February 2021 OKR Review

Status review for OKRs to apply some accountability for making progress towards the goal.

Current OKRs

Be more focused

  1. Complete 10 books and summary/takeaway write-ups this calendar year

    • Status: 0 books completed, 2 books in progress. Writing notes/summary as I read through them in my phone Notes app.

  2. Write 1 new blog post per month

    • Status: 0 blog posts in Januray, 1 blog post in February on #LetsGreenTheWeb initiative.

  3. Maintain 30% focus time (2+ hour blocks) at work per week

    • Status: Have not met the 30% bar yet and February has gotten worse from a percentage stand-point.
Date Focus Time %
Jan 3-9 21.11%
Jan 10-16 22.22%
Jan 17-23 18.06%
Jan 24-30 25.56%
Jan 31-Feb 6 20.00%
Feb 7-Feb 13 14.44%
Feb 14-Feb 20 0.00%

Become a better friend and family member

  1. Connect with 5 friends per week

    • Status: Have not kept hard metrics on this but qualitatively I have not met the bar. Will have to consider the best way to measure this going forward.

  2. Connect with 2 family members per week

    • Status: Have missed on 1 week but have maintained this all the other ones so far this year.

  3. Connect with 2 new co-workers per month

    • Status: Exceeding 2 per month (3.5 average) for January and February. May expand to re-connection with co-workers that I haven't talked with in X years.

Explore the natural world to gain better perspective on the planet

  1. 1 10k+ trail run per week and 2 first-time trails per month
    • Status: Successful in January, unsuccessful in February due to hamstring injury and no running for 4-6 weeks.
  2. Visit 3 National Parks
    • Status: 0 National Parks visited.
  3. Know history and present-day leadership for 3 Native American tribes
    • Status: Used https://native-land.ca/ to identify geographically relevant lands to my life/history and the tribes that inhabited them: Coast Salish, Confederate Tribes of Warm Springs, and Peroria.