Monthly review: January 2016
Posted: - Modified: | monthly, reviewJanuary was mostly about planning, people, and preparations. I re-read my blog posts and reviewed my sketches as part of my annual review process. It was great to see the overall patterns from 2015, and from the past ten years that I've been here. =)
We had W-‘s family over for a holiday dinner, and we cooked lots of food. Unfortunately, our source for pork belly closed soon afterwards, so we've been checking out different places to find a new favourite.
I've been gradually transitioning my consulting tasks over to the team. They're doing wonderfully, and will probably do even more awesome things than I can pull off. =D I've also been building little tools for myself, like a web-based interface that lets me use the tablet to review my sketches. Some sewing, some decluttering, some freezer cooking… Everything's pretty much ready for the next step.
Let's see how February goes!
Blog posts
- Reviews
- Emacs
- What do I want from my review process?
- A reflection on leisure and discretionary time
- Thinking about grocery stores and recipe variety
- Oops, forgot my library card
- Building a simple sketch navigator for myself
- Calibre and Qt 5.5
- Helping with physics
- On routines and depth
Sketches
- Daily:
- Reviews
- 2016-01-02b December 2015 -- index card #monthly #review
- 2016-01-02a Week ending 2016-01-01 -- index card #journal #weekly
- 2016-01-09b Week ending 2016-01-08 -- index card #journal #weekly
- 2016-01-17a Week ending 2016-01-15 -- index card #journal #weekly
- 2016-01-23a Week ending 2016-01-22 -- index card #journal #weekly
- 2016-01-30a Week ending 2016-01-29 -- index card #journal #weekly
- 2016-01-02c 2015 in review -- index card #yearly #review
- 2016-01-15f Uncertainty review for 2015 -- index card #uncertainty #review
- Experiment
- 2016-01-14c Winding down consulting -- index card #consulting #experiment
- 2016-01-14e Considering alternate universes for 2012-2015 -- index card #experiment
- 2016-01-15e What am I maximizing for -- index card #experiment #choice
- 2016-01-18c Characteristics of business opportunities to watch out for -- index card #business #entrepreneurship #experiment ref 2015-04-20h
- 2016-01-20d On slowness and speed -- index card #pace #experiment #review ref 2015-02-12f
- 2016-01-21b Ambition -- index card #ambition #pace #experiment ref 2014-01-09
- 2016-01-22c Reviewing the fourth year, imagining the fifth year of this 5-year experiment -- index card #experiment #review #plan ref 2015-03-28b
- 2016-01-20c What would I do with more resources -- index card #more ref 2013-05-23
- 2016-01-27b Products, services, and routines -- index card #making #services #products
- 2016-01-23d Letting go of core time -- index card #focus #concentration #time ref 2014-01-15 2015-05-04a
- Planning
- 2016-01-20a Building tools and systems for my near-future self -- index card #anticipation #preparation ref 2015-05-22b
- 2016-01-24a Reviewing adaptations for absent-mindedness -- index card #fuzzy #absentmindedness #absentminded ref 2015-05-28d
- 2016-01-11b Plan for the next few weeks -- index card #plan
- 2016-01-19c Building up -- index card #priorities #life
- 2016-01-19f What do I want in terms of visible projects or tasks -- index card #planning #org #organization #tasks ref 2014-03-05
- Goals
- Time
- 2016-01-17e Daytime, evening, weekend -- index card #productivity ref 2014-12-11
- 2016-01-15b Preparing for interruptible time -- index card #preparation #productivity #fuzziness
- 2016-01-18b The best things I can do with my time -- index card #productivity #choice #time ref 2015-05-10d
- 2016-01-21d What to do during open days -- index card #discretionary #activities ref 2014-08-28
- Connecting
- 2016-01-07b On learning about people -- index card #connecting #people
