Quantified Self Toronto #3: Sacha Chua - Tracking time, groceries, prices, etc.
1. 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?
2. 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.
3. Price book:How much do the supermarkets differ? (Quite a bit.)Is it worth ordering groceries online? (Not really, for me.)
4. 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?
5. 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)
6. 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