Focus on 3 goals each week

a little more structured now, I don’t really need this goal anymore.

Staying focused has been a challenge, but I think it’s helping.

In order to be more effective at accomplishing my goals, I’m going to pick three to focus on at time. I will reprioritize each week.

Also, some of goals may help me accomplish others.

1. Catch up with consulting

2. Prepare for the conference

3. Catch up with service

1. learn to program (by doing my programming hw, going to hack week lectures, reading GEB, doing puzzles, and ProjEuler.
2. become ambidextrous (brushing teeth with left hand)
3. improve my concentration (so much hw, it would be so much easier if I never had to read a line twice).

1. Implement ZTD.

2. Get started with research again.

3. Find some way to procrastinate that doesn’t involve bright screens.

As part of implementing ZTD, I need to identify my 1-3 most important tasks for the week. Besides preparing lectures, which has to get done, I think they’re:

1. Preparing proposals for that research project

2. Finish next assignment/solutions for my classes

3. Review that article

1. Prepare my fall classes—gotta get ahead
2. Get going with research again
3. Walk every day for 32 days

Big tasks for the week (and I’m kinda cheating by grouping things):
1. Draft that paper
2. Get this week’s lab assignment written, and get the grading infrastructure set up
3. Prepare this week’s lectures

1. Prepare my fall classes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. Walk every day
3. Implement ZTD

I’m traveling this week, so the goals are…

1. Stop interrup—wait, what?
2. Walk every day
3. Stick to my time management plan.

Last week:

1. Implement ZTD: still slacking on the processing, doing better with ubiquitous capture.
2. Minimize spending this summer: I was a good girl. I got a needed pair of shoes for about the minimum amount I was expecting to pay, but I was pretty conservative with other expenses.
3. Walk every day: yep!

This week’s goals:

1. Implement ZTD: I’ve been slacking on both the ubiquitous capture and the processing parts.
2. Minimize spending this summer: I had a bunch of fairly necessary purchases to make, and now it’s time to tighten the belt again.
3. Walk every day

Last week’s goals were:

1. Like and appreciate people: yeah, I think so :)
2. Focus on listening: more than usual
3. Stop interrup—wait, what?: I didn’t catch myself interrupting a lot, but that doesn’t mean much :)