Calling myself into the office: October 2024
The aim of this series, published at the start of each month, aims at personal improvement through the public sharing of goals and targets. I resurrected it after a gap of 14 years last month.
Looking back
My targets for last month were:
- Camp for at least one night away from home ✅
- Land at least one new client ❌
- Launch the new version of ailiteracy.fyi ❌
- Go swimming at least twice ✅
- Get in touch with a builder about plans for converting part of our garage into my home office ❌
Hmmm… must do better. We were close to landing a new client, and have done plenty of bizdev, but it didn’t happen. We’ve put off launching the new version of ailiteracy.fyi until we’ve done some more work on the Friends of the Earth sustainable AI project. And while I did leave a voicemail for one builder, they didn’t get back to me.
On the plus side, I went wild camping a couple of times which was glorious, and went swimming a few times with my kids.
Looking forward
Well, I guess two of those targets from last month should roll over. What else should I focus on in October? It’s not my favourite month, to be honest, but here goes. I’m going to try and muster up some energy to:
- Land at least one new client
- Get in touch with a builder about plans for converting part of our garage into my home office
- Decide on the MSc module I’m going to take in April after a planned six-month break
- Book a holiday for February half-term to somewhere sunny
- Go to some kind of in-person event that isn’t sport-related
I can already tell which of these is going to be most difficult. Wish me luck!
Image: Work Chronicles
Go to a gig!