Lots of sewing last week, experimenting with zippered pouches, leggings, and cotton lawn. I prepared a quick Quantified Self talk sharing some of the numbers from my sewing, too.

More thoughts on fuzziness and sharpness, and how to make the most of the cycle between them.

Oh, and biking, yay!

Blog posts

• Weekly review: Week ending May 1, 2015
• Monthly review: April 2015
• Embracing the fuzziness
• Planning the next things I want to sew
• Quiet afternoons and weeks
• Quantified Self: The numbers on sewing

Sketches

• Journal
  • 2015-05-01b Week ending 2015-05-01 -- index card #journal #weekly
  • 2015-05-02a Saturday -- index card #journal
  • 2015-05-03f Sunday -- index card #journal
  • 2015-05-04e Monday -- index card #journal
  • 2015-05-05e Tuesday -- index card #journal
  • 2015-05-06e Wednesday -- index card #journal
  • 2015-05-07b Thursday -- index card #journal
  • 2015-05-08f Friday -- index card #journal
  • 2015-05-04g April 2015 -- index card #monthly
• Sewing
  • 2015-05-02b Lined pouch -- index card #sewing
  • 2015-05-02c Containers -- index card #sewing
  • 2015-05-02d Rough edges I could smooth -- index card #sewing
  • 2015-05-04b Thoughts on fabric for summer -- index card #sewing #fabric
  • 2015-05-05a What kinds of patterns do I want to play with -- index card #sewing #patterns
  • 2015-05-05b Rethinking next steps for sewing -- index card #sewing
  • 2015-05-05c Containers and organizers - pain points -- index card #sewing
  • 2015-05-06b Sewing by the numbers -- index card #sewing #quantified
  • 2015-05-06c Taking over my wardrobe -- index card #sewing #making
  • 2015-05-07e Hmm, maybe I'll sew a few pairs of shorts -- index card #sewing
  • 2015-05-03a Make, buy -- index card #making
  • 2015-05-06a Clothes-shopping criteria -- index card #shopping
• Fuzziness
  • 2015-05-02e When I'm sharp, when I'm fuzzy -- index card #fuzzy
  • 2015-05-03e Default or majority state and fuzziness -- index card #fuzzy
  • 2015-05-05f Balancing preparation and action in different mental states -- index card #fuzzy #sharp
  • 2015-05-06d Getting ready for more fuzziness -- index card #fuzzy
• Success, experiment
  • 2015-05-03b Shifting visions of success -- index card #experiment #success
  • 2015-05-03c Tracing evolution of wild success -- index card #experiment #success
  • 2015-05-03d Sidetracked by experiences of abundance, quality of life -- index card #experiment #success #quality-of-life
  • 2015-05-04a More than quiet afternoons -- index card #experiment #pace
  • 2015-05-04c Keeping the end of the day in mind -- index card #life #quality-of-life
  • 2015-05-07a Dealing with dealing -- index card #philosophy #mindset
  • 2015-05-08d Living in a strange world -- index card #experiment
• 2015-05-04d Chicken chicken chicken -- index card #cooking
• 2015-05-04f Laptops and lap cats -- index card #life #cats
• 2015-05-05d Flexible cooking -- index card #cooking
• 2015-05-07c What would make this better -- index card #planning #kaizen #self-care
• 2015-05-07d Learning more about tech and the home -- index card #technodomesticity #tech-and-home
• 2015-05-08a Imagining how this could work out well -- index card #planning
• 2015-05-08b My index card management system -- index card #zettelkasten #workflow #index-cards #drawing
• 2015-05-08c Managing my structured information -- index card #pkm #knowledge #sharing
• 2015-05-08e Books to request -- index card #learning #reading

Focus areas and time review

• Business (19.6h – 11%)
  • Earn (2.9h – 14% of Business)
    • ☐ Earn: E1: 1-2 days of consulting
  • Build (15.7h – 80% of Business)
    • Drawing (12.0h)
    • Paperwork (0.0h)
  • Connect (1.0h – 5% of Business)
    • ☑ Attend meetup
    • ☑ Research Quantified Self
    • ☐ Process Quantified Self Toronto videos
• Relationships (4.3h – 2%)
  • ☑ Holiday get-together with W-'s family
  • ☑ Check out cherry blossoms
  • [-] Call tomorrow to see if Sunday morning is okay for cat grooming
• Discretionary – Productive (27.0h – 16%)
  • Emacs (0.2h – 0% of all)
    • ☑ Announce Emacs Hangout 2015-05-13
    • ☑ Work on menu planning in Emacs
    • ☐ Reschedule Emacs Lisp Development Tips episode with jwiegley
    • ☐ Host Emacs Hangout
  • Sewing
    • ☑ Modify pattern for tops to cut out bias
    • ☑ Iron and prepare cotton lawn top
  • Writing (8.0h)
• Discretionary – Play (6.7h – 4%)
• Personal routines (35.8h – 21%)
• Unpaid work (13.5h – 8%)
• Sleep (61.0h – 36% – average of 8.7 per day)