So, obviously, August was pretty much Epic Fail in regards to my goals. And now September is more than halfway over, too.

What happened?

In August, I spent two non-consecutive weeks out at Fort Huachuca, Arizona in support of a field test there for work. I also got to hang out a bit with agent_scott, who moved out there to Tucson after college, which was ( Read more... )

The Challenge

Goal 1: 3 hours / week on a personal project: Should grad school count? I'm taking two online courses this summer. They're intellectually stimulating. Just time consuming.

Goal 2: 3 essays / month: Classification and a two-parter: Programming Epochs Part I and Part II. I've got a couple coming down the pipe: a computer-sciency ( Read more... )

The Challenge

Goal 1: 3 hours / week on a personal project: I didn't keep such good track. Also, I'm at work, so don't have my notebook anyway. However, I felt like I slacked off. Except for building a new shed door. Which still doesn't have a latch on it. Also, I was reminded how little I like working with my hands. But, like laundry, dishes, and ( Read more... )

The Challenge

Goal 1: 3 hours / week on a personal project: I kept track this time! In April, I: finished redesigning my Wikidot site; brainstormed some board game ideas; tagged all of my LiveJournal entries; brainstormed a software project; volunteered with anailia to plant a garden for a nonprofit organization; and brainstormed a possible future ( Read more... )

The Challenge

Goal 1: 3 hours / week on a personal project: So, as noted in my last month-in-review, I hadn't been keeping good track of this goal. Well, after I wrote that, I got myself a little pocket datebook/organizer/thingy and I've started keeping track of all my goals in it. Now I know what I did! In March, I made an Excel character ( Read more... )

Wow, when I get off my routine, I get waaaaay off. March is almost over! Here goes:

The Challenge

Goal 1: 3 hours / week on a personal project I... forgot to keep track. Does shoveling snow count? I must try and keep a record of this. My March Month-in-Review isn't going to look too good here either.

Goal 2: 3 essays / month Did that! I feel ( Read more... )

The Challenge

Goal 1: 3 hours / week on a personal project This was as expected the hardest one. I started strong: worked with my dad to put a floor in our attic; set up a Wikidot site for prototaph; and fleshed out an "economic" system for a hypothetical Civilization-like computer game I dream about sometimes (not ready to show that off yet...). Then at ( Read more... )

It only hit me just a couple weeks ago that, not only is the end of the year coming, so is the end of the decade! (modulo quibbling about how to count decades since there was no year zero). I started to hear a lot of "best of decade" lists, and retrospectives on "the last ten years". Most of them have been negative: starting off with the dot-com ( Read more... )

I figure I owe you guys the last month's writeup in my year-long experiment. A post-mortem may or may not follow shortly.

( December month in review )

The holidays ate my life!

That, plus a week of work where I wasn't coming home until 8-9pm.

Ah well. You'll still get a December one in a couple days once I figure out our finances for the month. Then there will be a post mortem to talk about this experiment.

Thanks for watching!

( November month in review )