Quantified Self Toronto #3: Sacha Chua - Tracking time, groceries, prices, etc.

Quantified Self Toronto:Tracking time, groceries, prices, and other things
Sacha Chua (http://sachachua.com)
Tracking:
What do I spend time on? Is it in line with my priorities?
How do I want to change how I work?
How much do the supermarkets differ? (Quite a bit.)
Is it worth ordering groceries online? (Not really, for me.)
What’s our typical grocery budget? $200-300 (regular), $500 (holiday) / month
How much do we spend on different items?
How often do we buy things?
Is it worth switching to, say, lactose drops instead of lactose-free milk?
How can we change our patterns?
Future:
What happens if I shift my time away from reading and writing to focus on drawing and meeting people? What’s a good balance point?
How do my energy, happiness, and productivity vary day to day? What factors influence those? How can I stack the deck?
What am I learning, and how can I share that with others?

Time tracking:What do I spend time on? Is it in line with my priorities?How do I want to change how I work?
I think I’ll spend less time writing and more time on other projects.

Price book:How much do the supermarkets differ? (Quite a bit.)Is it worth ordering groceries online? (Not really, for me.)

Groceries:What’s our typical grocery budget? $200-300 (regular), $500 (holiday) / monthHow much do we spend on different items? How often do we buy things?
Is it worth switching to, say, lactose drops instead of lactose-free milk?
How can we change our patterns?

Tools
Sacha Chua
Android: Time Recording, Walttend (pedometer)
A spreadsheet for keeping track of grocery stuff
My blog for sharing notes (http://sachachua.com/blog/category/weekly)

Next questions to explore
What happens if I shift my time away from reading and writing to focus on drawing and meeting people? What’s a good balance point?
How do my energy, happiness, and productivity vary day to day? What factors influence those? How can I stack the deck?
What am I learning, and how can I share that with others?
Sacha Chua, http://sachachua.com

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