Weekly review: Week ending January 1, 2016

Posted: Jan 2, 2016 - Modified: May 29, 2019| review, weekly

We're hosting a get-together for W-'s family today, so last week was all about tidying up, preparing food ahead of time, and getting things ready. W- has been on a home improvement kick, painting some of the walls and ceilings that were recently patched, updating the track lights that go down the basement stairs, and installing a set of track lights in the living room. For my part, I've been getting rid of stuff, organizing and updating inventories, and helping out with whatever I could. All this decluttering and rearranging prompted us to learn more about interior design. We watched the six-part Design Rules series from BBC on YouTube, and will probably look up a few more resources as we gradually reshape our living areas.

I've been thinking about ways to repurpose my sewing scraps. Cutting them into 4"x4" squares and using them for patchwork seems like a good, frugal way to keep things under control. My first patchwork piece is a little on the visually busy side, but mabe that's not a bad thing. Over the next few weeks, I'll process the rest of my scraps, and then we'll see what I can do with the pieces.

The end of the year is a good time for an annual review, so I'll probably be focusing on that this week. I'm looking forward to making sense of last year and picking a few ideas to follow up on this year. I suspect the year turned out better than I sometimes think it did; distance, data, and my archive will help me get a better sense of that. We'll see what comes out!

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Focus areas and time review

Business (10.2h – 6%)
- Earn (6.1h – 59% of Business)
  - ☐ Prepare invoice
  - ☐ Do monthly data dump
  - ☐ Earn: E1: 1-2 days of consulting
- Build (3.0h – 29% of Business)
  - Drawing (3.0h)
  - Paperwork (0.0h)
  - ☑ Index card visualization
  - ☑ Learn Coffeescript
- Connect (1.1h – 11% of Business)
Relationships (7.9h – 4%)
- ☑ Research good practices
- ☑ Copy recordings to phone
- ☑ Move the heated cat bed into our bedroom
- ☑ Revisit seats
- ☑ Plan party for Jan 3
  - ☑ Move stuff out of the way
  - ☑ Make pumpkin pie
  - ☑ Defrost korma
  - ☑ Make banchan
Discretionary – Productive (16.3h – 9%)
- Emacs (2.1h – 1% of all)
  - ☑ Insert and categorize link
  - ☑ Do another Emacs News review
  - ☑ See Org linked files in a Dired buffer
  - ☑ Write Emacs Lisp to help with quilt planning
  - ☐ Do another Emacs News review
- Sewing (9.6h)
  - ☑ Lunch bag for J-
  - ☑ Sew quilt blocks
  - ☑ Cut 4×4 squares
- Writing (3.0h)
- ☑ Figure out other things I can read in my e-reader
- ☑ Figure out other things I can read on my phone
- ☑ Research NAS recommendations
- ☑ Review the organization of my Org files
- ☑ Organize old files
- ☑ Review stuff in basement cabinets, update inventory, and get rid of more things
- ☑ Type or copy song lyrics
Discretionary – Play (12.1h – 7%)
Personal routines (23.5h – 13%)
Unpaid work (26.9h – 15%)
Sleep (71.1h – 42% – average of 10.2 per day)