Things I did today

 Happily, I feel much better, but it means the things I wanted to get done on Friday had to be pushed to Saturday. No matter, though, I was able to spend time with one of my friends and that was really joyous and pleasant! Tomorrow, though, I'll get back to scheduling a timebox for the week, as I feel a little lost.  I'm expecting to get through my normal weekly review and resume my PT and piano exercises.

I was looking forward to a Free Friday with no timebox and enjoyment of whatever I pleased, but GI issues meant I spent most of the day in horrific pain, so I didn't do any piano or PT. I just sat in my most comfortable chair and attempted to read. I'm hopeful but not convinced I'll be able to sleep tonight. We'll see. 

 Boring, I know. I could do better than Thankful, but I am thankful. I got my work done - decided to switch doing work vs doing professional development in the morning. Glad I did that - because I was contacted for support when I was planning on doing my MS Learn course on Power BI. That can be done anytime, even on the weekends on my personal computer. The support stuff couldn't wait. But I'm thankful that I'm done with my week and can put work away while I have a relaxing weekend. What gave me energy today? The interesting detective issue I needed to solve. What tasks or interactions drained my energy? Meetings that I had to attend but couldn't add to nor mostly ignore in favor of other tasks. What was my biggest win? Getting my tickets done so I don't have to think about them until Monday! What did I struggle with? Waking up after only 5 hours sleep! What changes can I make for tomorrow? Tomorrow is a completely different schedule, so just making sure I get enoug...

 I was able to accomplish most of what I wanted to get done today, and supported four people on four different projects. Not bad. However, I did get engrossed in a show about a sous chef and forgot I wanted to play piano - so that's the only thing I didn't do today. Not too bad. For the 30 day productivity challenge, today's email is about daily reflection. Ali poses a set of questions to ask at the end of each day. Sure, I'll try it out. What gave me energy today? My lunch walk What tasks or interactions drained my energy? Answering questions from people who should already know the answer, or know how to troubleshoot instead of waiting for the next step to be spoonfed to them. What was my biggest win? Working with a developer to diagnose an on-prem report server error in UAT. We were fast to debug, and easily shared what pieces we knew together and get the solution in place. What did I struggle with? Getting my own project finished. I have high hopes for tomorrow, thou...

 I was able to feel accomplished on a few things, but had enough open problems and meetings to feel pretty tired overall. Of course, working in the office is always draining. During the pandemic, I got used to the peace and quiet, and the loud people got used to being loud, so both going back to a smaller office with lower wall cubes means it always is exhausting to the people who like quiet.  However, I did manage to get everything except for PT done today, and as it's not the end of the day yet, I still have a bit of time. I finished the Brent Ozar QA sp_Blitz sheet and will start going through his videos next week. I started the Microsoft Learn readings on the PL-300 exam. I played piano, but things weren't working well, so I didn't push it, just played what I felt like playing. Time for a timebox for tomorrow, then off to PT, then reading. That looks pretty good. I don't think I'll be having a Woeful Wednesday with that plan.

Don't get me wrong, it was a fine Monday, it was just not magnificent or marvelous, and alliteration is fun. I was able to get a lot of things started and a few accomplished today, like the DataCamp case study, so I think I'll switch to see what Microsoft Learn has to offer - though there are still a few case studies I can still do in DataCamp. I didn't skip doing anything I wanted - I read, learned more about Notion, played piano and did PT, so I'm pleased about all that. Tomorrow looks not too bad, but I have meetings from 11am - 3pm, so I'll have to make sure to get all my work and professional development done early. And, since I'll have to be in the office, I can't do PT nearly as easily, so I'll have that in the evening. I'm trying to plan something fun, like a game or reading. I notice I fill my day with work and then some more work - on hobbies that currently take effort instead of hobbies I can just relax and enjoy, so I am "planning...

What a lovely Sunday! I don't have many tasks that must be done so I get to relax. The gathering yesterday was a lot of fun and everyone had a great time. I was able to conquer most everything on my list except for PT, which is getting more urgent as my next appointment is on Wednesday. I must get stronger! Let's see how Week 2 went: Week 2: Become a certified Power BI Data Analyst Quarter 1: Finish Power BI Skill Track and do exercises in The Definitive Guide to DAX Complete Case Study Analyzing Job Market Data in Power BI (Only got halfway though the course as I had too many support calls at work. Hoping to finish it up this week.) Have a similar level of fitness as my exercise partner Quarter 1: Create daily PT exercises habit Find three separate times to do 33% of my exercises (This was mostly successful, but was difficult to achieve during the weekend. Much better than weeks prior, and I'm happy about that.) Achieve intermediate level playing for piano Quar...