Productivity

August was the final full month before the conclusion of the 101 Things in 1001 Days, so I annticipated being eyeball deep in trying to get shit wrapped up. Thus, the plan was to get three things done: PCAP Certification This did not happen. The month was too fucking crazy to even get to this. … Read more

Summer is always crazy, particularly when you have kids. And a slew of concerts and bike events on the schedule. Coming into July, I had a pretty basic set of goals: Gravel Bike Mods The target this month was to get the gravel bike ready for the DAMN and other big-ticket events that are coming … Read more

Things have been pretty de-railed since we had to move my mom into memory care, and I needed desperately to get my ass back into gear. Garage Rebuild So we had to have the garage door replaced in its entirety. New door (insulated now, too), new motor, tracks, etc., which was a good impetus to … Read more

The early part of this year hadn’t been great for productivity — except for the on-bike training. I think that part of my struggle was to integrate my training time with my other productivity time. Now that I’ve settled into my flow, I’m getting more and more stuff done. Consistent Training After a solid February, … Read more

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