and I can't wait to see what April will be like.
Blog posts
- Sketched books
- Sketched Book – Self-compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind – Kristin Neff
- Sketched Book – The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right – Atul Gawande
- Sketched Book – The Obstacle Is The Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph – Ryan Holiday
- Sketched Book: Write Faster, Write Better – David A. Fryxell
- Emacs
- Learning, drawing and sharing
- Life
- Experiment
- Reviews
Sketches
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- Weekly and monthly reviews
- 2015-03-01a Week ending 2015-02-27 – index card #weekly
- 2015-03-08a Monthly review – February 2015 – index card #monthly
- 2015-03-07a Week ending 2015-03-06 – index card #weekly #review
- 2015-03-15a Week ending 2015-03-13 – index card #weekly
- 2015-03-22f Week ending 2015-03-20 – index card #journal #weekly
- 2015-03-29f Week ending 2015-03-27 – index card #weekly
- 2015-04-05b Week ending 2015-04-03 – index card #weekly #journal
- Freedom
- 2015-03-06a How can you measure freedom – index card #freedom #independence #quantified
- 2015-03-06b What makes me feel free – What can I measure – index card #quantified #freedom #independence #feeling
- 2015-03-06f Happiness and freedom – index card #feelings #philosophy
- 2015-03-06i What kinds of freedom are out there – index card #freedom #philosophy
- 2015-03-06j So, how can I cultivate these freedoms – index card #freedom #philosophy
- 2015-03-25d What would broaden freedom and accelerate learning – index card #freedom
- 2015-03-26c What are the next freedoms I want to work on – index card #freedom
- Risk
- Decisions
- Designing life
- 2015-03-26d Designing my life – index card #design #life #experiment
- 2015-03-26e How have I designed my life – index card #life #design
- 2015-03-29c Designing my life – index card #design
- 2015-03-11d How can I structure these types of days – index card #limbo #routines
- 2015-03-06c Growing slowly from a solid foundation – index card #purpose #influence #success #growth
- 2015-03-06d What does that progression look like – index card #growth #success #purpose
- 2015-03-06e Am I accelerating – If so, how – index card #growth #success #acceleration
- 2015-03-06g A path to keeping a diary – index card #writing #journaling #diary
- 2015-03-02d What kind of mental Sacha would I like other people to be able to have – index card #mental #model
- 2015-03-10 Taking skills into my loosely-held identity – index card #plans #identity
- 2015-03-11b On requests that are a stretch – index card #response #focus #commitment #no #impostor
- 2015-03-11c What temptations divert me from my path – index card #distraction #temptation #resistance
- 2015-03-20b Limbo – index card #preparation
- 2015-03-12d How would I like to make better use of subway time – index card #commuting #kaizen #subway
- 2015-03-06k Aligning past, present, and future selves – index card #harmony #alignment #selves
- Sewing
- 2015-03-12c Sewing pre-mortem – index card #sewing #premortem
- 2015-03-13c Improving my sewing experience – index card #sewing
- 2015-03-13d What are a few useful things I can do with my fabric stash – index card #sewing
- 2015-03-13e What would managing my stash well look like – index card #sewing
- 2015-03-22c What was different about sewing this time – index card #delta #sewing #review
- Self-care
- 2015-03-18c What do I do for self-care – index card #self-care #happiness #comfort
- 2015-03-25a Learning about taking care of myself – index card #self-care
- 2015-03-25b Why have I focused on self-care – index card #self-care
- 2015-03-18b Where does my discomfort come from – index card #gap #discomfort
- 2015-03-10c Dealing with things outside my control – index card #life #stoicism #control #response
- 2015-03-02e Control and influence – index card #philosophy
- 2015-03-23d In case of emergency, break glass – index card #response
- 2015-03-21c This is enough, and it's a great start – index card #contentment #equanimity #fear #significance
- Experiment
- 2015-03-28b Imagining the fourth year of my experiment – index card #experiment #vision
- 2015-03-28c How would I like to take things to the next level – index card #improvement #experiment
- 2015-03-29b What strengths and resources can I use to help others – index card #strengths #experiment #business
- 2015-03-29d What would more ambition mean – index card #ambition #experiment
- 2015-03-29e Plotting my trajectories – index card #vision #experiment
- 2015-03-25c When do I move to the next phase, and how – index card #experiment #plan
- 2015-03-20d Stacking the deck for my future self – index card #preparation
- 2015-03-22e Thinking about my Evil Plans – index card #planning #uncertainty #preparation #purpose
- 2015-03-25h Imagining my next venture – index card #experiment #vision
- 2015-03-27b Resistance to different dreams – index card #resistance
- Life
- Friendship and connection
- 2015-03-18d Ideas for shared activities – index card #connecting #friendship
- 2015-03-20e Supporting friends in crises – index card #support #friendship
- 2015-03-28a Looking closely at helping friends – index card #support #friendship
- 2015-03-02c Playing with conversation – index card #connecting #introduction
- 2015-03-11a How can I get better at asking questions – index card #questions #kaizen
- 2015-03-20f Sharing alternatives – index card #support
- 2015-03-20g Dig your well before you're thirsty – index card #support #relationships
- 2015-03-23e Support or lead – index card #relationships #support #entrepreneurship
- Yoga
- Learning and sharing
- 2015-03-15c Skills or tools that can be used to improve themselves – index card #learning #bootstrapping
- 2015-03-16a The balance between using and improving tools – index card #learning #bootstrapping
- 2015-03-12e Writing about the same things – index card #writing
- 2015-03-22a How can I convert digital index cards to paper – index card #drawing #index #printing #paper
- 2015-03-11e What kind of backup or file organization do I want – index card #backup #tech
- 2015-03-13b What do I track, and what do I plan to – index card #quantified #plans
- 2015-03-16b What would make biking even better – index card #biking
- 2015-03-22d Thinking about Emacs package podcast – index card #emacs #podcasting #plans
- 2015-03-25e Tell the truth – index card #australia-project
- 2015-03-26b What do I own – index card #philosophy #stoicism
- 2015-03-24a Sketched Book – Self-compassion – Kristin Neff – #sketched-book #self-help
Time
| Category | Last month (%) | This month (%) | Avg h per week | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | 14.7 | 18.4 | 31 | 3.7 |
| Business – Connect | 2.8 | 6.2 | 10 | 3.4 |
| Sleep | 35.3 | 38.5 | 65 | 3.2 |
| Discretionary – Social | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Discretionary – Play | 2.8 | 3.1 | 5 | 0.3 |
| Unpaid work | 9.9 | 9.3 | 16 | -0.6 |
| Discretionary – Family | 5.1 | 3.7 | 6 | -1.4 |
| Business – Earn | 7.8 | 5.8 | 10 | -2.0 |
| Business – Build | 7.8 | 4.5 | 8 | -3.3 |
| Discretionary – Productive | 12.6 | 8.8 | 15 | -3.8 |