org-mode
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teach sunday school 09:45-10:45 go to church 11:00-12:15 backup my org files reload supply drawers drink coffee fix the couch buy diet coke balance my ledger check the budget pre-dinner bsr wake-up bsr pre-lunch bsr sync glucometer to phone journal put on deodorant change baby's water do pest control empty the car trash do the dishes do the laundry vacuum get a haircut buy seafood pate catfood buy groceries take out the trash walk to the mailbox grill my dinner take my morning insulin take my morning meds do yoga feed baby give baby her heartworm meds mow the grass brush my teeth after lunch brush my teeth after breakfast get dressed shave trim my fingernails fix my hair take a shower brush my teeth after dinner clean the kitchen AC filter clean baby's litter box change baby's litter clean the bathroom clean the front door put on body spray expand my website expand stormrider's arcana split scanned photos call marvin call melvin call milton call rb call bob buy gasx buy kitty litter buy more harry's blades refill my med box buy zyrtec call dw call ed text stuart happy birthday SWL check discourse run discourse stats 08:30 check my project list change sharan's oil power wash the trailer trim limbs and non-mowable areas update the show and tell roster scan the maas people allocation 3.2.5 release documentation get a burn barrel get heartworm meds shipped from the vet 12:00 get my teeth fixed clean up the porch post more pictures on my website write "tuesday after lunch" write "our wiser sons" give the scrap metal to doug get rb's correct phone number [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-913][Engineering candidate interviews]] put away house stuff on the porch buy osb plywood for fixing the floors schedule Charles Newman OD 13:00 write blogs about my rpi4 projects black friday vacation 09:00-18:00 christmas holidays 09:00-18:00 columbus day holiday 09:00-18:00 thanksgiving holiday 09:00-18:00 veteran's day holiday 09:00-18:00 update jira 17:15-18:00 get up 07:00 build a cabin across the road get a new car find a good dentist eat healthy food build a business with org-mode maas team standup 09:30 maas team weekly 09:30-10:30 ta weekly catch up 10:30-11:15 deal with this [[https://discourse.maas.io/t/error-deploying-rhel-8-image-built-using-packer-from-maas-3-2-snap-install/6258/6][discourse post]] 09:15 deal with this [[https://discourse.maas.io/t/commission-machines/822/3][discourse post]] 09:15 deal with this [[https://discourse.maas.io/t/how-to-configure-maas-networking/6174/2][discourse post]] 09:15 "/me --> lunch" 13:00 "/me --> back from lunch" 14:00 "/me --> EOD" 18:00 "hey, y'all" 09:00 deal with [[https://discourse.maas.io/t/maas-documentation-on-using-cli/6293/2][this discourse post]] 09:15 go to bed 22:30 yearly eye appointment with doctor douglas 15:00 remembrance remember mom remember nannie remember needham lee remember papa remember polk dallas t lee remember reginaldus de la lee remember richard lee remember richard lee remember robert stewart remember roger de la lee remember sir humphrey lee remember sir john de lee iii remember sir john lee iv esquire remember sir thomas de la lee remember sir thomas de lee remember sister mary ann remember thomas lee remember william carroll lee remember aunt betty remember aunt jean remember aunt nelda remember aunt yvonne remember baba remember col richard henry lee remember curtis gerald remember dad remember fitzhugh gerard lee remember hancock i lee remember john de la lee i remember john de lee ii remember lord john de la lee remember mary emma gerald stewart reunion attend the gerald reunion attend the shaw reunion birthdays message candace fbhb message jim fbhb message milli fbhb give adam a present for his birthday give allie a present for her birthday give alyson a card for her birthday give anthony a present for his birthday give danny a card for his birthday give debbie stewart a card for her birthday give doug a present for his birthday give eve a present for her birthday give joy a present for her birthday give kirk a card for his birthday give landon a present for his birthday give marleigh a present for her birthday give oakleigh a present for her birthday give paisley a present for her birthday give patrick a present for his birthday give sharan a wishlist present for her birthday give stephen a present for his birthday give terry shaw a card for his birthday give traci a present for her birthday anniversaries give kirk and debbie a card for their anniversary get sharan a wishlist present for our anniversary give adam and joy a present for their anniversary give valorie and danny a card for their anniversary drip the faucets 18:00 visit dr. swinney 09:15 make baby's annual vet appt 228-831-4660 10:00 1:1 with amy 10:00 1:1 with adam 10:00 show and tell 09:30 cross-team meeting 11:30-11:55 design sync 11:15 maas americas tgif 12:30 [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-109][MAAS Juju docs]] 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[[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-802][MAAS networking doc]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-814][MAAS commissioning and testing doc]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-815][MAAS tour and tutorials]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-817][General MAAS doc improvements]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-824][MAAS and NUMA/SR-IOV doc]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-827][MAAS controllers doc]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-830][MAAS API/CLI/SDK docs]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-832][MAAS backup doc]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-833][Openstack integration doc (w/peter m.)]