>**This note is semi-private.** It is visible to anyone with the link. Please ask before sharing. _Update 2021-12-18: I originally planned this as a 4 week period. I've decided to extend it to 6 weeks._ ## Outline of next 6 months ### November (2 weeks) Focus: - (8-10 days) Study - (1-2 days) Wrap on Swagman - (1 day) 80K Key dates: - 22: Start Amble 4 (6 weeks) - 28/30: Swagman release ### December Focus: - (15 days) Study - (1-2 days) 80K Key dates: - 30: End Amble 4 ### January Focus: - (15 days) Study - (5-10 days) Holiday - (1-2 days) 80K Key dates: - 2-3: Penne => Venice (5-10 days holiday) - 14: V birthday - 20-21: Venice => Penne - 24: 2022 Amble 1 starts (4-6 weeks) ### February Focus: - (20 days) Study - (1-2 days) 80K Key dates: - ~21: Amble 1 ends - ~28: Penne => Oxford? ### March *1 month in Oxford* Focus: - P32 Annual review; then study OR "next big project" longlist Key dates: - 31: Oxford => Scotland ### 2022Q2 Focus: - Study OR "next big project" longlist Location: - 1-3 months in Penne - 1 month in Oxford and/or Reykjavik. ## Amble 4 plan *6 weeks from 22 Nov.* - (5 weeks) Study - Continue on [[> Psychology vs moral philosophy]] and learning about [[Pragmatism]] - #todo - Clarify focus questions and expected outputs - (2-3 days) [[Training]] - ~~(1-2 days) Wrap on Swagman~~ - ~~(1-2 days) 80K advisory~~ - (1-2 days) ~~Personal finance and other critical life admin~~ ~~book Venice accommodation~~ and travel; V gift ### Dashboard and metrics _Towards the end of Amble 3 I paid less attention to the metrics I'd set. I became less convinced in their usefulness; I was enjoying relying on "morning writing and must blog every day" as my structuring commitment.__ Lead metrics: - "Showing up" metric: days where I started before 8am, and/or got in >2x prime time sessions - [x] Target: >= 20 (>=5 / week) (actual: ) - [ ] Target: >=40 Toggl hours on S0, S1 and S2 - [Blog posts](https://sun.pjh.is): - [x] Target: 1 per day, every day - [ ] **Target: >=8 "writing" posts (2 per week)** - EA Forum posts - [ ] Target: >=1 (actual: X) - 1-1 calls with philosophy tutor - [x] Target: >=1 (actual: X) - Tweets sent - [ ] Target: >=4 (actual: X) (1 per week) - (Evergreen) Notes written / edited #todo - [x] Target: >=10 (actual: X) Lag metrics: _It's hard to come up with metrics that track the ultimate learning outcomes I want._ - [ ] \>3 important realisations / new concepts / viewquakes - Not sure where the bar should be but I will try noting these in: [[List of viewquakes and important realisations]] See also [[P32 dashboard & lead metrics]]. ## Key questions 1. What are the structuring commitments I want to have? 1. Continue with Sunglasses, Ideally—but improve the format. 2. Evergreen note per day. 2. How can I improve the way I work on these commitments? 3. How can I improve the structure of my day? 4. What other work experiments should I try? 5. Bigger commitment to Penne, delay Oxford visit to March? 1. Yes. I will extend my lease until end February. Then Oxford all of March. (Can always make a last minute trip to Oxford in Jan/Feb if I feel too isolated.) 6. Run another salon? 1. No. Too distracting. 7. Actively invite more people to join the Penne d'Agenais coworking retreat? 1. Not before January. ## Week-by-week outline **W47: Evergreen notes & gym upgrades to support my [[Training]]; review notes repo; Wrap on Swagman** **W48: Study** **W49: Study: (Intuitionists) Parfit, Sharon Hewit-Rawlette, Sidgwick; Nietzsche (Nietzsche's values; Beyond Selflessness; Reginster: Affirmation of Life),** **W50: Study** **W51: Study** **W52: Study** See also [[-Week reviews]]. ## Side projects & fun I will work on these for fun, rest, or if I'm feeling temporarily blocked or low energy about my main projects. I will spend 0-10% of my time on them. - [ ] Try the local karaté / MMA class - [x] Host the next screening of [[PDA Film Club]] - [ ] Learn basic Italian - [x] >2 hours on [[-D]] Maybe: - Host 1-2 more guests at the Penne Coworking Retreat See also: [[_Micro-SaaS ideas]] ## Do not do - Schedule lots of calls and meetings. - More than 5 hours of coding. If want something, write the spec and hire a developer. - More than 3 days on SaaS side-projects - Get non-trivially drawn into other people's projects. During this period, hours is okay, but days or weeks is not. ## Key uncertainties; alternatives considered; ideas that didn't quite make the cut - Stick with original plan to go to Oxford in mid-January. - No. The prospect doesn't make my heart sing. It feels distracting. I feel like I'm moving around too much. This Penne setup is very good. I feel better about going to Oxford for a month in March, then perhaps again later in spring, or in July. - Counter: imagine you had been offered a fantastic apartment in Oxford. - Counter-counter: well that's the thing—it's not going to happen because Oxford housing is bad and I'm not willing to spend more than a day looking for a short-term place. ## Prompts and trigger questions - [x] Life areas check - [x] What is the 10x more ambitious version? - Reflection from Amble 3 is still relevant. - [ ] Pre-mortem: it's the end of the period and something went badly wrong. What was it? - Reflection from Amble 3 is still relevant. - [x] What should I cut? - [x] Does this plan play to my strengths? Does it exploit, develop or help reveal my "edge"? - [x] Does this plan make sense from perspective of 2-10 year vision? - [x] Thinking sideways; refactoring ## Weekly pattern, routine, structure See [[Weekly pattern, routine, structure]].