June 2021 OKR Review
Status review for OKRs to apply some accountability for making progress towards the goal.
Current OKRs
Be more focused
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Complete 10 books and summary/takeaway write-ups this calendar year
- Status: 4 books completed (40% of goal), 2 books in progress.
- Completed Books: Accelerate, News Of The World, Switching To Solar, An Elegant Puzzle
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Write 1 new blog post per month
- Status: 5 blog posts (0.83 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)
- June: 1 post (My Running Mantra: PBR)
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Maintain 30% focus time (2+ hour blocks) at work per week
- Status: Tracking about 50% of the goal. Setting aside explicit focus time areas in work calendar for July and beyond
| 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% |
| May 31-Jun 5 | 19.75% | |
| Jun 6-12 | 12.22% | |
| Jun 13-19 | 7.41% | |
| Jun 20-26 | 12.5% |
Become a better friend and family member
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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.
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Connect with 2 family members per week
- Status: Missed 1 week in February, and 2 weeks in April.
- Family issues continuing causing a tighter connection because of it
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Connect with 2 new co-workers per month
- Status: 14 people in June, average of 12.5 people per month for Jan-Jun.
- Sustainable Software Engineering and on-call interviews driving most of 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 target met for June (thanks Steve!)
- Visit 3 National Parks
- Status: 1 National Park visited.
- Know history and present-day leadership for 3 Native American tribes
- Status: No progress this month on Coast Salish research.
- Next: Confederate Tribes of Warm Springs and Peroria.