Retrospective Jan 21 – 27/ Planning: Jan 28 – Feb 3

Every day it gets a little easier. But you have to do it every day. That’s the hard part. But it does get easier. – Jogging Baboon (BoJack Horseman)

 

The biggest lesson for me this past week was consistency. It’s not the goals that I set but the habits I build that will drive my success. My ambitious goals for the year will only be achieved by taking consistent action. I’m using that to shape the way I approach each week.

Learning Cocoa (iOS/macOS):

This week I completed the Saving Data on iOS course on RayWenderlich.com. If you’re not familiar with the site, I highly recommend it. They do a great job with tutorial based lessons on development. I went to their conference, RWDevCon, a few years ago and it was a refreshing change from the normal development conference presentations. I’ve now decided to take a course a week as a way to learn something new or reinforce my existing knowledge.

DTSEssentials Framework: Shared Code for iOS/macOS apps

Added a few more helpful extensions for UIAlertController, IBDesignable, Enum and Date. Still trying to develop a cleaner approach for my Router.

Last Week	This Week
App Coordinator UIAlertController Extensions Support for closures in UIButton target actions Enum extensions (iterate cases) Date extensions (additional formats)	LoadingViewController ErrorViewController ValidationViewController

Puffin (iOS): Daily Standup App

With my focus on other areas,  no progress was made on Puffin. I realize that I was trying to accomplish too much and needed to focus on one app at a time.

Last Week	This Week
	App Icon update

Gobo (iOS): Nomad Travel Log

I was able to implement a few of the entry forms this week. I did a simple demo at my weekly accountability meeting. CloudKit setup and implementation is this week.

Last Week	This Week
Trip Entry Expense Entry	App Icon (version 1.0) Launch Screen CloudKit Support Form validation

Voice Over Work:

I booked my first narration gig this week, a short story written by friend and guest blogger, Elliott Killian. I’m excited to share the finished project when it’s completed.

Last Week	This Week
2 VO gigs via my trainer Short story VO Create Voices.com profile Automated the incoming workflow with Google Sheets & Zapier	Create Fiverr Profile Create Voice Bunny Profile VO gigs as they come in

Health:

I finally achieved a week in which I closed all of my rings in the Activity App! I had gone three weeks in a row of achieving both the move and exercise goals but I missed the stand goal by one for two consecutive weeks. It was so frustrating, I was ready to give that part up.  This week, I just focused on making sure I was standing frequently enough and monitored my progress more closely. Mission Accomplished!!!

Last Week	This Week
Cardio: 192 minutes total (avg. 27.42 min/day) – No Sunday workout Walking: 85,029 steps (12,147 /day)	Cardio: (30 min/day) Walking (10000 steps /day)

Reading List:

But then if we do not ever take time, how can we ever have time? – The Merovingian (Matrix Reloaded)

I recognized that I’d never make any progress in my reading if I didn’t schedule time for it. This week, I did that with a Sunday brunch reading session. It’s a great way to kickstart the week! Black Panther is coming out in two weeks, so I’ll be soaking up some comic reading in preparation.

Last Week	This Week
Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano (Part 1)	Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano (Part 1) Black Panther – Christopher Priest run