Timeblock

The Questions

Did I do my best to:

• set clear goals?
  • 0/10
• make progress towards my goals?
  • 7/10
• find meaning?
  • 0/10
• build positive relationships?
  • 8/10
• be fully engaged?
  • 4/10
• tackle my tickler?
  • 6/10
• tackle my inbox?
  • 3/10
• plan the day in advance?
  • 0/10
• hit my work pomodoro quota?
  • 8/10
• hit my personal pomodoro quota?
  • 0/1
• go rock climbing?
  • 10/10
• run to/from work?
  • 10/10
• read?
  • 7/10
• answer one Mixpanel Community question?
  • 0/10
• improve on the iteration loop?
  • 0/10
• track my spending/savings/budget?
  • 0/10
• eat a balanced diet working towards sub-200 weight?
  • 7/10
• finish my taxes?
  • 0/10
• automize a scoring tracking system?
  • 0/10
• take 20 seconds to look at something 20 feet away every 20 minutes (20/20/20)?
  • 4/10
• to stretch today?
  • 2/10
• answer my daily questions?
  • 6/10

Timeblock

The Questions

Did I do my best to:

• set clear goals?
  • 0/10
• make progress towards my goals?
  • 6/10
• find meaning?
  • 0/10
• build positive relationships?
  • 6/10
• be fully engaged?
  • 8/10
• tackle my tickler?
  • 4/10
• tackle my inbox?
  • 2/10
• plan the day in advance?
  • 0/10
• hit my work pomodoro quota?
  • 11/10
• hit my personal pomodoro quota?
  • 0/1
• go rock climbing?
  • 10/10
• run to/from work?
  • 10/10
• read?
  • 10/10
• answer one Mixpanel Community question?
  • 0/10
• improve on the iteration loop?
  • 0/10
• track my spending/savings/budget?
  • 0/10
• eat a balanced diet working towards sub-200 weight?
  • 7/10
• finish my taxes?
  • 0/10
• automize a scoring tracking system?
  • 0/10
• take 20 seconds to look at something 20 feet away every 20 minutes (20/20/20)?
  • 0/10
• to stretch today?
  • 2/10
• answer my daily questions?
  • 8/10

Timeblock

The Questions

Did I do my best to:

• set clear goals?
  • 0/10
• make progress towards my goals?
  • 6/10
• find meaning?
  • 0/10
• build positive relationships?
  • 7/10
• be fully engaged?
  • 7/10
• tackle my tickler?
  • 10/10
• tackle my inbox?
  • 5/10
• plan the day in advance?
  • 0/10
• hit my work pomodoro quota?
  • 10/10
• hit my personal pomodoro quota?
  • 0/1
• go rock climbing?
  • 10/10
• run to/from work?
  • 10/10
• read?
  • 5/10
• answer one Mixpanel Community question?
  • 0/10
• improve on the iteration loop?
  • 2/10
• track my spending/savings/budget?
  • 0/10
• eat a balanced diet working towards sub-200 weight?
  • 6/10
• finish my taxes?
  • 0/10
• automize a scoring tracking system?
  • 0/10
• take 20 seconds to look at something 20 feet away every 20 minutes (20/20/20)?
  • 0/10
• to stretch today?
  • 2/10
• answer my daily questions?
  • 5/10

Grit

1. New ideas and projects sometimes distract me from previous ones
   • 1
2. Setbacks don't discourage me. I don't give up easily.
   • 5
3. I often set a goal but later choose to pursue a different one.
   • 2
4. I am a hard worker.
   • 5
5. I have difficulty maintaining my focus on projects that take more than a few months to complete.
   • 1
6. I finish whatever I begin.
   • 3
7. My interests change from year to year.
   • 4
8. I am diligent. I never give up.
   • 4
9. I have been obsessed with a certain idea or project for a short time but later lost interest.
   • 3
10. I have over come setbacks to conquer an important challenge.
    • 5

Got to some grit questions in my book. Decided to publish the score. I think I won't score myself everyday.... We'll see what I do. Gots to get grittier.

Really tired today. Just answering the questions and maybe collapsing into sleep.

