Review
Routine and task completion thrown out by:
- Late start
- Vaccine booster trip
- Visit to Martyn and Angie
- Time spent reorganising checklists
- Junk food and wine
- Railway maintenance and bus breakdown
Reduced productivity was down to:
- ⅓ late start
- ⅓ external factors
- ⅓ poor discipline
The first 2, plus excessive lists, contributed to the latter. But their effects could have been resisted — with greater routine-keeping effort
Lessons:
- Simplify lists
- Get back to routine immediately — after diversions
- Go to bed on time — no new activity after 10pm
Routine Checklist
Legend
- Ticks — right activity on time
- Crosses — not done to schedule
- Hyphens — not applicable to currrent routine configuration
| Task | M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0730 — Get going | ✕ | ||||||
| 0845 — Session 1 | ✕ | ||||||
| 1015 — Break | ✕ | ||||||
| 1030 — Session 2 | ✓ | ||||||
| 1200 — Dinner | ✓ | ||||||
| 1245 — Session 3 | ✓ | ||||||
| 1415 — Break | ✓ | ||||||
| 1430 — Session 4 | ✓ | ||||||
| 1600 — Transition | ✓ | ||||||
| 1630 - Session 5 | ✕ | ||||||
| 1800 — Tea | ✕ | ||||||
| 1830 — Maintenance | ✕ | ||||||
| 2000 — Relax | ✓ | ||||||
| 2230 — Review, uwind | ✕ | ||||||
| 2330 — Bed | ✕ |
Learning Tasks Checklist
| Task | M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading comprehension | ✓ | ||||||
| Read aloud | ✕ | ||||||
| Just read | ✓ | ||||||
| Word & phrase exercises | ✓ | ||||||
| Sentence exercises | ✕ | ||||||
| Socratic dialogue | ✕ | ||||||
| A song | ✕ | ||||||
| Aural comprehension | ✕ | ||||||
| Verb exercises | ✓ | ||||||
| Preposition exercises | ✕ | ||||||
| Pronoun exercises | ✕ | ||||||
| Conjunctions | ✕ | ||||||
| Eng.→Spa. translation | ✕ | ||||||
| Spa.→Eng. translation | ✕ | ||||||
| Physical exercise | ✓ | ||||||
| Subbed video | ✓ | ||||||
| Non-subbed video | ✕ | ||||||
| Research lang. acquisition | ✕ | List 'issues' | ✕ | Prepare materials | ✕ | ||
| Review this checklist | ✓ |