FILE: A Month of Sundays
TYPE: Hourly Activity Report
START: 2021-04-29 
END: 2021-07-05
(c) Copyright Brett Paufler

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Time Sheet Data Collection

I record what I am doing throughout the day.

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What are some of the problems?

1) An alarm goes off and I fail to take action and make a note.
2) In recording an action, I might be at the split between two things.
3) That split between two (or more things) is typically comprised of several things.

To go from Sit-Video to Sit-TV, I might (in no particular order):
    Close Video
    Open TV 
    Change Seats
    Use Restroom (hardly ever, if ever, recorded)
    Grab Snack
    Change Clothes
    And so on

Typically, none of these intermediary steps are included.

Thus, if I am in the kitchen washing dishes as my primary activity but am in the process of taking a note or walking to my chair to take off my shirt when the alarm sounds, what am I really doing?

There is a lot of fuzz in both the transitions and activities that are comprised of smaller (differently named) parts.

Washing Dishes: Sort, Stack, Scrap, PreWash, Wash, Rinse, Set to Dry
During which time, I might: Adjust Music, Adjust Clothing, Make Notes, Talk, Snack, and so on.

And then, of course, if I am doing something but on the edge of doing something else, how is that to be recorded?

For example, mostly done with dishes, almost done with dishes, looking forward to sitting, but not quite there yet.

I am sure there is some degree of evolution in the document.

Whatever the case, these front notes are my thoughts as I bring this Time Sheet to a close.

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Finally, though I could go on to say how I would do things differently next time.  But as I expect there will be a next time, that question will be answered more concretely then.

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A Month Of Sundays

Sunday
Every Hour
On The Hour

Example
2021-04-29
6PM: Lying in bed, almost napping, working on writing projects, instead. 
7PM: Waking up. Time for some Fajitas. 

Not just for Sundays, anymore.

2021-05-06
8:42AM: Note taking. Drinking Hot Chocolate. Getting ready to listen to video on DOT Site Security: Urine Testing Collection.

And that's how it's done. 

9:00AM: In Multi-Stall Urinals, why are they not setting up a Mobile Lab Site by The Sinks? Um, that means I'm watching the video. Chair. Sitting. Video. 

So, like "11:58AM: Computer. Standing. Writing." might be a Solid & Complete Entry.

9:38AM: Standing. Pacing. Laughing. Listening to Dave Chappelle Videos. 
10:35: Sitting. Phone Loop (standard maintenance engagement). Preliminary Meal Planning & Prep. Checking in on Sweetie (not tracked, perhaps omitting from remainder, unless Parallel Play: Talking, Walking, Watching, Eating, Play).
12:05PM: Kitchen. Preparing Ham, Pickles, & Dressing (Ranch, for me). Listening to Pop Music. 
1:04PM: Watching Clan Of The Cave Bear. Washing Dishes. 
1:43PM: Heat Poppers. Boil Eggs. Listen to Lecture, probably. Nope, Achieving Childhood Dreams {a different video}.
3:49PM: Lying in bed planning a long walk for tomorrow. About to read. 
5:04PM: Lazing in Bed. Down Time. 
8:27PM: Lazing in Chair. History of Music Video.
9:20PM: Sit. Eat. TV.

2021-05-09
7:10PM: Lying in Bed. 
9:13PM. Sit. Watch. Movie. 

2021-05-10
8:00AM: Sleeping
9:01AM: Lying in Bed. 
10:00AM: Standing. Playing CIV.
11:00AM: Sitting. Thinking about Game. 
11:40AM: Making Hot Chocolate. Listening to Lecture. 
11:54AM: Sitting. Drinking Chocolate. Thinking about Game. 
12:00PM: Standing. Reviewing Game. 
1:00PM: Standing. Game Write-Up.
2:00PM: Talking. Washing Dishes. 
3:00PM: Tired. Sitting. Thinking about Game. 
4:00PM: Lying in Bed. Thinking about Game. 
7:49PM: Shower. Playing CIV for the last few hours. 
9:13PM: Lazing on Couch. Talking. 

2021-05-11
9:00AM: Sleeping. Wake to Alarm.
9:35AM: Getting Up. Hot Chocolate is Next. 
10:00AM: Standing. Thomas' War Write-Up.
11:00AM: Showering.  Reinstalling CIV.
11:56AM: Still Reinstalling CIV. About to eat Lamb Curry & Watch Star Trek. 
2:00PM: Washing Dishes & Continuing Install. 
2:22PM: Reinstall & Associated Write-Up Done. Preparing for Walk. 

