Progress Log: November 21, 2019 – Tasty Tacos 🌮

I post a public update, for public accountability, every Thursday. If you want to give me a boost on Twitter, I'd really appreciate it!

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐦 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞!

𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐞 😎

Xebel

Redesign the landing page

I redesigned the landing page based on the new offering that I wrote last week. I haven't built the actual website yet, but you can check out the mockups.
Start rebuilding the landing page

I've started working on this

Learning

Restart the course Become a SuperLearner

Finished Section 1, establishing a baseline reading speed as part of the coursework. I read 194 words per minute, and only answered 2 out of 7 questions correctly (about the text that I had just read.) There's a lot of room for improvement there! :)
Do a few more lessons of the Responsive Web Design Bootcamp

Completed 7 lessons, up to lesson 38
Continue (and probably finish) the Productivity Essentials course from Fizzle

Done. It was a great course. I particularly like the idea of separating tasks into "CEO Mode" and "Worker Bee Mode", and treating that separation as being "sacred" to help with focus and productivity!

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝—𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐞 😳

All done! 😎

𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 🤔

I'm trying to figure out what I can do to improve this weekly progress log, to myself, and to the people who take the time to read it!

Perhaps I could share useful lessons I learnt, or interesting articles that I've read throughout the week? That's the new 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 🧠 section you'll find below.

If you have any other ideas, feel free to reach out to me over on Twitter.

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 🧠

Do You Make This Mistake In Conversations?

Keeping Up with the "Joneses"

SMART goals are not so smart: make a PACT instead

Joy triggers: happiness on demand

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝟕 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬🤞

Xebel

Build the new landing page (Thu, Fri, Sat)

I don't know if I'll be able to complete it, but I'll really try to! I know I could finish it sooner if I didn't do a custom design and didn't want to build it myself from scratch, but I'm doing it as an exercise too. I'm enjoying the process. 😊
Make a list of at least 10 potential customers (Tue)

I won't be reaching out yet, but I'd like to make a solid list so that I know who to reach out to.

merott.com

Start building the website (Mon)

I skipped working on my personal website for a week because of other commitments. Now I need to start building the website.

Learning

Continue Become a SuperLearner (Sun)

I'll try to finish Section 2, but the practice assignments might take longer than I'm thinking right now.
Do a few more lessons of the Responsive Web Design Bootcamp (Sun)

I should be able to finish the second module, up to lesson 45.
Watch a Marketing Workshop from Wandering Aimfully (Sun)

I love the vibe of Wandering Aimfully by Caroline and Jason Zook, and I came across this Marketing Workshop they've shared. I really want to check it out, and I'll let you know what I think next week. If you want to check it out yourself, you have to subscribe to their newsletter! 😁

𝟕 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐈'𝐦 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 🙏

Tacos 🌮

We went out for Tacos with friends on Sunday. Damn, they were tasty!
Stairs ▂▅▇

Imagine if we didn't have stairs! They're so simple but we never stop to think about it. That's true of many things in life that we take for granted!
Underground trains 🚞

They're fast and efficient in getting us from A to B, even when they're delayed, packed, or whatever.
Rustling sound of leaves 🍂

The next time you go for a walk in the park, listen to the sound of leaves under your feet.
Ducks 🦆

There are some ducks in our local park, and they're so fun to watch.
Huge trees 🌳

There are some huge tree in our local park that make me wonder how old they are. Regardless, magnificent is the best word I can find to describe them!
Haleem 🍲

It's likely that you have no idea what that is. It's a stew dish that is popular in Iran and some other countries. My mum made some earlier this week, and I really enjoyed it. Here's the Wikipedia page.