For those who don’t know, I’m leaving my job on July 11 to work full time on my own projects before I move to Bloomington August 20 to start grad school.
That’s just a little over a month to get everything done that I want; professionally, academically and extracurricular… ly. I’ve created this Quittin’ list of everything I wanted to accomplish before the move. Each major workthread (professonal, personal and academic) will be completed more or less concurrently.
Major Professional Goals After Quitting
- Get PayOwe Facebook app up and running (3 days)
- Finalize PayOwe and get it beta-ready (6 days not including the Facebook component)
- Get secret Craigslist project completed (4 days)
- Redesign Drewidia (2 days)
- Redesign Inkitecture Blog (1 day)
- Begin iPhone App for PayOwe (4 days)
- Start on secret Flex finance project (8 days)
Major Personal Goals
- Complete a century (100-mile) ride on my bike (daily Chicago trail training, targeting August 19 for all-day ride)
Give up coffeeUPDATED: Okay, realism; drink less coffee. Maybe only on Sunday’s.- Work out at Quad’s Gym daily (starting July 11)
Major Academic Goals
- Refresh understanding of Flex, Flash (12 days including secret finance project)
- Read required HCI/Informatics books (2 days)
Of all of these, I have the greatest doubt of completing a century on my bike. I’m going to give myself all day to complete the century when I think I’m ready. My friend Dave tells me this is a difficult thing to do less from an endurance reason, but moreso from a logistical reason (tremendous amount of calories and water on the day of). We will see. Indeed, we will see.
