March 2022 OKR Review

Status review and tracking for my personal OKRs to apply some accountability for making progress towards the goal.

Current OKRs

Focus on focusing

  1. Complete 10 books and summary/takeaway write-ups this calendar year
    • Status: 2 book completed (20% of goal), 1 books in progress.
    • [UPDATE] None
  2. Work less than 5 days during 26 weeks of the year
    • Status: 7 weeks with less than 5 days
    • [UPDATE] This month: 2 (1.5 days sick leave)
  3. Keep daily phone screen time under 4 hrs
    • [UPDATE] Status: Vacation/traveling significantly drives up my screen time! Actively need to bring gaming time back down
Date Screen Time Non-Reading Screen Time Reading Time Social (Total) Games (Total) Notes
Jan 2-8 -- -- -- -- -- Missed due to 3 week retention policy
Jan 9-15 -- -- -- -- -- Missed due to 3 week retention policy
Jan 16-22 4h 29m 3h 33m 56m 9h 47m 5h 48
Jan 23-30 4h 18m 4h 1m 17m 12h 17m 7h Significantly dropped off reading time
Jan 31-Feb 5 3h 50m 3h 27m 23m 9h 53m 4h 49m 11% drop in total time from last week
Feb 6-Feb 12 3h 51m 3h 11m 40m 12h 8m 3h 56m
Feb 13-Feb 20 4h 56m 4h 24m 32m 10h 13m 3h 28m On vacation so total usage up, games/social down
Feb 20-Feb 27 4h 31m 3h 59m 32m 10h 1m 4h 9m
Feb 28-Mar 6 4h 42m 4h 37m 37m 13h 13m 1h 33m Big Sky trip, much higher Messages and Twitter usage
Mar 6-Mar 13 4h 12m 4h 9m 24m 8h 54m 4h 13m Leslie out of town, killing time with more games apparently 😆
Mar 13-Mar 20 4h 32m 4h 32m 0m 8h 57m 5h 8m Yowza, gotta watch those games...
Mar 20-Mar 27 3h 30m 3h 24m 44m 7h 32m 5h 16m It got WORSE even with less time overall. Putting a lid on these going forward

Be a better citizen of the planet

  1. Visit 3 National Parks
    • Status: 1 National Park visited (Joshua Tree National Park)
    • This month: no change
  2. Keep median monthly energy usage for my household under 620kWh
    • Status: Median above 620kWh
Month Value (kWh) Current Median (kWh)
January 937.9 937.9
February 789.9 863.9
March 943.6 937.9
  1. Offset 16x my 2021 carbon footprint (2021 footprint: 117,649 lbs of CO2e)
    • Status: 49.05 tonnes
    • This month: 15.89 tonnes (monthly Ecologi offset: 50% Renewables, 50% Transport), 1.75 tonnes (monthly Terrapass offset: funding carbon reduction projects)

Change up my historical patterns and tendencies

  1. Read 5 fiction books
    • Status: 1 book completed (20% of goal)
    • This month: No change
  2. Run with other people (non-races) 20 times
    • Status: 4 non-race runs with others
    • This month: 1 non-race runs (Dale)
  3. Initiate contact with 6 family members or friends each month
    • Status: 3/3 months
    • This month: 16 initiations (Nate, Steve, Tom G, James, Matt B, Shawn, Aimee, Laura, Justin, AJ, Tom N, Dustin, Uche, Brian, Dale, Rishi)