blog.cjtrowbridge.com

2016-12-04

December 4, 2016

#### This Week - Advance on [Khan Academy](https://www.khanacademy.org/mission/algebra-basics) - I am frustrated by a lack of time. This will change soon, but I have set up a forked strategy for the coming year. Either my work contract will be settled, and I will continue working at Tech 2U, go to Sierra and worry about this later, or I will use my new days off to go to ARC where my assessments render this step un-necessary. Either way, I am removing this goal. - Stay up on [Medium](https://medium.com/) - I have done a great job of staying up on Medium every day, and contributing regularly. I will expand this goal to include contributing regularly. - Advance on [HackerRank](https://www.hackerrank.com/domains) - I have not had time for this, but with my coming transition, I will hope to make more time to advance here. - Read [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/) - I still read this almost every day. I will pin it to chrome to keep it fresh in my mind. - Read [Indie Hackers](https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses) - I have stayed up on this as well as SE Daily. I am feeling inspired and continuing to absorb. - Earn $100 with Lyft - I have far surpassed this goal. I think one or two nights a week is realistically more than enough to accomplish this. - Earn $100 with Uber - I have far surpassed this goal. I think one or two nights a week is realistically more than enough to accomplish this. - Earn $200 with Upwork - I have not yet completed this. I will make a calendar entry to try to get this done this week. - Eat Less, Eat Better, Drink More Water - I think I have more or less done well here. I certainly have room to grow, and I ordered more soylent to that end as well as doing better grocery shopping. - Play [Chess](https://www.chesscademy.com/) - I have not played chess in weeks. I am setting a firm goal to play a game this wednesday. - Learn a new [skill](https://medium.com/marketing-and-entrepreneurship/21-best-places-to-learn-new-skills-every-day-722fdaf7530c#.peg4gey2d) - This has fallen by the wayside. I will hopefully have time this week. - Try a new [hobby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hobbies) - This has fallen by the wayside. I will hopefully have time this week. - Yoga - I have done some yoga, and I am scheduled to do more this wednesday night. - Kayaking - It has been cold. I have been looking at a new hard-bottom kayak that would make this easier. - Watch a [documentary](https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/) - I really want to watch Adam Curtis' new one. I will create a calendar entry for this week. - Blog post about each major area of focus. Enumerate learning and accomplishments, direction, and upcoming goals. - Investment - Book Reviews - Machine Learning - Development
#### This Month - Earn enough with ridesharing to pay tuition - Done, removing - More Amateur Radio - I have not made time for this, but I still would really like to. - Volunteer - Stand Up Placer
#### This Year - **Complete Undergrad** - [Learn More Programming Languages](https://hackr.io/) - C++ - C# - Node - Python - Start a profitable new business - Food Carts(?) - Local NPO/NGO Fundraising(?) - More Sailing - Build a tiny home - Maintain a buffer of six months of resources - Use machine learning to solve a problem - Use machine learning to make money - [Land Sailing](http://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Land-Yacht-Sailing/Construction/Lake-Lefroy-Mini-landyacht-register/?page=1) - Learn Achery - Learn to shoot - Learn to Fly - Learn The Constellations
#### Business Goals - Sell Food Again - Grow Food - Maximize independence - Start DJing again - Podcast - Weekly gigs - Start a monthly podcast about doing good - Set up ancestry websites for people - expand my aggregation tool to enable users to sign up and save their preferences, etc - Build out Todo tool with features like past-due and editing existing entries - Create an organization which throws events to raise funds for worthy causes