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Journal – 291223

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Today was cleaning the house and planning day. In the day we cleaned the house, and in the evening we planned out Meals (Breakfast, Lunch Dinner), Daily Todo, Travel (how to save money to travel more) outside next to a fire. We did a lot and were proud of everyone to get this all completed in one day. The kids had great ideas and solutions.

It was unusually warm today. I was wearing a T-shirt next to the fire and felt fine. I picked up my new snow boots this morning. They are The North Face Chilkat v400 boots. They feel light and comfortable. Nice boot for the price. I am planning to use them on my winter hikes and bike rides in the cascades.

 ⛅ 61°F – 45°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Journal – 281223

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Last day of work for this year. I get a 4-day weekend and am going to use it to clean the house, plan the family goals, and simplify our daily tasks. We will travel more this year. We used to do weekend travel around Washington and Oregon but stopped during the Pandemic. I am going to start doing it again. Keeping the budget tight will allow us to travel multiple times a month. It will be exciting to get out more and see the town off the beaten track. With the minivan it will be much easier to do this, and the kids are excited.

I am putting a plan into place to lower the travel costs so we can do more travel at a lower cost.

 🌧️ 55°F – 45°F 🙂 | Seattle

Journal – 271223

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Today is the last day to come into the office this year. It was a rough start. That car wouldn’t start, and I had to jump the car this morning. I only spent 6 hours at work and headed home. Since I was the only manager here, I had quite a few questions from all the agents. I worked on formatting the SOP Wiki page, so it is visually pleasing. The Wiki is an outdated version of Doku Wiki and is quite simple.

I left early to get home so I can do a brain dump for all the work items that need to be done next month. There was too many distractions at work.

Spending a lot of time planning my weekly, monthly, and yearly goals. I’m really trying to do everything I can do this coming year. I have health, travel, and education goals this year. I feel that I have more time now and it is time to use it for personal development and do fun things I always wanted to do every day.

 ☁️ 51°F – 40°F 🥱 | Seattle 

Journal – 261223

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Hectic day. I started work at home, then drove to work later in the morning, then drove home early, and completed the day in my home office. I am the only manager on duty and every team had questions about procedures. Something they should already know.
After work I washed clothes and cleaned out the house, putting gift bags away and clearing out the remaining boxes. The dishes are all caught up and the kitchen is back to normal. I’m tired but have a sense of accomplishment.

 🌤️ 49°F – 41°F 🥱 | Seattle

Journal – 251223

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 I slept in till 7 am this morning. Tired from yesterday’s cooking and baking. Santa brought presents for the kids. The kids loved all their presents. Spent a part of the day breaking down boxes and clearing out the Livingroom of gift wrapping. The kids spent most of the day playing with their toys while I made the Christmas Ham and sides.

We Skyped with my family in the evening. It was good to see them. I am planning to fly us early next year to see them.

 🌧️ 42°F – 40°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Journal – 241223

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 Me and my son were up before sunrise. I drove to get donuts for breakfast. The sunrise was absolutely beautiful. Deep blues with reddish painted clouds across the sky. In the afternoon we made pierogies and Bacalao for dinner. There was a lot of work, but it was delicious. We let the kids open some of the presents before bed. After putting all the dishes away, I headed to bed.

 ⛅ 45°F – 28°F 🙂 | Seattle

Journal – 231223

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I had a relaxing day at home. I played games with the kids and brought the whole family to the mall so my wife could see the snowfall they have at 6 pm. We got there early and walked around the mall. I went outside and played in the fake snow. The snow is made from bubbles which makes a surprisingly good snow effect. After 5 minutes they start clumping and you get exceptionally large globs of bubbles. No one cared, it was fun running around. Afterwards we headed inside to Duke’s Seafood for dinner. The food is good for the cost.  Once we left, we walked around the mall eating ice cream and catching Pokémon’s. We left late to allow the traffic to dissipate.

It was nice to get out of the house all together. Me and my wife’s work schedule don’t align, and it is special when it does.

 🌤️ 43°F – 33°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Journal – 221223

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I had the house to myself this morning. No work but the kids had to go to school. So, I just vegged out and did nothing. After lunch I took a nap on the couch. It rained much of the day, so I just wrote down my plans for next year for work. I have a lot of ideas and just need to implement them. I have already got started on some and need to improve on how I am doing them.  Next week I will be working for 3 days and hopefully get the Wiki Completed and the new Personal Agent training format done. These are the two big areas that need to be built. Without it the rest will not work.

I want my team to succeed this year, the issue is not only training for a specific subject but how they are handling the issues. Time management, process, procedures, and use of tools.

 🌧️ 46°F – 35°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Journal – 211223

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Today starts my four-day weekend. It was a long day at work and around the house. I ended the day outside next to the fire reading and brainstorming ideas to allow my team to improve next year. I talked to the director yesterday and figured out a way to work with the agents and give them a two hour break each week to work on their process of resolving issues. People get complacent on how they do things and do not try to improve their process or sharpen their tools. Starting next year, I am going to improve my team and have the training and methods being used for the rest of the teams across the Americas.

I have started the Wiki for my team this morning. Other agents that are not on my team reach out to me with process questions and wanting to expand their knowledge. I have opened all the training materials I developed for my team so other agents can learn. Next week I am going to clean up the format and make it more accessible to everyone.

 ⛅ 48°F – 44°F 😐| Seattle 
 

Journal – 201223

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Last day in the office for the week. Meetings went well and I got everything done. Christmas is coming up. All the presents are under the tree except for Santa’s. The kids are excited and so am I. Next week the kids have time off from school. I might have to go in the office for a day but hopefully not. I will be the only manager in the building for next week. It should be slow and not much to do.  It will be interesting.

 ☀️ 51°F – 43°F 🙂 | Seattle