Productivity

After a January in which I failed to be as productive as I intended, I set some lofty goals for February. The most important to-do item was going to be consistent training — with a full load of hard cycling events on the calendar right already, and a longer-term goal of riding Paris-Brest-Paris, I needed … Read more

Rolling out of the holidays and into January, I had a couple things I wanted to accomplish for the month. I went into this feeling fired-up and ready to keep going, but the previous six months of high productivity, combined with the holidays insanity, and my tank was emptier than I thought. Tack on some … Read more

As usual, the holidays were going to be a huge crimp on my productivity, so I was pretty smart about my plans for the month. I wasn’t going to overdo it. To that end, I wanted to do three things: ✅ Burton Step-Ons Finally! I made this change because I’ve been struggling with lower back … Read more

The agenda for this month was to keep hammering at the 101 Things in 1001 Days. I’ve been making a ton of progress in it lately, but I also knew with the start of the holiday season I was going to be pressed for time, so I targeted two particular tasks: In the end, it … Read more

The agenda for this month was to keep hammering at the 101 Things in 1001 Days. I’ve been making a ton of progress in it lately, so I targeted three particular tasks: In the end, it was too much, especially with everything else I had going in the month. Oh well. Here’s the jist of … Read more

The agenda for this month was to keep hammering at the 101 Things in 1001 Days. I’ve been making a ton of progress in it lately, so I targeted three particular tasks: Finish Tears of the Kingdom This was at the top of my list for the month, given that I have a boatload of … Read more

July was a super-productive month where the 101 Things in 1001 Days was concerned. Given that the the finish line is in late September of next year, that’s a good thing. This month, I wanted to keep crushing it, so I made it my only focus, without getting stupid about letting other things fall by … Read more

I had originally planned on getting this written on July 1, but with the way the month started off, I didn’t get to it until the 5th. Fortunately, it didn’t have an impact on my productivity. In the interest of saving my sanity, I only had two serious goals for the month, and if I’m … Read more

June was super-productive, and I’m really happy about it. I got back to the bike more rabidly (see below), and I got a bunch of other stuff done. My primary goals for the month were as follows: Replacing the Road Bike Frame I’ve been experiencing some serious disappointment with the BMC Roadmachine frameset I’d purchased, … Read more

May was going to be challenging — working in an office again (3 days per week), new house, trying to get back on the bike, etc. I had some goals (listed below), most of which didn’t get done, but I did blast through a bunch of my other stuff. So the month wasn’t a total … Read more