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W42 2023

2023 Oct 9 - 15 • Year progress: 78%

Highlights

• Successfully implemented the weekly planning routine from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People for the first time.
• Discovered Monika Roscher Bigband and instantly became a fan. Their track 8 Prinzessinnen is a delightful fusion of math-rock, prog-jazz, avant-pop, and experimental electronics. They've quickly climbed to the top of my recent favorites list.
• Even though I love discovering new note-taking apps and experimenting with them, I always come back to Apple Notes. Despite its quirks and lack of features, it feels like home.

During the week

• Took a 3-day trip to Istanbul to visit my parents.
• Shared the second 4-week review of our novel product delivery method at upcoach with the team. It's heartening to witness the positive impact of the new approach.
• Started prepping for upcoach's annual retreat happening next week at Dunyam Event Space Bodrum, brainstorming on ideas and presentations.

Weekend

• Made headway on Event Sage, an open-source app and user analytics package tailored for Laravel.
• Advanced this website to a stage ready for publishing and sharing.
• Enjoyed a family breakfast on Sunday at a cozy spot, a cherished weekly tradition with my wife and daughters.
• Completed another read of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey, continually discovering new nuggets of wisdom despite it being my third time through.

Review

Although I made good progress on various tasks, I didn't complete the most important task during the week. This led to working extra hours over the weekend, which was stressful. I will do better balancing quadrant one and quadrant two tasks¹ the next week.

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

— William Shakespeare

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