Timeblock

The Questions

Did I do my best to:

• set clear goals?
  • 3/10
• make progress towards my goals?
  • 5/10
• find meaning?
  • 0/10
• build positive relationships?
  • 8/10
• be fully engaged?
  • 6/10
• tackle my tickler?
  • 10/10
• tackle my inbox?
  • 7/10
• plan the day in advance?
  • 3/10
• hit my work pomodoro quota?
  • N/A
• hit my personal pomodoro quota?
  • 1/1
• go rock climbing?
  • 10/10
• run to/from work?
  • N/A
• read?
  • 10/10
• answer one Mixpanel Community question?
  • 0/10
• improve on the iteration loop?
  • 0/10
• track my spending/savings/budget?
  • 3/10
• eat a balanced diet working towards sub-200 weight?
  • 7/10
• finish my taxes?
  • 5/10
• automize a scoring tracking system?
  • 0/10
• take 20 seconds to look at something 20 feet away every 20 minutes (20/20/20)?
  • 1/10
• to stretch today?
  • 0/10
• answer my daily questions?
  • 10/10

Clear goals and progress towards my goals get points today because I reviewed my questions half way thru the day and decided to be proactive about getting points on some of the questions today. Not an ideal way to make goals or progress, but better than nothing.

Today, I spent quality time with my wife, talked with my dad on the phone, and planned some communication with others (relating to property stuffs).

I found myself looking at my phone whilst doing other things today... a clear sign of not being engaged. Addressed it after a bit too much time on my phone.

Read several chapters of both Grit and Triggers today. I want to finish both before my next therapist meeting.

I am consistently scoring zero on Mixpanel-related questions. This needs to be addressed. Tomorrow I need to have non-zero scores for both.

Diet-wise, I believe I am overeating but am successfully avoiding surgary calories. This won't be a 10 until I start counting calories before I eat those calories.

I did a bunch of taxes stuff and then talked to my dad about property stuff. Turns out that's the meat of taxes stuff, and he's doing it in a different system. He'll be done by next weekend and I'll redo easy stuff in whatever setup he's using. I anticipate a string of zeroes on this question until next weekend and then a 10 with taxes being filed.

This is another item that will get zeroes until I decide to do it one day. I know it'll be worth doing, though, and may pave the way for other automated logging that I would find useful.

Need to take eye-care more seriously.

Same with stretching.

Daily questions are going faster. The first day I did little real reflection and had to end because the pomodoro ended. Today, I have another 10 minutes to reflect, but am mostly done.

I'm going to take this as an opportunity to tackle more of my inbox.

Went looking for apartments today. Found a place we like called Vesper apartments, but we need to figure out a scent issue.

We'll try a timeblock but it might not be accurate.

Timeblock

The Questions

Did I do my best to:

• set clear goals?
  • 0/10
• make progress towards my goals?
  • 0/10
• find meaning?
  • 0/10
• build positive relationships?
  • 8/10
• be fully engaged?
  • 9/10
• tackle my tickler?
  • 7/10
• tackle my inbox?
  • 0/10
• plan the day in advance?
  • 0/10
• hit my work pomodoro quota?
  • N/A
• hit my personal pomodoro quota?
  • 1/1
• go rock climbing?
  • 10/10
• run to/from work?
  • N/A
• read?
  • 10/10
• answer one Mixpanel Community question?
  • 0/10
• improve on the iteration loop?
  • 0/10
• track my spending/savings/budget?
  • 0/10
• eat a balanced diet working towards sub-200 weight?
  • 7/10
• finish my taxes?
  • 0/10
• automize a scoring tracking system?
  • 2/10
• to stretch today?
  • 2/10
• answer my daily questions?
  • 7/10

Added some new questions today. I may remove some eventually. There's also definitely going to be another addition soon. I find myself very tired today, which has led me to realize that 20 minutes of climbing is currently plenty and so I'm giving myself a 10/10 there.

Made significant progress on both Grit and Triggers today, and am excited to start applying what I read in those books.

There are some workday only questions that I'm not sure how I should rate... so I'm putting N/A.

Lots of zeroes overall, though. I will face the questions until I do something or properly give up on them.

Answering the questions today was a lot faster than previous days.... Didn't take up the whole pomodoro. I could cancel the pomodoro.... but then I lose that questions one point.

So, I need to aggregate points over the course of days, weeks, and months. Have a good score to work towards improving.

I think I can make a script that will parse my questions and my scores and save them in... let's say a sqlite setup.

I'll add that as another question (which will get a 2/10 for today for at least logging the question).

