Key Projects (Limit of 5)

• Project: #Uke50ByHeart: Learn 50 songs on Ukulele.  Be able to play and sing each from memory.  
  • Perform for seniors in assisted living home.
  • Post weekly videos to Youtube and/or Facebook
•  #SketchQuotes: Learn Sketching, Lettering, and Design by creating 50 images/drawings/pieces with quotes displayed with love.
• Host WDS Local Events for WDS Local DC
  • host a local hike
  • host a restaurant event
  • host at Teaism
• Learn Clojure and Functional Programming
  • Clojure/ClojureScript: Vanguard rebalancing calculator
  • ...and coding at work

Practices and Experiments

• #FollowTheSun: no screens or electric lights after 9pm.  Wake up at 630am.
• #CashMostly: Reduce credit card usage as much as possible with the following exceptions:
  • Online purchases
  • Travel
  • Gas Stations
• Exercise and Movement
  • Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday: Run
    • Recover from Army 10 Miler.
    •  Then train for the Rock & Roll Half Marathon 3/11/2017.
  • Other Days: Push-ups, Pull-ups, Squats, and dumbbell exercises on off days.
  • Try: Jiu Jitsu
• Time Theming 
  • Monday: Write for Blog
  • Tuesday: Scales, Harmony, and Theory
  • Wednesday: Read and Sketch
  • Thursday: Ukulele Strums
  • Friday: Read and Tech Study
  • Saturday: Ukulele Fingerpicking
  • Sunday: Family time, Play and Sing, WDS Local

Reading and Learning

• Definitely
  • Getting Past No by William Ury - In Progress
  • The Gunslinger by Stephen King (Audiobook)
• Maybe
  • Aristotle - The Categories and De Interpretatione
  • Neil Gaiman?

Key Themes

• Being Open
• Being Intentional
• Discipline and Practice
• Play
• Closed-ended Create-and-Sketch Projects
• Train for the Race
• Service and Contribution
• Sharpen the Saw
• Generate Movement
• Experiment Together
• Imperfect is better than Imaginary