May 2021 OKR Review
Status review for OKRs to apply some accountability for making progress towards the goal.
Current OKRs
Be more focused
-
Complete 10 books and summary/takeaway write-ups this calendar year
- Status: 3 books completed (30% of goal), 2 books in progress.
- Completed Books: Accelerate, News Of The World, Switching To Solar
-
Write 1 new blog post per month
- Status: 4 blog posts (0.8 posts per month)
- Jan: 0 posts
- Feb: 2 posts (#LetsGreenTheWeb initiative, Sustainability in Site Reliability Engineering)
- March: 0 posts
- April: 1 post (Earth Day 2021)
- May: 1 post (SRE Cultural Values)
-
Maintain 30% focus time (2+ hour blocks) at work per week
- Status: Have not met the 30% bar yet, April and May are tracking about flat just below the 20% level.
| Date | Focus Time % | Monthly Average |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 3-9 | 21.11% | |
| Jan 10-16 | 22.22% | |
| Jan 17-23 | 18.06% | |
| Jan 24-30 | 25.56% | 21.74% |
| Jan 31-Feb 6 | 20.00% | |
| Feb 7-13 | 14.44% | |
| Feb 14-20 | 0.00% | |
| Feb 21-27 | 22.22% | 14.17% |
| Feb 28-Mar 6 | 27.78% | |
| Mar 7-13 | 8.89% | |
| Mar 14-20 | 24.44% | |
| Mar 21-27 | 20.00% | |
| Mar 28-Apr 3 | 0.00% | 16.22% |
| Apr 4-10 | 20.00% | |
| Apr 11-17 | 20.00% | |
| Apr 18-24 | 12.22% | |
| Apr 25-May 1 | 12.22% | 13.61% |
| May 2-8 | 16.67% | |
| May 9-15 | 15.56% | |
| May 16-22 | 11.11% | |
| May 23-30 | 19.75% | 15.77% |
Become a better friend and family member
-
Connect with 5 friends per week
- Status: No hard metrics, talking much more with college friends and spent a weekend together. Been very difficult with increased work pressure
- COVID vaccinations, March Madness/sports, Spring time, and travel opening up have had positive influence.
-
Connect with 2 family members per week
- Status: Missed 1 week in February, and 2 weeks in April.
- Past month has seen a string of family issues and caused a tighter connection because of it
-
Connect with 2 new co-workers per month
- Status: 24 people in May, average of 5.125 per month for Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr.
- Continued project that involves meeting and talking everyone in an on-call rotation has drastically improved these numbers.
Explore the natural world to gain better perspective on the planet
- 1 10k+ trail run per week and 2 first-time trails per month
- Status: Distance goal and first-time trails met for May
- Previous: Distance goal met for April, still working on first-time trails. Successful in January and March, unsuccessful in February due to hamstring injury and no running for 4-6 weeks.
- Visit 3 National Parks
- Status: 1 National Park visited.
- Know history and present-day leadership for 3 Native American tribes
- Status: A little, but not much Coast Salish research. Confederate Tribes of Warm Springs and Peroria are queued up next.