I guess this is a project. Sort of.

This is a detailed record of how I spent my time for the week of Feb 01-07, 2010. I wanted to record this because I had a sneaking suspicion that it might teach me something about myself. Or about my habits.

I'm still undecided as to whether this should be up on the internet. I'm such a giddy exhibitionist. Maybe I'll put it under some kind of password protection. Or maybe I'll just take it down afterwards. We'll see. Or, maybe... you won't.

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
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05:00 Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep
05:15 Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep
05:30 Waking up, shower, shave(shaving takes way too long) Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep
05:45 Looking for photo id badge (underneath stuff); gathering lunch (leftovers!); instant coffee(who can taste it that early?) Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep
06:00 Browsing BBC News, football news Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep
06:15 Browsing BBC News, football news (transfer deadline day!) Sleep Sleep Sleep Get up, slum about, get instant coffee Sleep Sleep
06:30 Psyche up for work, prayer & going out the door Shower, brushing teeth - no shave today! Bread & meat for lunch Sleep Sleep Get ready for work; make lunch Sleep Sleep
06:45 Dropping off rent; walking to bus stop walking to the church Sleep Wakeup, shower shave, etc. Read book, pray Sleep Sleep
07:00 Riding the bus; reading book Coffee! I mean... The "Men Behaving Godly" Bible Study Sleep Lunch prep and pray Leave for bus stop Sleep Sleep
07:15 Walk to office; catch up on desk calendar (critical!) Bible Study Late! Get dressed, make lunch Walk to bus stop ride bus Sleep Sleep
07:30 Submit timesheet (Late!); check e-mail; start programs Bible Study Walk to bus stop, catch bus Bus ride to work; read book Walk to ofc, make coffee Sleep Sleep
07:45 Check internet news (again!) Psyche up to actually do work, grind & start coffee Bible Study Ride the bus; read book; pray Read news sites fight with testing Sleep wake up, slum about, make coffee
08:00 Updating docs Catching the bus Walk into work, grind & make coffee Start working fight with tests Sleep browse
08:15 Coffee's done! Chat with people coming in; sudoku transfer to train Check the morning news, check e-mail Chat with colleagues, more work coding Sleep browse
08:30 Updated documents walk to ofc, grind & start the coffee Obsessively review all the hits & comments on my blog - thanks people! Coding new feature - v.focused Chat w/ colleagues Sleep Shower and getting dressed
8:45 Updated documents Chat and get setup for work Work on the automated test Coding new feature - v.focused More coding Sleep pickup of people for church
09:00 Updated documents Browse & procrastinate real work autmated test work Coding new feature - v.focused coding Sleep driving to church
09:15 Updated documents Work on database scripts research on how to do - means internet stuff! Coding new feature - v.focused coding browse and read news; facebook & blogs driving to church - this means I'm late
09:30 Updated documents db scripts and email Unit test stuff, browsing Coding new feature - v.focused Discover horrendous kerfuffle browse and read news; facebook & blogs Church service
09:45 Updated documents More db scripts, check football news Ambushed by tester; answer questions Coding new feature - v.focused Explore depth of kerfuffle browse and read news; facebook & blogs Church service
10:00 Dragged into discussion w/ tester (but I gotta get ready for 11:00!) 10:00 means yoghurt time!!! But ambushed by the tester Derailed by issue brought up by tester - investigate! Coding new feature - v.focused Kerfuffle browse and read news; facebook & blogs Church service
10:15 Writing high profile e-mails, taking time about it. Midmorning coffee and Oiler chat. Think about darn db scripts Yoghurt is late today, solve testing issue Coding new feature - v.focused Kerfuffle. But yoghurt! browse and read news; facebook & blogs Church service
10:30 Taking more time. Email overhead & time wasting Explore the complexity of Men's shirt sizes with colleagues. Getting the neck wrong is a pain. Mark is a clothes horse. Chat about best practices, eat yoghurt! Kerfuffle browse and read news; facebook & blogs Church service
10:45 It has to come across the right way, okay? More e-mail, work on automated test Check non-work e-mail, explore this Yahoo Profile thing. Facebook wannabe. ! 4me thx Ad hoc status meeting :-( Rescued from kerfuffle by foosball game browse and read news; facebook & blogs chat after church
