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Day in Review May 27, 2015
Today was the first day of my Divvy riding. I successfully, and enjoyably, rode from Union station a half mile west to my library. I don’t think it saved me any time, but I think it will save me some money and give me some exercise at the same time. I went to the gym and at least I feel like I’ve had a full workout. I figure that if I use Divvy three times a week to work, that’s saved me minimum $24 per month. Four times is $32. At that price, if I bike for two months, I break even. I don’t mention riding back from work, because…
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Day in review May 19, 2015
I have been trying to plan my workweek so that I have time blocked through Wednesday. I find it difficult to plan much beyond that right now because I don’t have a good idea of how long tasks take. By Wednesday I have a better idea and can fill out the rest of the week. I’m hoping that I can take this one step further this year. I have my goals laid out for this year and once the review is done, then they will be solid. At that point I can start blocking out my time in terms of what I need to get done in a given month.…
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New tech
It has been a few days and I am getting used to my new tech. My generous family gave me a Samsung Gear 2 watch for Mother’s day. I’ve been looking for a watch and I was intrgued by the “smart” watches that exist now. My job consists of being all over campus for meetings and they are frequently in locations that don’t have a visible clock. As a liaison, I want to be fully present at these because I am trying to build relationships and I find it hard when I can’t keep track of time. In addition, I find myself running back to back on a number of…
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Email and One Note
Today I accomplished two things that have been a nusiance: cleaning up my email and getting One Note to sync. These tasks fall under the “not real work” category for me. I generally consider them time sucks, that are necessary only in that they are tools that have to be used because of the systems that we have created around ourselves. Email has been a particular challenge. Pervious jobs have not been so communicaton heavy. Even when it has brief moments of activity, I can usually defer some of it by simply walking down the hall and asking in person. That can’t be accomplished easily here. Not only that, but…