Transitional Times might be The Best Voluntary Recording Times. 

3:01PM: Listening to Music. Getting Dressed for Walk. Hey, don't rush me. 
3:12PM: Coat On! Out The Door!
4:23PM: In The Door. It was a shortish walk. 
4:54PM: Sipping Broth. Playing CIV.

I don't always Play CIV.

6:12PM: Sitting. Done with CIV.

2021-05-12
5:11AM: Time to Get Up.
6:29AM: Been Writing. Time for Music or a Video.
7:45AM: Sitting. Eating Oatmeal. Listening to WWI Causal Analysis.
8:04AM: Lying Down. Low hopes for an early morning nap... or Second Sleep, as it is sometimes called. 
9:22AM: After much watching of swirling colors, Slept. Dreamt. 
9:46AM: Time to Arise.
12:40PM: Talking about Time. Standing. Writing. 
5:02PM: Stopping CIV for awhile. Resuming WWI Video. 

Company. Chinese Take-Out Lunch. Half of a Harry Potter Movie.

{Got me. Ten days later and that last comment looks out of place.}

5:59PM: Backing Up Computer. Working on Supper. Slowly getting through that Lecture I started way (way-way) back when... only minutes to go. 
7:07PM: Onto The Next Lecture. Eating & Star Trek, soon.
8:00PM: Watching Star Trek.

Let us wait until Sunday. After all, the original project name was A Month Of Sundays. 

2021-05-22
10:00AM: Waking Up. Sitting Couch. Talking. 
10:59AM: Just finished Washing Dishes & Making Ham Bone w/ Mung Bean Soup.
12:04PM: Done Showering. Drink Kefir. Watch Upstairs Downstairs.
2:58PM: When the alarm went off at 1PM, I was working on IDE Composite Pull. Writing. Showered. Now, Heating Soup. Going to Sit, Sop {eat Soup, I would guess}, and Listen to Music.
4:07PM: Was Sitting, Listening to Plague Video. Just Put Groceries Away. 
4:55PM: Lying Down for a Nap. 
5:05PM: Not much of a Nap. Listened to Plague Video. 
6:00PM: Watching Upstairs Downstairs.
7:00PM: Standing. Playing CIV.
7:45PM: Sitting. Talking. Post Watching. 
7:57PM: Playing CIV.
9:09PM: Was finishing CIV Write-Up on the day. Onto, Online Shopping for some shorts. 
9:52PM: About to Snack. Watch TV. Star Trek.
10:57PM: Time to take a Shower and crawl into Bed. 
11:32PM: Now, that's what I call a shower. 

2021-05-23
4:15AM: After lying awake for an hour, let's get up. For, today is a Play Day. 
4:53AM: Was Playing. Sitting Making Notes. Going to make Hot Chocolate. 
5:46AM: Was Dancing.  Shower Time! The first of a good half-dozen. 
7:00AM: Stopping CIV. Always a Standing Computer. Sitting, now. Going to Listen... to something. 
8:02AM: Shifting to TV. Sitting (always). Star Trek.
10:00AM: CIV, stopping. Food Prep, cheese plate. 
11:36AM: CIV, stopping. Was, Washing Dishes. Now, Sitting. Cooking Lunch. 
11:48AM: Lying in Bed. 
2:16PM: Sitting Talking. Sitting Listening. 
3:35PM: Lunch. Pork. Lying. Napping. 
4:45PM: Arising to Dishes.
7:31PM: Cookies in The Oven. From CIV. To TV. 
9:04PM: Finished CIV on the day. Washed Dishes. Off to TV Land. 

I wonder if I might not be better off with two data sets. The first being time stamped activities, as clustered around a point in time. And the second being clarification as to those activities.

2021-05-24
12:05PM: Writing. Sitting. Dishes. 

WRITING: Standing at Computer. 
DISHES: Standing at Sink.
TV: Sitting on Couch w/ Another (aka My Sweetie) almost always
NOTES: Phone Notes. Typically Sitting (in Easy Chair), less often Standing.
LEGO: Sitting at Table.
CHESS: Board in Bedroom on Dresser. Standing. I tend to use a Flashlight to see the board.

Thus, the intent would be to use a kaleidoscope of keywords as surround a moment in time. 