11:00 Status Meeting - but the e-mails went out! more test work Status Meeting Follow up e-mail to mtg, foosball game Important post kerfuffle e-mails browse and read news; facebook & blogs chat after church
11:15 Status meeting generic boring work stuff Status Meeting More coding - not focused Think about how to resolve kerfuffle browse and read news; facebook & blogs chat after church
11:30 Colleagues left for lunch without me. Write sensitive post meeting e-mails. Nuke lunch try to deploy before lunch. Not happening tend to e-mail lunch More thinking about kerfuffle draw & doodle chat after church
11:45 Eat food, browse internet Walking to the food court with my bread&meat in hand Off to lunch lunch Kerfuffle has put me 'on the jazz'. I vow to watch the A-Team in 'Mexican Slayride' tonight. But for now I browse the internet; eat sandwiches at desk draw & doodle chat after church
12:00 Finish sudoku, browse internet eat lunch, start post lunch foosball game Lunch @ food court lunch browse @ lunch browse the net walk home after church
12:15 Coding finish foosball game, time to try deployment again Lunch back to work freak out about kerfuffle make & eat sandwiches Browse the net
12:30 Coding Ahh, forget the stupid deployment, work on test Post meal slump, check mid-day news. Back to coding More thinking/planning over kerfuffle research on Ruby on Rails Play Dragon age - just half an hour
12:45 Coding Ooops... Need to do a feature before I can deploy. Should take 30min max. Fight w/ automated test Time to write an urgent email work on kerfuffle youtube videos Play Dragon age - finishing up, right?
13:00 Post lunch chat & coffee Work on feature Still fighting, a little sudoku when compiling Ambushed by the tester Coding and planning youtube videos Play Dragon age - 45 minutes
13:15 Talk defects with tester. Talk hockey with tester. 30 minutes... I'm a funny guy Still fighting coding coding,chat w/ colleagues youtube videos & blog posting Play Dragon age - 1 hr
13:30 Troubleshoot random problem more feature work Cup of coffee, more work coding discuss project w/ colleagues do some laundry, get ready to work Play Dragon age - 1 hr 15 minutes
13:45 Coding - not real focused though Dragged into meeting for new project - progress grinds to a halt more work, sporadic browsing coding coding Work in the basement Play Dragon age - 1 hr 30
14:00 Coding meeting more test work Discussion w/ colleague on how to get help desk to help you Help colleague w/ problem Work in the basement Finally get to work
14:15 Coding; bathroom break; meeting prep Meeting over... The guys want a foosball rematch! More test work back to coding Meeting to discuss kerfuffle Work in the basement Work - db mucking
14:30 Meeting Testing new feature More test work the boys want a foosball match meeting draw and doodle Work - db mucking
14:45 Meeting More testing More test work and a rematch Post meeting phone calls Work in the basement Work - db mucking
15:00 Post meeting e-mails Manager calls, urgent document update task. Drop everything. Crash! There's a fascinating article on data that is distracting me a little web browsing coding Work in the basement Work - db mucking
15:15 Coding Updating doc Ooops! I should update the db scripts! coding coding, turn down foosball match Work in the basement Work - db mucking
15:30 Coding Finish doc, back to feature Fight w/ database coding coding Work in the basement Work - db mucking
15:45 Coding & hockey chat Feature has claws, eh? Still won't die Finish fighting w/ database Discuss other project w/ colleague coding Work in the basement Work - db mucking
16:00 Hockey chat Heheh, was I supposed to deploy at lunch? Might as well do it now. This article is great! Not my current task though :-( Still talking - his project is more interesting coding doodle & browse Work - db mucking
16:15 Try to leave, ambushed by tester, walk to bus stop V. unproductive block. I still can't believe Jokinen for Kotalik and Higgins This is the doldrums of the day - start planning tasks for tomorrow Deal with deployment issues discuss project w/ colleagues More work; I've managed to destroy the database Work - db mucking
16:30 Riding the bus; reading book back to the unit test Leave ofc, walk to next thing Coding and browsing interspersed Leave for bus stop More work; I've managed to destroy the database Work - db mucking
16:45 Riding the bus; walking home more unit test Next thing: Mandatory staff meeting! Try to work bus ride More work; I've managed to destroy the database Work - db mucking
17:00 WC break, make sandwiches stupid over abstracted code! Staff meeting Making plans for tomorrow ride buss, walk home make food and swap laundry over Work - db mucking
