210322
What went well?
Lots of focused time at work.
Got some revision done.
What didn’t go so well?
Nothing in particular
What could I do differently in the future?
Not much.
210321
What went well?
Mostly revision all day.
But I went for a walk and got a stiles.style to over 200 stiles.
And I did another Recently Read Twitter thread.
What didn’t go so well?
Would have liked to have got more revision done, but I did quite a lot of reading.
What could I do differently in the future?
Not much
210320
What went well?
Got everything done on my to do list, including:
- Service design course
- Weeknotes
- Going for a walk
- Revision.
Started a new cool little project which I’m really looking forward to working on.
What didn’t go so well?
Nothing much.
What could I do differently in the future?
Keep starting the day with focused and realistic to do lists.
210319
What went well?
Did a bit more work on project planning.
Did some revision for my exam next week.
What didn’t go so well?
Didn’t get my weeknotes written.
What could I do differently in the future?
Stick to schedule better.
210318
What went well?
Made some progress on project planning.
Wrote a blog post about my thoughts on agile project management.
Went out for a dance/walk.
Did some service design course assignment.
What didn’t go so well?
Emotional day.
What could I do differently in the future?
More detachment.
210317
What went well?
Sent a good update on a project.
Set up a password manager.
What didn’t go so well?
Didn’t get any revision done.
What could I do differently in the future?
Really need to prioritise my revision and service design assignment.
210316
What went well?
Adapting to the latest range of scope changes.
Had a good chat with a team member about the changes and appreciating their approach to work.
What didn’t go so well?
Didn’t get any revision done.
What could I do differently in the future?
Get some revision done.
210315
What went well?
Refining the scope of work to better fidelity.
Work with the team of understand how we’ll approach delivering on that scope.
What didn’t go so well?
Worked all evening and didn’t get any revision done.
Didn’t get the answers I need to make a decision about where to focus our efforts.
What could I do differently in the future?
Do it myself?
210314
What went well?
Went for a nice walk and talked about all kinds of things from the role charities play in society to what problem the education system is trying to solve.
Wrote my fourth ‘Things I’ve Read Recently” Twitter thread.
What didn’t go so well?
Didn’t get any revision done.
What could I do differently in the future?
Nothing. Just not enough hours in the day.
210313
What went well?
Wrote my weeknotes.
Went for a walk and spent some time thinking about non-militaristic metaphors for team work, mostly around jazz and improvisation. Also learned about Brian Eno’s oblique strategies and see where the history of that kind of random playing card comes from.
What didn’t go so well?
Was awake until 3 am thinking about work.
Still can’t get into groove of writing my talk.
What could I do differently in the future?
Maybe I should try a different approach to writing my talk. Perhaps on paper or Miro board to get to a better outline.