Themes #

Here’s how I felt about the things I did this week:
- 38% 👍🏽
- 57% 👊🏽
- 5% 👎🏽
Since it officially turned December, I feel myself quickly moving into reflective mode for the year and starting to make plans for 2021.

Work #

Worked 36 hours
Sent out an email newsletter about the “Make Design Systems People Want to Use” course
Debugged some Mailchimp email newsletter signup weirdness
Talked email lists with Crystal Vitelli, Nikki Loffredo, and TJ Pitre
Attended my first meeting as a board member of Vocatio Career Prep High School
Started designing and coding a new internal SuperFriendly project (used Eleventy for the first time)
Recorded an upcoming podcast episode
Workshopped with Crystal Vitelli
Sales call with prospective client with Lauren Deal, Celso White, Baby Grand, and Joe Rinaldi
Biz dev check-ins with Crystal Vitelli and Joe Rinaldi
Caught up with Hilary Fenton
Wrote weeknotes
Workshopping prospective client team structure with Crystal Vitelli and Joe Rinaldi
Talked prospective client tech discovery process with Nicole Hampton, Brad Frost, Tim Shelburne, and Joe Rinaldi
Attended the Practical Innovation Summit: Tokens with the Arcade team
Wrote new client statement of work
Workshopped client content with Lauren Deal, Crystal Vitelli, and Matt Cook
1-on-1 with Isa Sousa
1-on-1 with Julia Fernandez
New project scoping with Derek Featherstone
Account planning with Jessi Hall and Josh Clark
Talked to client tech team about what handoff should look like with Lauren Deal and Crystal Vitelli
Schemed with Kevin Deal
Schemed with Afyia Smith
Schemed with Margot Bloomstein
Caught up with Leslie Camacho

Charlie turned 7!
My parents celebrated their 38th anniversary. Happy anniversary, Mom & Dad!
Buying a new house is equal parts exciting and boring. I spent a lot of time this week on the phone and on email get homeowners insurance quotes and filling out/signing documents.
Slept an average of 6 hours and 18 minutes per night. Average time in bed: 7 hours and 15 minutes. Average bedtime: 9:58pm. Average wake up time: 5:10am.