- 2016-01-07c Gradually approaching, gradually withdrawing -- index card #connecting #people
- 2016-01-08b On trusting people and myself -- index card #trust #connecting #people
- 2016-01-09a Different kinds of trust -- index card #connecting #trust
- 2016-01-15c What can help -- index card #help #connecting
- 2016-01-17d Reflecting on hermit mode -- index card #connecting #hermit #introversion #introvert #review ref 2015-07-22a
- 2016-01-18e Working on making peace with advice -- index card #connecting #advice ref 2015-05-13j
- 2016-01-19b How do I want to relate to my parents -- index card #connecting #parents #transition
- 2016-01-31c More reflections on hermit mode -- index card #hermit #connecting #introvert
- 2016-01-20e Making my peace with memories that are prickly or meh -- index card #memories #self-compassion ref 2015-01-31
- Learning
- 2016-01-15d What I want to learn next -- index card #plan #learning #my-learning
- 2016-01-19d What areas of knowledge do I want to build -- index card #knowledge #learning #my-learning ref 2015-01-28
- 2016-01-23c What am I learning about self-directed learning -- index card #learning #self-directed ref 2014-01-23
- 2016-01-25f Do I devalue the other things I'm learning about -- index card #life #learning
- 2016-01-29b Routines and depth -- index card #learning #perspective #routines
- 2016-01-31b What kinds of learning work well for me -- index card #learning #self-directed #my-learning
- Drawing, writing, and thinking
- 2016-01-02e What do I want from my yearly review -- index card #writing #review
- 2016-01-20b What do I want to write about and share -- index card #writing ref 2014-01-30
- 2016-01-22d What do I want from my idea pipeline -- index card #zettelkasten #ideas #thinking #questions #index-cards
- 2016-01-17c Reflecting on photos, sketches, and notes -- index card #photos #memories #memory #sketches #drawing ref 2015-01-02
- 2016-01-18d What do I want in a sketch browser -- index card #drawing #coding #plan
- 2016-01-18g How do I want my sketches to help me think -- index card #drawing #sketches #zettelkasten #notes ref 2015-11-18a
- Self, reflections
- 2016-01-21e Recognizing and naming fears -- index card #anxiety #fear ref 2014-01-22
- 2016-01-18a Satisfaction -- index card #happiness #satisfaction ref 2014-09-04
- 2016-01-18h Self-care -- index card #self-care #happiness ref 2015-04-17b
- 2016-01-14f Framework for reflections on mortality -- index card #preparation #planning #stoicism
- Home
- 2016-01-22a On letting go of books -- index card #decluttering #reading #books ref 2015-05-14d
- 2016-01-27c Now that the freezer is well stocked -- index card #preparation #activities
- 2016-01-24b Expectations and energy -- index card #energy #fuzzy ref 2015-05-03e
- 2016-01-04c Keeping the household running -- index card #home #routines
- 2016-01-02g Home and personality -- index card #home #style #design
- 2016-01-22b Wearing homemade clothes -- index card #sewing #diy #clothing ref 2015-05-06c
- 2016-01-25d Helping with physics exam review -- index card #studying #tutoring #family #school
- 2016-01-02f Life these days -- index card #life #routines
- Gaming
- Cooking
Time
Category | Period 1 % | Period 2 % | Diff % | h/wk | Diff h/wk |
Business – Build | 0.3 | 0.2 | -0.0 | 0.4 | -0.1 |
Discretionary – Play | 6.9 | 6.7 | -0.3 | 11.2 | -0.5 |
Unpaid work | 11.1 | 9.5 | -1.6 | 16.0 | -2.6 |
Discretionary – Social | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.3 |
Discretionary – Family | 4.6 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 10.7 | 3.0 |
Sleep | 41.4 | 40.9 | -0.4 | 68.7 | -0.7 |
Business – Connect | 0.9 | 0.8 | -0.1 | 1.4 | -0.2 |
Business – Earn | 4.6 | 5.6 | 1.0 | 9.3 | 1.7 |
Discretionary – Productive | 13.7 | 12.4 | -1.2 | 20.9 | -2.1 |
Personal | 15.9 | 16.6 | 0.7 | 27.8 | 1.2 |