17:15 Non-work browsing - facebook, blogs. "Curse of the pink panther" running in background. Is of poor quality head to bus stop, wait for bus Staff meeting walking to bus,waiting cool down at home try and fix database Back to Dragon Age
17:30 More of the same. Roger Moore has done better work. Can Dreyfus really carry this? I'm supposed to be reading my book on the bus but in reality I'm sleeping. Walk to bus stop, catch bus Riding the bus Play Dragon Age try and fix database Play Dragon Age
17:45 Nap on the couch finish bus ride, walk home. Bus ride, read book finish bus ride, walk home. Play Dragon Age try and fix database Play Dragon Age
18:00 zzz Unclog the dishwasher Finish bus ride, walk home Clean the bathroom Play Dragon Age try and fix database work, but not really focused
18:15 zzz Do the dishes Make, eat sandwiches Clean the bathroom Play Dragon Age try and fix database work, but not really focused
18:30 zzz Lotta dishes Walk to the church - there was a lady whose dog barked at me - the same lady as I saw walking to church Tuesday morning, same dog, still barks at me. Huh. start to cook, do dishes Play Dragon Age try and fix database work, but not really focused
18:45 zzz Chat with Tim Walking to church, Chat with people Cooking, dishes cook supper try and fix database work, but not really focused
19:00 zzz He's made supper! I eat it. Prayer Ministry meeting Cooking, dishes - people are arriving for study cook supper Move router to room with tv so I can work with hockey in background work, but not really focused
19:15 zzz a full belly means a nap Prayer Ministry meeting Cooking, dishes - madness is starting eat supper; browse internet, watch 'Mexican Slayride' browse before getting back to work work, but not really focused
19:30 Give the Pink Panther a little more play time. zzz Prayer Ministry meeting Gather and be sociable browsing and A-Team browse before getting back to work; doodle browse internet, make quick food
19:45 Procrastinating; browsing webcomics zzz Prayer Ministry meeting Supper with bible study group browsing and A-Team browse before getting back to work; doodle browse internet, make quick food
20:00 Chat with Tim, nuke leftovers zzz Prayer Ministry meeting Bible Study browsing and A-Team back to work back to work
20:15 Fire up remote desktop, do a little work Put a load of laundry in Prayer Ministry meeting Bible Study browsing and A-Team database still messed up work
20:30 A little more work Playing Dragon Age - Good work, Jon! Prayer Ministry meeting Bible Study update log and A-Team database still messed up work
20:45 Dang! Focus is all gone. Make list of tasks to tackle tomorrow Dragon Age - I'll just play until 9:00 Prayer Ministry meeting Bible Study update log and A-Team database still messed up work
21:00 Updating log table - colors & stuff. Hopefully one time work Gotta finish the quest Prayer Ministry winds up, catch a ride back home. Thanks, Margaret! Bible Study browsing database still messed up work
21:15 Filling out log Can't skip the dialogue, you know Unwind, move laundry over, psyche myself up for next thing Bible Study Getting ready for bed database still messed up work
21:30 Filling out log Lots of NPCs who want me to do stuff for them! Work on blog post Bible Study Watch Tim play Xbox database still messed up work
21:45 Blogging the day's work. An hour and a half is not unreasonable to spend on a game, is it? Work on blog, fill out log Kick people out of house Watch Tim play Xbox Finally! Database restored to sanity. Tomorrow I can do real work! distracted by film
22:00 Getting ready for bed Fine! Reached a key plot point! Filling out log - how do I make this witty? (No one ever clicks on this, anyway - they just browse the main blog. I know. I read the stats. Hi, Mom. Hi, Janet. Hi Shaun! Browse internet, update log Watch Tim play Xbox Watch tail end of hockey. Ever dependable Oilers do it again. distracted by film
22:15 Sleep Time to blog the day Send out e-mail, facebook Browse internet, update log Watch Tim play Xbox draw new facebook portrait work
22:30 Sleep Such a lot of quarter hour blocks to type up! Write document for Prayer Ministry Update Prayer Ministry Document Sleep draw new facebook portrait work
22:45 Sleep Almost time for bed... let's just get this posted! Write document for Prayer Ministry Update document for Prayer Ministry Sleep draw new facebook portrait work
23:00 Sleep Sleep Write document for Prayer Ministry Sleep Sleep Update log work
23:15 Sleep Sleep Posting stuff I've written, sending e-mails Sleep Sleep Update log coding
23:30 Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep coding
23:45 Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Coding