Review of June goals

Mixed results last month.

  • diet/exercise/posture/stretching: never really took off
  • support/client work: I've mostly been on top of this, though I've been fluctuating between "caught up" and "a few days behind".
  • self-automation: it's been about 2 weeks since I made any changes to the software, but I did make some improvements in the earlier part of the month.

Completed projects:

  • Restore versionhost to pre-explosion status.
  • Clear out support backlog (though of course more keeps coming in)
  • Clear out client work backlog (done with the BHV client, mostly caught up with the APB client)
  • eliminate forwarding catchall rules (other than to run the last query to shut down remaining rules this month on the 7th)
  • Handle all paper/junk on my desk - mostly done at one point, but this too is starting to pile up again
  • automate mail queue management - turns out there wasn't that much to do here. This is now a semi-manual / semi-automated ongoing thign
  • control panel bugs - still have a lot of improvements to make though

Incomplete projects:

  • file my taxes
  • update php5 again
  • mod security update

The main thing that went right was that I was able to pick one well-defined goal at a time and focus on it until it was finished.

The main thing that went wrong was that I neglected to balance the rest of my life along the way (especially health).

I did go through and work out my most important areas to focus on. It's a long list - about 21 items, though some are small habits and there's some overlap among the others. I'm not going to be able to take it all on at once, so I need to break each area down and focus on small pieces. I'm working on that right now so I can post some better goals for July.