12:09PM: Notes

But in truth, these Notes derive from Writing (the needs of data collection being the last topic of interest, which I recorded) and will inevitably lead into Dishes in preparation for Eating. 

EAT: Sit. Couch. Implies TV, but not always.

I would imagine (very rapidly) this would reduce to an amazingly short list.

DANCE: Stand. Move. Sway. Mostly arm movements. Listening to Music.
VIDEO: Streaming Visual Content. Though, maybe only listened to. Typically Sitting in Easy Chair. Reclined. Laying Back. Slumber sometimes ensues. 

12:16PM: Notes take time. Dishes.

5:35PM: Listening to Lecture. The Lecture is on Ontology, the creation of which has been the subject of today's earlier entries.

2021-05-25
3:45AM: Lying awake thinking about CIV. Might as well play CIV.
5:22AM: Done with CIV  (includes related Writing of Game Notes). Dishes and Music looks to be next. 

I have a desire to make note of the more obscure. If I can't sleep (i.e. I wake up thinking), I might as well get up. But historically,  I have not. More typically, I simply would have lain there thinking... for hours... two or three hours, sometimes. 

5:36AM: Not Music. Mathematical Philosophy. Dishes. 
6:06AM: Back to Bed. If Mathematical Philosophy doesn't knock you out, nothing will.
9:00AM: Alarm
9:23AM: Leaving Bed for Chair and Hot Chocolate. 
10:14AM: Stopping CIV. Hot Chocolate. Sit. Talk. Lecture. 
10:16AM: TV, too.
2:45PM: On Bench. In Park. Enjoying Breeze. 

BENCH: In The Far Park there is a Bench I like to sit on. 
LAPS: Walking the perimeter of The Far Park. Likely, not today. But those are the only Laps I do.

3:11PM: Moved One Bench Down The Line. 

2021-05-27: The last two days have been CIV non-stop, staying up (and waking up) late into the night. I can get obsessed about this game. But I'm at a nice break point. So, we'll see how that goes. 

2021-05-28

?: Denotes a Guess. 

2:15AM?: Awakened from unpleasant Dream.
3:15AM?: Got Up. CIV.
4:30AM: Ate Banana. Back to CIV.
5:44AM: Break CIV. Hot Chocolate. Music... or something. Write CIV.
6:13AM: Those CIV Write-Ups take a bit of Time. I'm Strategizing. Sitting. Eyes Closed. 
6:55AM: Hot Chocolate, finally. Dancing (implies Music).
8:50AM: Was CIV.  Now, Sitting. And Sitting is The Goal. I'll figure it out when I get there, here, now.
9:14AM: Was Notes. Now Music.

NOTES: Words. Short Form Writing. 

12:43PM: Dishes. Music.

2021-05-31
Let's try recording The Exact Thing Only.
7:00AM: Playing CIV

I note it's Seven Minutes to. I think, "What will I be doing at eight," as I head towards the kitchen, CIV now just off. 

8:00AM:Music. Dishes. 
8:59AM: CIV
10:AM: CIV Write-Up 
11:AM: Laundry. Hand Wash. Slowly. By Degrees. 
12:PM: Playing CIV 

7:45PM: Was Watching Star Trek. Now Sitting. May Bake Cookies. 

2021-06-03
3:45AM: Music. Dishes. Hot Chocolate. 
5:00AM: Writing CIV
6:00AM: Video
6:59AM: CIV 
8:00AM: Reading Supreme Court Slip
8:57AM: CIV

Those on the hour are typically triggered by alarm, while the premature times come from my checking time and figuring, close enough. 
9:50AM: Listening Talk on Empire
9:55AM: Silence. Sit. Eyes Closed. 
10:42AM: Making Hot Chocolate 
10:55AM: Phone Call
12:21PM: CIV to Imgur

IMGUR: Sitting. Phone.

1:PM: Kitchen. Getting Water. 
1:55PM: At The Tone, it will be time to have some Ice Cream and Watch TV.

Bingo!

2:43PM: Bed.
3:00PM: CIV 
4:00PN: CIV Write-Up
4:52PM: Standing. Eating Salad. 
5:00PM: Bed.
6:00PM: CIV 
7:00PM: Teeth. 
8:00PM: Washing Dishes. Baking Ginger Snaps. 
8:53PM: Imgur.
9:00PM: Ginger Snaps. Movie. 
9:35PM: Movie. 
10:00PM: Movie.

