This is an introspection of how my last week went. Wasn’t as introspective as I’d want it to be. Here’s the agenda:

• General introspection:
  • 3 good things about last week
  • 3 things that need improvement from last week
• The Big Picture:
  • Goals completed last week
  • Goals for this week
• Changes I will make:
  • Intrinsic changes (internal dialouge, the story I tell myself, cognitive tricks to avoid procrastination, etc.)
  • Extrinsic changes (environmental, public/personal commitments, behavioral, external accountability etc.)

General introspection

3 good things:

• Amazing consistency is the morning routine and deep work sessions. Never been this consistent.
• Waking up on time
• Working out everyday

3 things that can be improved:

• Focus on the hard things first
• Track things completed daily more closely
• Keep it to one task in a session, no switching. Better planning before sessions too.

The big picture

Goals finished last week:

• Good progress on CompNS course
• Good progress on reading papers

Goals this week:

• Complete computational theory course (8 hours)
• Do CompNS course: understand three weeks deeply (15 hours)
• Do eight good programming problems (4 hours)
• Implement a neural network from scratch (10 hours)

Changes I will make

Intrinsic:

• Use the 5-second rule to be more productive

Extrinsic:

• Continuing to say no more often and protecting my momentum.