September 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: 7 books completed (70% of goal), 2 books in progress.
- Completed Books Since Last Time: The Midnight Library
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Write 1 new blog post per month
- Status: 5 blog posts (0.556 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)
- July: 0 posts
- August: 0 posts
- September: 0 posts
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Maintain 30% focus time (2+ hour blocks) at work per week
- Status: >30% for the month of August! The calendar blocks are getting double-booked from time to time but overall have been effective.
| 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% | |
| Jun 27-July 3 | 30.86% | 16.55% |
| Jul 5-9 | 25% | |
| Jul 12-16 | 16% | |
| Jul 19-23 | 22% | |
| Jul 26-30 | 0% | 15.75% |
| Aug 2-6 | - | |
| Aug 9-13 | 44% | |
| Aug 16-20 | 28% | |
| Aug 23-27 | 30% | |
| Aug 30-Sep 3 | 33% | 33.75% |
| Sep 6-10 | 0% | |
| Sep 13-17 | 17% |
Become a better friend and family member
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Connect with 5 friends per week
- Status: No hard metrics, spent another weekend with college friends and people I have not seen in a long time. Still difficult with increased work pressure and continued COVID concerns
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Connect with 2 family members per week
- Status: Missed 1 week in February, 2 weeks in April, end of August was very light. Visited my grandma for first time in 5 years :heart:
- Time constraints of work, marathon training, and time zone differences have made it difficult.
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Connect with 2 new co-workers per month
- Status: 7 people in August, average of 11.8 people per month for Jan-Sep.
- Conference talks, interns, and sustainability/hackathon planning main contributors.
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 September (Katwalk and travel)
- Visit 3 National Parks
- Status: 2 National Park visited: Haleakala, Mt. Rainier
- 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.