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-872][Field doc feedback]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-910][MAAS image doc]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-912][Technical author hiring activites]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-93][MAAS operations doc]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-968][MAAS Terraform doc]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-982][MAAS metrics doc]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-983][MAAS internal documentation]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-984][User doc feedback]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-985][MAAS snap doc]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-986][MAAS logging doc]] [[https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/MAASENG-987][MAAS PXE/TFTP/HTTP booting & BMC doc]] add pockets to wolfskin bag build & run [[https://discourse.maas.io/t/unable-to-relaunch-commissioning-script/6100/10][custom comm scripts]] to solve this issue build a 2nd LXD bridge with 2 subnets on same VLAN build a kitchen-table maas build an sdr solution with the rpi4 build an swl antenna in the yard build and hang more family pictures build better desk storage build ha scenarios 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enlistment, is there exceptional handling of messages to the region api server if there are multiple api servers present? learn - is it registration or enlistment or something else? are the two differentiated? new v. ready? how do you get to a new state but not a ready state? not explained well
Make a list:
#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
bond with the cat every day
write "org-mode for the compleat idiot"
make up my couch every morning
journal daily
trim my fingernails every couple of weeks
do the laundry today
make an optometrist appointment
shave every few days
take my medicine every morning
weigh myself every week or so
read that I book bought last week
get this broken tooth fixed before it starts to hurt
#+END_EXAMPLE
Mark them as to-do items:
TODO bond with the cat every day
TODO write "org-mode for the compleat idiot"
TODO make up my couch every morning
TODO journal daily
TODO trim my fingernails every couple of weeks
TODO do the laundry today
TODO make an optometrist appointment
TODO shave every few days
TODO take my medicine every morning
TODO weigh myself every week or so
TODO read that I book bought last week
TODO get this broken tooth fixed before it starts to hurt
Mark the habits:
TODO bond with the cat every day
TODO write "org-mode for the compleat idiot"
TODO make up my couch every morning
TODO journal daily
TODO trim my fingernails every couple of weeks
TODO do the laundry today
TODO make an optometrist appointment
TODO shave every few days
TODO take my medicine every morning
TODO weigh myself every week or so
TODO read that I book bought last week
TODO get this broken tooth fixed before it starts to hurt
Give the habits a flexible, repeating schedule:
TODO bond with the cat every day
TODO write "org-mode for the compleat idiot"
TODO make up my couch every morning
TODO journal daily
TODO trim my fingernails every couple of weeks
TODO do the laundry today
TODO make an optometrist appointment
TODO shave every few days
TODO take my medicine every morning
TODO weigh myself every week or so
TODO read that I book bought last week
TODO get this broken tooth fixed before it starts to hurt
Set some specific "do" dates/times for urgent items:
TODO bond with the cat every day
TODO write "org-mode for the compleat idiot"
TODO make up my couch every morning
TODO journal daily
TODO trim my fingernails every couple of weeks
TODO do the laundry today
TODO make an optometrist appointment
TODO shave every few days
TODO take my medicine every morning
TODO weigh myself every week or so
TODO read that I book bought last week
TODO get this broken tooth fixed before it starts to hurt
Set some deadlines for larger tasks:
TODO bond with the cat every day
TODO write "org-mode for the compleat idiot"
TODO make up my couch every morning
TODO journal daily
TODO trim my fingernails every couple of weeks
TODO do the laundry today
TODO make an optometrist appointment
TODO shave every few days
TODO take my medicine every morning
TODO weigh myself every week or so
TODO read that I book bought last week
TODO get this broken tooth fixed before it starts to hurt
Excellent! Now you have a working org-mode file!
Let's pick a couple of representative tasks and break them down.
TODO read that I book bought last week
This is a larger task, but one that's easy to bound in time. I use two-week "pulses" for most of my projects, because it helps me to focus and get a project
done. To me, a project a longer task that may break down into smaller tasks. In this case, scheduling subordinate tasks seems counterproductive -- I just need to read the book.
The "SCHEDULED" item means it will show up on my agenda starting on that date. The "DEADLINE" item means that, every day, my org-agenda will remind me that this has to be done by a certain time.
TODO do the laundry today
Org-mode can handle habits in a special way. By marking this one as a habit, it will show up in a special section of my org-agenda file that gives me some visual cues about whether I'm on track for this habit. For example, when 8 days have passed since the last time I did laundry, the visual cues will start to remind me by moving the habit from green to yellow to red bars -- and the red bar keeps growing as the habit ages without being done.
The designation ".+8d/12" means, "this habit is current between 8 and 12 days from the last time it was done". After that, it starts to go yellow, then red as more time passes. The ".+" in front of the day designations tells org-mode to recycle this habit whenever it's next done, even if it takes 22 days to get to it.
TODO make an optometrist appointment
This particular task needs to be done at a particular time, which means I also need to assign a day. I've guessed that probably the best time to call the optometrist for a new appointment is after 10am (after the morning rush). Monday might not be the best day to call, but I just picked a day, since it can be easily moved.