Monthly review: March 2016
Posted: - Modified: | monthly, reviewMarch was all about adjusting to life with a newborn. Sleep is still a little patchy, but our routines are gradually getting smoother as we figure out little improvements. I've been able to do some cooking and go on various errands. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was still able to do a little bit of coding, writing, and sewing. I got back to posting Emacs News after a short hiatus. I even managed to check on my consulting clients: they're doing well and things are running smoothly, hooray. =)
A- was officially diagnosed with microphthalmia, and we're waiting for the ocularist to schedule the next steps. She also has a medium-sized ventricular septal defect which may or may not resolve itself over time; we'll see. Thank goodness for public health.
This April, I'm looking forward to:
- working more closely with the healthcare system and learning more about what to do
- improving our routines and tools
- gradually building a habit of going out (parent/baby groups, exercise, etc.)
Blog posts
- Parenting
- Emacs News
- Reviews
Sketches
- Journal
- Daily:
- 2016-03-03c February 2016 -- index card #monthly #review #journal
- 2016-03-06a Week ending 2016-03-04 -- index card #journal #weekly
- 2016-03-14a Week ending 2016-03-11 -- index card #journal #weekly
- 2016-03-19a Week ending 2016-03-18 -- index card #journal #weekly
- 2016-03-28a Week ending 2016-03-25 -- index card #journal #weekly
- 2016-04-03a Week ending 2016-04-01 -- index card #journal #weekly
- Parenting
- 2016-03-03b Notes on cloth diapers so far -- index card #parenting #diapers
- 2016-03-16a Figuring out new routines -- index card #parenting #routines
- 2016-03-16b Activities -- index card #routines #parenting
- 2016-03-17c Thinking about one-handed meals -- index card #parenting #cooking
- 2016-03-19c Life with A- - one month -- index card #parenting #review #month
- 2016-03-20a Matching energy levels -- index card #parenting #energy #time
- 2016-03-24a Improving the graveyard shift -- index card #parenting #kaizen
- 2016-03-24b Accepting the sleep disruptions -- index card #parenting #sleep
- 2016-03-28c Cluster-feeding kaizen -- index card #parenting #kaizen #nursing
- 2016-03-03a Microphthalmia - small eye -- index card #microphthalmia
- Learing
- 2016-03-21a What kinds of skills do I want to build -- index card #my-learning #skills #planning
- 2016-03-24d Level Up Your Life - Steve Kamb -- index card #book #goals #quest
- 2016-03-20b How do I want discretionary activities to fit into my life - index card #time #discretionary #activities #planning
- 2016-03-18a Thinking about more visualizations -- index card #coding #viz #visualization
- 2016-03-17b Pictures and purpose -- index card #connecting #photos #photography #memory
Time
| Category | Period 1 % | Period 2 % | Diff % | h/wk | Diff h/wk |
| Business – Build | 0.8 | 0.2 | -0.6 | 0.3 | -1.0 |
| Discretionary – Play | 8.6 | 1.5 | -7.1 | 2.8 | -11.9 |
| Unpaid work | 14.0 | 6.0 | -8.0 | 10.8 | -13.5 |
| Unpaid work – Childcare | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Discretionary – Social | 1.2 | 0.7 | -0.5 | 1.3 | -0.8 |
| Discretionary – Family | 2.5 | 0.7 | -1.8 | 1.2 | -3.1 |
| Sleep | 34.9 | 36.9 | 2.0 | 66.1 | 3.4 |
| Business – Connect | 0.7 | 0.5 | -0.2 | 0.8 | -0.4 |
| Business – Earn | 4.0 | 0.3 | -3.6 | 0.6 | -6.1 |
| Discretionary – Productive | 8.8 | 6.5 | -2.3 | 11.7 | -3.9 |
| Personal | 20.7 | 11.1 | -9.6 | 20.0 | -16.1 |
An average of 9.4 hours of sleep a day still feels a little short when it's broken up into 1-2 hour chunks, but that's okay, I'll adapt.