- Meet with colleagues to discuss ongoing projects and hand off responsibilities
- Write down knowledge transfer documents
- Download pay stubs and tax documents
- Ensure accounts that should still be accessible use a personal email address (e.g., insurance, stocks)
- Return company equipment (laptop, phone, etc.)
Every daily at the end of the (work) day.
15 minutes.
- Review what was planned for the day
- Did you finish each planned task?
- Were any deliverables missed or delayed?
- How many times I was interrupted?
- How much time I spent on unexpected work?
- Was I got blocked and for how long?
- Rate the quality of work delivered.
- Provide feedback related to the plan
- Learning & Insights
- Did you discover a new tool, technique, or process?
- What could be improved next time?
- Review weekly plan and align
- Plan next day
Every week, either at the beginning or end of the week.
15 minutes.
- Review what was planned for the week
- Provide feedback related to the plan
- Write down what was worked on that wasn't part of the plan
- Review monthly plan and align
- Plan next week
Tools I use on a regular basis at work (sorted alphabetically).
- Chrome
- Cursor
- Docker
- Git
- GitHub
- Google cloud CLI
- Google suite (Gmail, Docs, Meet, Sheets, Slides)
- Intellij IDEA
- LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude)
- iTerm2
- Jetbrains Toolbox
- OpenLens
- Podman
- Postman
- PyCharm
- Rectangle
- Slack
- Stats
Daily
- 15m to document
- 1h lunch
Weekly
- 30m 1:1 with coworkers I work with on a daily basis
- 30m 1:1 with my manager
- 2 1h for continuous learning