Weekly review (Week of June 8th)
Declutter
10 Minute Mind-dump
Currently in a limbo between my two internships (and EE 16B), and trying to use this time that I have effectively before I don’t have this flexibility of time anymore. Generally things are pretty good, and I have a pretty organized system of tasks, and a lot of meaningful things to work on. I just have to make sure I don’t fall into the trap of spending too much time on the wrong things, or thinking that I’m spending time on something productive, but just getting tunnel vision and eventually not finishing the overarching task.
What’s on my mind personally?
Making sure that I’m growing personally, and continuing to be a good person (and continuing to have interesting, important insights based on what I’ve been reading.)
What’s on my mind professionally?
Making sure that I’m keeping up with full-time applications coming out, especially for things like Hudson River Trading (where it seems like they already released the application?) (https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/careers/job/?gh_jid=82675, https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/careers/job/?gh_jid=86641).
Making sure I’m performing adequately for research work is pretty important to me right now, especially since these are the days when I don’t have anything going on supposedly, so my output should be a lot higher than it was during my internships.
Reflect
Completed tasks for the past week
- (06/13/2020) [+] Address any answered communication (work / research / personal)
- (06/13/2020) [+] Close all distractions - Do Not Disturb mode
- (06/13/2020) [+] Clean up downloads/screenshots/unejected disks
- (06/13/2020) [+] Audio record one quiz-bowl packet
- (06/13/2020) [+] Process digital inboxes
- (06/13/2020) [+] Clear off my desk
- (06/13/2020) [+] Remove garbage and recycling
- (06/13/2020) [+] Clean computer screen
- (06/13/2020) [+] Daily Review (5/5)
- (06/13/2020) [x] Email 170 profs if they’ve come to a decision (06/17/2020)
- (06/13/2020) [+] connect with gowri
- (06/13/2020) [+] Read a speech from Instapaper
- (06/13/2020) [+] clean iPad apps
- (06/13/2020) [+] Do one packet of quizbowl questions
- (06/13/2020) [+] Audio Quizbowl Studying (3/3)
- (06/13/2020) [+] know my name (add to books list)
- (06/12/2020) [+] matze/mtheme: A modern LaTeX Beamer theme
- (06/12/2020) [+] Amazon Background Information Form - 168345836
- (06/12/2020) [+] Do Amazon background review
- (06/12/2020) [+] last episode of game of zones
- (06/12/2020) [+] Daily Review (4/4)
- (06/12/2020) [+] 3-2-1: Entrepreneurship, habits, and the joy of climbing
- (06/12/2020) [+] Create checklists for daily review and weekly review
- (06/12/2020) [+] look i nicholas zhao
- (06/12/2020) [+] Interview Cake Weekly Problem #294: What’s Wrong with This JavaScript?
- (06/12/2020) [+] Interview Cake Weekly Problem #293: JavaScript Scope
- (06/12/2020) [+] Interview Cake Weekly Problem #296: Binary Search Tree Checker
- (06/11/2020) [+] fix keyboard shortcuts media, move photos to media and make the corresponding changes in the file, then delete the keyboard shortcuts assets folder
- (06/11/2020) [+] Change mobile blog feeds to match desktop ones
- (06/10/2020) [+] look up fitness routines for while staying at home that can sync with fitbit (research)
- (06/10/2020) [+] fill out taxes on credit karma
- (06/10/2020) [+] Algorithms to Live By
- (06/10/2020) [+] advent of code
- (06/09/2020) [+] Check out Shrugs - Slack app
- (06/09/2020) [+] Account ready on the UCB Institutional cluster, Savio.
- (06/09/2020) [+] make slides in beamer
- (06/09/2020) [+] Ways to refine zettelkasten (2/2)
- (06/09/2020) [+] 5 min look at bread
- (06/08/2020) [+] Decline the ship insurance using cigna (07/15/2020)
- (06/08/2020) [+] Wiping Theorem computer
- (06/08/2020) [+] Add each speech to a separate instapaper
- (06/08/2020) [+] Add fuzzy git article to archive
- (06/08/2020) [+] Add learn c++ to archive note
- (06/08/2020) [+] Remove articles from the zettel (2/2)
- (06/08/2020) [+] Download how not to be wrong book and send it to kindle
- (06/08/2020) [+] Decide if obsidian is the app of choice
In reflection, the main tasks that I completed were:
- Putting my speeches on Instapaper
- Declining ship insurance
- Wiping Theorem computer
- Finishing the algorithms book
- Completing my taxes
- Doing a good amount of Interview Cake
- Daily review and weekly review checklists
- Quizbowl audacity setup and testing
Overall, I think this was a pretty average week in terms of productivity, maybe slightly above average? Idk, I’ll have to see as I do more of these.
Review calendar items and meetings from the past week
Monday:
Had meeting with 170 profs, it was pretty cool, and the professors seemed to be very nice. Friday:
Didn’t end up having research meeting, but told Lucas about the work that I had done over the past week. Saturday:
Learned how to cook a paratha, and made an aloo paratha.
Had meeting with Varun (for 170 TA interview), which was pretty casual, and I felt pretty at home around him.
Review notes I’ve made over the last week
The highlights were
Conservative viewpoints 202006080227: A compendium of thoughts that I’ve heard in person, from people who aren’t leaning far left like most of my acquaintances.
Cardinal rankings in society 202006110153 - Pretty interesting note about how we do better than animals in ranking ourselves
The weekly review template 202006131906 - Pretty lasting note, that I’m sure I’ll refer back to several times.
Was I able to accomplish my general weekly goals?
✅ Software engineering: 15 hours a week
- 6 hrs, 52 minutes through Saturday. Fell pretty short ❌ Reading: 5 hours a week
- Really need a better way to track this.
- I’ve kind of been lying to beeminder, so I need a better way to track it. But I don’t think I met this. ❌ Active minutes: 10 hours a week 432 minutes (7 hours, 12 minutes). I was pretty close
✅ Talk to at least one new person!
- Talk to Gowri
❌ Try one new thing
- Not reallyyy
Goals and Projects
Were specific goals for this week accomplished?
Didn’t have any specific goals for this week! Will do this starting next week.
Did actions this week helped me reach my monthly/big picture goals?
Goals for June 202006132042 Goals for 2020 202006132045
Monthly:
- Planning to grow physically, by doing more cardio exercise
- Pushed myself mentally with Interview Cake stuff
Annually:
- Mindfulness is my theme for the week, and I’ve been thinking about it more than I have in the past. Just want to be honest with myself, and never losing sight in the moment of what I’m doing or where I’m going.
Plan Ahead
Big-picture goals for next week
- Try reading on laptop instead of Kindle (easier to task, already on laptop anyways)
- Have at least one hour of time in cardio exercise zone
- Play The Stillness of the Wind (game)
- Finish “My life workflow”
Any new weekly goals I want to set?
Map My Future
New ideas for projects or plans
- Keeping up with doing math problems
- Anki for quizbowl stuffs (don’t know if I want to / have the time to go through that grind, but it would be quite fun to get back into quiz bowl again)
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