202-06-06
4:58AM: Bed
7:41AM: Bed. Awakening.
8:00AM: Bed. 
8:07AM: Dressing. Thawing Food. 
8:55AM: Sitting. Music
9:00AM: Imgur 
10:00AM: Mucking with Electronics.

I don't have much of a Hobby Table. But I do have One.

10:22AM: Standing Chess
11:00AM: Dishes. 

DISHES: Standing. Organize, Rinse, Wash, Rinse & Dry, Put Away. I, likely, spend 30-60 minutes working on dishes and the like nearly every day. Though, Dishes and Cooking overlap greatly. 

12:00PM: TV
1:00PM: Bed 
2:00PM: Imgur 
2:58PM: Dishes to Research to Dishes to Baking.
3:00PM: Kitchen
3:58PM: Bake to Fan Set-Up to Shower. 
4:00PM: Shower
5:00PM: TV
6:00PM: TV to Dishes. The alarm caught me at the transition.
7:PM: Nap
7:59PM: Imgur
8:00PM: Kitchen
8:48PM: Imgur 
8:49PM: Sitting

Imgur is the exception in that I only just reloaded the app after having deleted it for the past year. 

I'm not feeling particularly funny. I've only made the single comment. 

8:59PM: Sitting.
9:00PM: Imgur 

SITTING: Daydreaming. Napping. Thinking. Musing. Enjoying Native Content: The Entertainments of The Mind.

10:00PM: TV
10:31PM: Bed

Sunday
2021-06-13
5:00AM?: Sleeping. Alarm.
6:00AM?: Sleeping. Alarm.
7:00AM?: Imgur 
8:00AM?: CIV
9:00AM?: TV. Eat. 
10:00AM?: CIV 
11:04AM: Bed. Notes. Then Imgur. 

?: Unreliable Back-Dated Entry. A Guess. 

The hourly alarm has more than one meaning. So, I'd forgotten I'd intended to track today. 

12:00PM: ?
1:04PM; Changing for Walk. Music.
4:00PM: Dishes.
5:PM: CIV
6:PM: Star Trek
7:PM: Star Trek
8:PM: CIV 
9:PM: Dishes

2021-06-17
5:59AM: Music. Dancing. Kitchen. 
7:00AM: Transitioning to Sit. Imgur.
8:00AM: Writing. CIV. 
8:52AM: Transitioning to CIV from TV. 
9:48AM: CIV to Imgur 

This is an activity survey. I could include extraneous data or spin off another document to track feelings, calories, exercise, water, and so on. On The Hour has less meaning for Digital Data Collection. Feels was the original aspect in question. 

A simple +,-,= could codify standard inputs, whatever they might be. 

10:00AM: Shower
11:00AM: Imgur
12:00PM: Dressing for Walk. 
5:42PM: Bed

I neglected to set the alarm for the intervening hours. 

6:00PM: Bed
8:00PM: Sit. Almost Napping. 
9:54PM: From Dishes to Imgur. 

2021-06-19
8:00AM: Baking. Short Bread. 
10:00AM?: Imgur
10:13AM: CIV 
11:00AM: Imgur. Calvin & Hobbs 
1:00PM: Bed. Deep Nap.
2:00PM: Bed. 
3:00PM: Sitting. CIV. Research. 
4:00PM: TV
5:00PM: Imgur 
6:00PM: TV 
7:00PM: Bed. Imgur. It only took me Twelve Minutes to record the data point. {Presumably, time between alarm and time record was made.  As always, these {Bracketed Comments} come after the fact, during edit.}
7:47PM: Bed. Wake-Up. 
8:00PM: Sit. Eat. Cherries. 
8:15PM: Current Sunset Alarm. Imgur. 
9:00PM: Clean. Eleven Minutes (ago is when my alarm went off).
11:53PM: Bed. Imgur. Talk. 

2021-06-20
9:00AM: Bed. Alarm. Sleep.
9:20AM: Bed. Alarm. Sleep.
9:51AM: Bed. No Alarm. Awake.
10:00AM: Bed. Alarm. Awake. 

Also, I don't intend to record today's activities. 

Typically, I only have the one alarm at nine, but I've been ignoring it lately. So, when it went off this morning, I set the others. {I now have alarms at 9:00AM, 9:15AM, & 9:30AM, which I am getting better and better at ignoring.} 

2921-06-22
7:45AM: Bed. Eyes open enough to record time. 
8:00AM: Bed. Eyes Closed. Drifting Off. 
9:00AM: Restroom
11:00AM: Bed. Awakened by Alarm

Don't ask me what happened to ten. Probably, sleeping. 