Timeblock

The Questions

Did I do my best to:

• set clear goals?
  • 0/10
• make progress towards my goals?
  • 5/10
• find meaning?
  • 10/10
• build positive relationships?
  • 10/10
• be fully engaged?
  • 7/10
• plan the day in advance?
  • 1/10
• hit my work pomodoro quota?
  • 8/10
• hit my personal pomodoro quota?
  • 1/1
• go rock climbing?
  • 7/10
• run to/from work?
  • 7/10
• read?
  • 8/10
• answer one Mixpanel Community question?
  • 0/10
• improve on the iteration loop?
  • 0/10
• track my spending/savings/budget?
  • 4/10
• answer my daily questions?
  • 7/10

The Basics

I was thinking I'd review the answers to these questions in my diary, but maybe the diary is for more direct... philosophy of me. There was no setting of goals today, and this is clearly linked with me not timeblocking until doing my review, right now. The trigger to do my daily questions was the only reason I managed to do even that. Without clear goals, however, I stlii managed pretty reasonable progress on my goals. I think with planning and proper foresight, I could have tackled things in a more efficient and focused manner.

Personal Questions

Rock-climbing and running to/from work are passable, but not where I want them to be. Passable in that I did all the things to do, but I only ran at a recovery pace and was only at the rock climbing gym for 15 minutes. Enough to get some strain on my muscles and build basic calluses on my hands, but not make long term gains. I would like to get nearly an hour in 3 days a week to be at a 10/10. I would also like to run to work in under 18 minutes and from work in under 20 three days a week to be at a 10/10 there.

I have 4 books currently checked out from the library. One audio, which will take the place of my podcast (I have caught up on Cortex), and 3 paper books:

• Triggers
• Grit
• The Dictator's Handbook
• Think Like a Freak

Got some listening and reading in today.

Out of Time

I'll focus on the other aspects of my goals later (big rule: no going past one pomodoro for this review).

Today's diary entry.

Timeblock

Review

1. Did I do my best to set clear goals today?
   • 8
2. Did I do my best to make progress toward my goals today?
   • 6
3. Did I do my best to find meaning today?
   • 6
4. Did I do my best to be happy today?
   • 10
5. Did I do my best to build positive relationships today?
   • 7
6. Did I do my best to be fully engaged today?
   • 8

Woke up at 0800. Showered. Grabbed breakfast. Got on bus.

On bus, I finished the Great Beanie Baby Bubble. A very enjoyable listen. Would recommend.

After I finished that, I started reading Triggers. Immediately, it is inspiring me to change my environment and start working towards some goals again.

Let's see if it lasts.

When I got to SF, I hung out in the office a bit before getting lunch with some peers, and then I headed to the airport.

Lots of reading whilst getting around and waiting. On the plane, around 1730, I took an hour nap. Upon landing, I grabbed some coffee from the airport cafe that the wife and I like. Then I took the light rail home.

At home, I unpacked and then watched youtube videos until I fell asleep (basically).

Woke up at 0845. Showered and got some breakfast in time for the start of the all-day meetings at 0915. Lots of good stuff today, all logged in my notes.

After that, there was an EPD happy hour. Lots of good discussion with my fellow employees. Then there was the dinner party. Again, bad vegan/vegetarian options. I absconded shortly after and went to bed early.

Woke up at 0700 to grab a bagel and coffe at Starbucks and get on the bus heading to Montery, CA. The bus left at 0745, and I spent the ride talking with fellow employees and listening to more of the Great Beanie Baby Bubble.

Upon arrival, there was check-in, and then a walk around the beach area with fellow employees. After the walk we grabbed lunch (vegan options weren't great) and then it was off to basically a 4-hour all-hands (but in a good way).

To maintain attention I kept notes while listening. I'm really glad I did, have a lot of stuff to follow up on in there.

After the meeting was a happy-hour. I avoided a bunch of drinks, but did end up having some wine. Lots of talking about engineering things, including an interesting for-fun problem:

1
2

You have n nodes in 3D space. Each have their own x, y, z position and r
radius. Find the volume with the most overlapping nodes.

I'm thinking there's an oct-tree solution in there that is fairly efficient. Maybe I'll try something out this weekend.

For dinner... there was a lack of vegan/vegetarian options. We had to complain and wait. There ended up being a lot of conversation between all of us.

After dinner, I wend to my room and wound down with some Adult Swim before falling asleep.