Things I did today

  What gave me energy today? Visiting with friends. They are such a joy to be around! What tasks or interactions drained my energy? Nothing, really.  What was my biggest win? Making a well liked dinner for friends! What did I struggle with? Getting to the one hour of deep work, as other things kept popping up that needed more attention. What changes can I make for tomorrow? Actually get to inbox zero! Here are my eggs from the 4 Hour Chef lesson - I used his Middle Eastern combination of dried parsley and lemon, and I was surprised at how tasty it was. Lemon on eggs? Totally works! I highly suggest trying it out! I rounded out my lunch with some overnight oats. Here's my timebox for today - while a few things shifted, I was able to get everything done except for getting rid of ALL of my emails. I got rid of about half, though! Tomorrow will be an easier day.

 Another successful quest! Actually, another successful day. I got PT, piano, grocery shopping, cleaned up the place, and called mom. I decided to tidy and clean instead of the cardio I had put in my schedule. Since a few friends are coming over, I thought the swap would be of use, and I would still be getting some cardio out of it. While I got a lot done, I didn't actually get my intended deep work task done, but so much else is finished. I can work on the inbox zero task tomorrow. What gave me energy today? Getting a lot of tasks done. I enjoyed crossing them off and feeling accomplished. What tasks or interactions drained my energy? The board game, was a lot of looking up rules and double checking actions instead of playing the entire time. So, instead of playing for 2.5 hours, I did about 1 hour of checking and rereading the rulebook, and then another 2.5 hours playing. What was my biggest win? Is it defeating the bandits in the board game? Multiple tasks completed within most ...

  What gave me energy today? Being able to get all my projects finished this week, so I don't have to think about work over the weekend. What tasks or interactions drained my energy? Not many, it was a good day. What was my biggest win? Getting all my personal and professional projects done by 8pm! What did I struggle with? Piano wasn't easy today, but I made some progress and played, so it's not a loss. What changes can I make for tomorrow? Make sure I don't lose momentum! 1-3-3 already on the plan for tomorrow! Here's Friday's timebox: Tomorrow looks like a full, but fun day. I want to finish all my emails. I know I have some long-lingering things I need to clear up, and I'm hopeful to get them done in the two hours I've allotted. I'll hopefully get to have another successful board game session in the evening! Today, I was able to get to PT and piano and dinner was just warming up last night's leftovers. Happily, I remembered to stop YouTube af...

 Wednesday timebox with a slew of meetings and work dotted in between: What gave me energy today? My PT appointment was great.   What tasks or interactions drained my energy? Meetings.  What was my biggest win? Playing piano was really successful. I was happy with a fair amount of the right hand playing that I focused on, and I think Somewhere Over the Rainbow has moved to 80% proficiency. I even progressed with both the Brent Ozar course and finished another MS Learn module! What did I struggle with? Stopping YouTube after I'm done eating dinner, because there are quite a few shows I like to watch! What changes can I make for tomorrow? Tomorrow is going to be a busy day. I should probably not expect very much except going to meetings.

 Back to the Timebox. I think I'm drifting a bit without it. What gave me energy today? Solving a problem with a new report where the requirements were changed without telling me.  What tasks or interactions drained my energy? Meetings.  What was my biggest win? Finishing my own work! I also enjoyed doing a MS Learn VM Lab.  What did I struggle with? Getting to PT and piano since I was drained after being stuck in the office all day.  What changes can I make for tomorrow? Get PT done early since I'll be working from home! 

 This blog post is pretty late because I assumed I would be able to get it done after playing quest 2 on the board game I started yesterday. Nope! I somehow mismanaged my time, and didn't get to playing piano or reading today even though work wasn't a fast paced day - I just couldn't get a large enough chunk of time to get something meaningful done until after dinner, which I then devoted to the board game. At least I got PT done! I'll learn for Wednesday. Also I didn't finish the quest! The second quest is much larger than the first. Hopefully I can get to it today or tomorrow.

 I slept well, which meant I got up at a reasonable time and was able to get PT and piano done before lunch, with a walk afterward. The evening was taken up by a new board game, the Kinfire Chronicles. It took a little bit of time to read the directions and set up the board, but most of the time was playing quest 1. The mechanics are a little different from other games I've played, but the dragon was defeated and I'm looking forward to quest 2!  Week 4: Become a certified Power BI Data Analyst Quarter 1: Finish Power BI Skill Track and do exercises in  The Definitive Guide to DAX  MS Learn Quarter 1: Finish Power BI Skill Track and do exercises in MS Learn Power BI Skill Track  100% Get Started With MS Data Analytics  100% Prepare Data for Analysis with Power BI  15% Model Data with Power BI  0% Build Power BI Visuals and Reports  0% Manage Workspaces and Semantic Models  0% Have a similar level of fitness as my exercise partner Quarter ...