Archive for July, 2009

Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule is an article by Paul Graham that should be required reading in every management course that’s ever taken by anyone. And If they have to read it several times, so be it. Understanding the difference between what I do, and what a “Manager” does, and what I need and what a “Manager” needs is critical to getting the best performance out of me and people like me.

I’ve been thinking all day about what else to say along with the following:

Today is the day I officially hit 50 pounds of weight loss.

The number is amazing to me, in that it’s hard to believe I was actually carrying that much extra weight. Almost as much as my seven year old son. What’s also amazing is that it took less than half a year to lose it.

Still, ten more pounds to go, but damn I’ve come a long way. What’s really cool is that Wendy’s lost nearly as much, and she wasn’t close to where I was at. She’s already hit the “healthy” weight range. I’m just trying to catch up.

Wow, a month’s gone by already. I’ve been head down in work this past month, trying to catch a project up that I got behind on, and I have to say, that really sucks. Mostly caught up now, I think, but there’s still lots of work to do. Go buy 10000 copies of Derelict so I don’t have to do this kind of thing anymore.

On the fitness front, I hit 175 a couple of days ago. Things have started to slow down a bit, which is OK and annoying at the same time, but as of today, there’s only two weeks left of Power 90 Masters, and then it’s picture time. Following that is a week or two of light exercise, just to recover some mojo, and then full on into P90X. I can’t wait.

I’m slowly making progress on Infinite Suns, too. I’m hoping to have it out, by the end of the year, but that’s totally dependent upon the amount of time I get to work on it. I spent a few hours working up a new schedule (yes, a weekly schedule) for my projects in an effort to ensure that I give them all what they deserve, and going forward (after this last push on the money project) I should be able to get thirty to thirty-five hours a week on it, as long as I’m diligent about following the schedule. Yes, you’re right. It’ll probably last all of a week, but I have to try.

Yeah, nothing groundbreaking or newsworthy here, just an update so you know I’m still alive and working.