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Now — This Quarter's Focus

A single page that answers "what am I working on, and what am I doing this week?" Update weekly (or whenever the answer changes). Long enough to be specific, short enough to fit on one screen.

How to use this page

Edit it weekly — Sunday evening is the natural rhythm. The friction of updating it forces you to confront whether your stated focus matches your actual time use.


Quarter: Q2 2026 (Apr–Jun)

Active topics — pick at most 2

Spreading across all 7 wiki topics simultaneously is how progress dies. Choose two that don't compete for the same brain energy (one technical + one creative-life works well).

  • Primary: < pick one — e.g., Music >
  • Secondary: < pick one — e.g., Home Building >

The other 5 topics stay as reference only this quarter. Search them when needed; don't actively study them.


Active deliverables (with deadlines)

A deliverable is something you can show another human. "Studied" is not a deliverable.

Topic Deliverable Due Status
Music e.g., 60-second piano + voice demo of original song 2026-05-31 pending
Home e.g., site analysis + program brief signed 2026-06-15 pending

Mark done, slipped, or cancelled. Slipped goals teach you something; secret abandoned goals teach you nothing.


This week (date: YYYY-MM-DD)

Music

  • Practice schedule: complete this week's checklist in Music — Practice Schedule
  • Specific commitment: e.g., write 4 bars of new melody, capture as voice memo
  • Specific commitment: e.g., sight-read 3 hymns from Grade 1 book

Home

  • Specific commitment: e.g., finalize program brief sections 1–4
  • Specific commitment: e.g., schedule survey appointment

Anything else

  • Optional one-off task

Last week's reflection

Filled in every Sunday. Three sentences max.

  • What worked:
  • What didn't:
  • Adjustment:

If "what didn't" is the same item three weeks running, the plan is wrong, not your willpower.


Quarterly review (end of June)

Schedule a 30-minute session for 2026-06-30 to:

  • Mark deliverables done/slipped/cancelled.
  • Review the journal entries from the quarter.
  • Decide Q3 focus topics.
  • Update this page.

What's parked (not now, but not abandoned)

A short list of things you considered but pushed out, with the reason. Prevents the "what about X?" anxiety.

  • e.g., Godot 2D platformer prototype — pushed to Q3, music and home need more attention this quarter.
  • e.g., Day trading satellite — not now; complete Level 1 reading first; reassess in Q4.