Weekly review: Week ending January 15, 2016

Posted: Jan 17, 2016 - Modified: May 29, 2019| review, weekly

This week was about preparation. I've been gradually winding up my consulting-related projects, and I'm delighted that the team's well-prepared to do all sorts of awesomeness.

We've been thinking about our household routines and the organization of our things, too. More decluttering, more organizing… things are slowly becoming smoother. This is good.

I stocked the freezer with lots of lasagna and brainstormed other things that would be good to make in bulk. I thought about our backup plans for cooking, too. We like home-cooked meals a lot, and there are a number of recipes we're comfortable throwing together with little time or energy. We're not too keen on delivery or take-out, although they'll do in a pinch.

More sewing, and more wrapping up of old projects or loose scraps. I've run into a small supply-chain problem: the snaps I ordered haven't arrived yet. Might have been delayed due to the holidays, or might have gotten lost in the shuffle. I've contacted the eBay seller, and I'll look into other sources too. Ah well! No big deal. Fortunately, I've been working on projects roughly in order of priority, and everything is optional anyway.

More fiddling with tech. I flipped through a few e-books on the tablet since I can check out books from the library on it. It's okay, although my Kindle is a little easier to hold. I've tried out a few games, too, so we'll see how that goes. Setting up FlickFolio to shuffle through my sketchbook has been a good way to nudge me to reflect on previous thoughts and draw updates.

Oh, and I've filed the business paperwork I needed for my personal tax return. (Keener!) Now all I have to do is wait for the tax slips from banks, which will probably come in March. At least my part is out of the way!

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Focus areas and time review

Business (27.0h – 16%)
- Earn (17.0h – 62% of Business)
  - ☑ Check on work
  - ☑ Sort out scraping
  - ☑ Earn: E1: 1-2 days of consulting
  - ☐ Earn: E1: 1-2 days of consulting
- Build (8.1h – 29% of Business)
  - Drawing (6.9h)
  - Paperwork (0.9h)
- Connect (2.0h – 7% of Business)
Relationships (9.0h – 5%)
- ☑ Set up bathroom
- ☑ Pick up clothes, give lasagna
- ☑ Research lighting
- ☑ Send a note to the Hattoris
Discretionary – Productive (13.8h – 8%)
- Emacs (0.9h – 0% of all)
  - ☑ Do another Emacs News review
  - ☑ Announce Hangout
  - ☑ Host 2016-01-16 Emacs Hangout
  - ☐ Do another Emacs News review
- Writing (6.2h)
- Sewing (2.5h)
- ☑ Check out Value Village sale
- ☑ Explore Flickr apps for the Android tablet
Discretionary – Play (10.2h – 6%)
Personal routines (24.9h – 14%)
Unpaid work (15.2h – 9%)
Sleep (68.0h – 40% – average of 9.7 per day)