December 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: 8 books completed (80% of goal), 2 books in progress.
- Completed Books Since Last Time: None (Should finish 1 by end of calendar year)
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Write 1 new blog post per month
- Status: 6 blog posts (0.5 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
- October: 1 post (Learning by Interviewing On-Call Engineers)
- November: 0 posts
- December: 0 posts
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Maintain 30% focus time (2+ hour blocks) at work per week
- Status: Big boost towards the end of the year with natural holiday lull in meetings. General trend upward is positive and makes me hopeful for sustaining it into 2022 and beyond.
- Yearly average: 20.84%
| 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% | |
| Sep 20-24 | 4% | |
| Sep 27-Oct 1 | 0% | 5.25% |
| Oct 4-8 | - | |
| Oct 11-15 | 19% | |
| Oct 18-22 | 36% | |
| Oct 25-29 | 23% | 26% |
| Nov 1-5 | 19% | |
| Nov 8-12 | 11% | |
| Nov 15-19 | 30% | |
| Nov 22-26 | 26% | 21.5% |
| Nov 29-Dec 3 | 26% | |
| Dec 6-10 | 20% | |
| Dec 13-17 | 17% | |
| Dec 20-24 | 75% | |
| Dec 27-31 | 86% | 44.8% |
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, early November was very light as well, but Decemeber and holidays brought many more opportunities for me.
- Time constraints of work and just general languishing have made this tricky through the year.
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Connect with 2 new co-workers per month
- Status: 20 people in November and 12 in December -- average of 11.25 people per month for the year.
- Lots of new connections through new role/org intros and meeting partner teams and members.
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: Took a lot of time off from running post marathons and missed the Novemeber mark. December was met through Boston training starting up and getting out onto the trails with some local trail running friends. Will continue this pattern for the bulk of my training to leverage the mountains as prep for the Netwon hills
- Visit 3 National Parks
- Status: 2 National Park visited: Haleakala, Mt. Rainier
- Know history and present-day leadership for 3 Native American tribes
- Status: Joined Indigenous Employee Resource Group at work that includes and automated "coffee connection" bot. Looking to meet and learning from others in the group