12:00AM: Sitting. 
1:00PM: Dishes 
2:00PM: Mail

At the same time (or mixed around): Writing. Tumblr. Music. Cleaning. The mix is working for me. But I do have a tendency to fall into one or the other. Writing is dominant, right now. 

The goal is to increase Happiness & Recreation, Attend to Living Quarters, while continuing to prioritize The Written Word as a Deliverable.

3:00PM: Salad to Tumblr to Writing. 
3:48PM: Imgur to Walk, which includes getting ready and showering upon return. 
4:15PM+/-: Out The Door. 
4:35PM: Sitting on The Other Bench. It was a fairly brisk walk here. 
6:08PM: After Three Laps, Sitting on The Other Bench, again. Most of this time has been spent Sitting. Talking.
7:00PM: Shower to Supper. Mexican Style Shredded Pork. 
8:00PM: Sit. Talk. 
9:00PM: TV
10:00PM: TV

2021-06-24
5:00AM: Alarm. 
5:08AM: Imgur
5:55AM: Making Hot Chocolate
6:00AM: Chair. Imgur. Thinking. 
7:00AM?: Imgur
7:38AM: TV to Imgur 
8:00AM?: Imgur
9:00AM: TV
9:57AM: Shower
20:25AM: TV to Imgur 
10:57AM: Talk
12:00PM: Eat. TV. 
1:02PM: Imgur to Write to Clean to Whatever. Mixing It Up. 
1:43PM: Brushing Teeth from Clean to Imgur
2:05PM: Imgur to Pull Out Computer. 
2:39PM: Edit to Imgur. 

Imgur is my current rest stop. I should meditate sometime today. 

3:11PM: Imgur to TV Eating.
5:00PM: Talk
5:21PM: Talk to Shower to Bed. 
5:46PM: Bed. Alarm. Awaken.
5:59PM: Imgur to Baking. 
7:00OM: Imgur. Let's do something else now. Man, I spend a lot of time with the app.
7:50PM: Food. 
8:00PM: Imgur. Eat and TV in a bit. 
9:00PM: TV. Cookies. 
10:00PM: Tumblr 
10:17PM: Milk 
10:40PM: Bed. Imgur.

2021-07-01
5:00AM: Sleep. Alarm.
6:00AM: Sleep. Alarm.
7:00AM: Sleep. Alarm.
8:00AM: Sleep. Alarm. 
8:03AM: Awake. 
8:38AM: Bed to Music and Hot Chocolate. 
9:04AM: Finally Heard. Music. Making Hot Chocolate. 
9:15AM: Sit. Think. Music. Imgur. 
9:30AM: Sit. Imgur to Think.

I have alarms on the hour and at 9:15AM, 9:30AM, 10:55AM, and 8:30PM.

What happened to 10AM?

10:23AM: Imgur. Sitting to Shower. 
10:51AM: Talk. 
12:11PM: Talk Over. 
1:00PM: Ready for Walk.
3:13PM: Walk Over! Mostly Sitting.
3:34PM: Sitting. Shower Complete. 
4:00PM: Washing Hands. Dinner. 
5:00PM: Talk. Dishes.
6:00PM: Sit. Think. Previously, Talk and Imgur. 
7:00PM: Kitchen. 
7:34PM: Shower to Sit and Imgur or Tumblr.
8:00PM: Sitting. Listening to Reading. 
8:30PM: Sitting to Sunset. 

2021-07-04
8:17AM: Up for an hour. Kitchen. Hot Chocolate. Music. Dancing. Now, Sitting. 
9:00AM: Sitting. Thinking. 
9:15AM: Kitchen. Hot Chocolate. 
9:30AM: Shaving.
10:00AM: Sitting. Video.
10:46AM: Shower. 
11:08: TV. Eat. Beef, Beans, & Rice. 
11:54AM: TV to Sit. Try Imgur. 
12:00PM: Imgur. Back to TV, soon enough. 
12:24PM: To TV. 
1;00PM: TV.
1:07PM: To Dishes. 
2:00PM: TV
3:00PM: Imgur. 
4:00PM: Shower. Bed. 
6:00PM: Bed to Chair. 
7:00PM: Dishes. 
8:00OM: Ready for Walk. 

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