Week-in-Review

Posted: February 8, 2026

Recurring commitments

Physical and mental health

Item	Completed?
(Monday) fix insurance kerfuffle; (Wednesday) do the thing.	✅
Exercise x3/week; 30+ minutes.	✅

Monetary health

Item	Completed?
Create a rough, personal budget.	✅

Relationships

Item	Completed?
Contact 2+ friends/day; plan 1+ excursion/month.	❌
Contact 2+ family members/day.	❌
Visit 1+ new place in town/week.	✅

Visit 1+ new place in town/week.

• Got dinner at the wonderful Crown and Anchor pub [1].

Cultural participation

Item	Completed?
Visit 1+ new location in Austin.	✅

Research

Item	Completed?
x6 deep work sessions	❌
x1 instructive math/AI post/week	✅

Previous action items

• 1. Complete all recurring commitments.
• 2. Draft an anonymized budget and accompanying notes; post to website.
• 3. Update the YIR.
• 4. Post a brief PIML-QPE project update to website.
• 5. (Monday) fix insurance kerfuffle; (Wednesday) do the thing.

Budget

Item	x/Month	Amount	Amount/Month
Groceries	4	-$100.00	-$400.00
Rent + Utilities	1	-$1,200.00	-$1,200.00
Car Insurance	1	-$250.00	-$250.00
Health Insurance	1	$0.00	$0.00
Est. Co-Pay	1	-$50.00	-$50.00
Phone	1	-$50.00	-$50.00
Gas	2	-$50.00	-$100.00
Slack	1	-$12.00	-$12.00
Google One	1	-$2.00	-$2.00
Overleaf	1	-$9.00	-$9.00
Amazon Prime	1	-$16.50	-$16.50
Claude	1	-$10.00	-$10.00
Salary	1	$2,900.00	$2,900.00
Total			$800.50

• My rough, monthly budget as a solitary man living in Austin.

A brief update on the PIML-QPE project

• Please enjoy some slides, figures, and updates related to this project. Ambitious researchers are absolutely welcome to scoop me.
  • https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11S9y7UKZmdEeudNOkiEZE5PcT8QlLW42QzDdTlRujV4/edit?usp=sharing

Work completed

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Date	DOTW	Meetings	Work Completed
02-01-26	Sunday	None	[RSR] PIML-QPE
02-02-26	Monday	None	[RSR] PIML-QPE
02-03-26	Tuesday	None	[RSR] PIML-QPE
02-04-26	Wednesday	None	[RSR] PIML-QPE
02-05-26	Thursday	All day	[LOG] PSW @UTA
02-06-26	Friday	4H+	[LOG] PSW @UTA [RSR] PIML-QPE
02-07-26	Saturday	1H	[RSR] PIML-QPE [LOG] Chores [LOG] Volunteering

Reflections

Whoops! It looks like we overcommitted just a touch last week. Let’s start off by taking a look at the action items that did not get completed.

• (1) Complete all recurring commitments.
  • Contact 2+ friends/day. For the most part, we did a good job staying connected and engaged with the boys. On some days, however, work simply ate up the full day and this commitment slipped my mind. Adjusting by properly enabling notifications on Mac/iPhone.
  • Contact 2+ family members/day. Nearly an identical point of failure here; making similar adjustments.
  • x6 deep work sessions. Once again, by failing to enable notifications/designate time to achieve this goal, a couple days slipped by the wayside. One practice that we might want to get in the habit of is creating an end-of-day plan for the next 24 hours. By anticipating which tasks will be hard to accomplish ahead of time, we can reduce the friction of making adjustments to unforeseen circumstances on the fly.

Going forward, we’ll need to start working on our weekly math/AI blog post on Saturday, rather than Sunday night 😄. Additionally, we must, must, must ensure all our notification systems (both mobile and desktop) are turned on and functioning properly. If we let memory and willpower become the stopgap for success–rather than using systems robust to fatigue, poor judgment, and forgetfulness–we are bound to make the same mistakes again and again.

Action items

• 1. Complete all recurring commitments.
• 2. Verify all notifications (mobile + desktop) are functioning properly; include a short comment on my digital environment in the next WIR.
• 3. (Wed) Take care of {pesky, lingering logistical issue} ahead of Thursday meeting.
• 4. Purchase a new book; post proof to WIR.

Until next week 👋

References

[1] https://crownandanchorpub.com/