November 13, 2014 at 8:24 pm
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Bucket List Data
November 14, 2014 at 2:11 am
I log my life on a spreadsheet, weird as it sounds with a row/day from birth. I'm currently on row 15-thousand-and-something. I have columns for things like:
- where I slept that night
- what I did during the day
- evening activities
- any medication taken
- health comments (currently plantar fasciitis)
- how well I slept
- stress level (1-5)
- happiness level (1-5)
My original aim was to be able to piece together a chronology of my entire life in one place, but it's also become useful in looking at how my general happiness and stress levels are affected by activities etc. Only takes a few minutes a day. I haven't yet pulled it through into SSRS for graphing, but that time will come.
November 14, 2014 at 3:27 am
I completely avoid measuring aspects of my life. There is something in my nature that means that when I do I lose all focus on the event and concentrate on the numbers. This happens when reading on holiday, for example, when I set myself a target of the number of pages to read per day I then strive to achieve and beat the target as opposed to get the most out of the book (be it for pleasure or for learning).
I saw a concert recently where so many people where not watching and enjoying the performers but were watching through their mobiles like they were cameramen and women. I don't think that one engages in the same way when doing this.
When I live through numbers I am an abstraction away from enjoying life, much like the concert mobile phone recorders. So, no, I do not keep track. Works for some but not for me.
Gaz
-- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!
November 14, 2014 at 5:16 am
Current important numbers:
Number of children 2
number of grandkids 0
Since the number of spouses I have had is greater than 1 (I divorced and remarried) its a number that is on my I didn't want to happen bucket.
The only number I have on my bucket list is many, for the number of years I stay married, the number of granddkids I have, the number of photographs I get to take (having already taken tens of thousands - https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertsterbal/ ) , the number of sheets of paper I fold, and the number of problems I help solve.
November 14, 2014 at 5:41 am
I don't track any data about my bucket list and keep track of the list in my head with what I have left. The cool ones:
Marriages: 1 at 18 years and counting
Children: 1 amazing daughter
US States Visited: 46 (only 4 left)
November 14, 2014 at 5:57 am
I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this for random things in my life. Guessing this partially explains my recent shift to a career in database management / SQL Server. Some of my least embarrassing stats would be:
Bands I've Seen: 67
Plays I've Attended: 21
Video Games Completed: 228
Articles Written: 30
Married: 34.057% of my life and counting!
List of Prizes I've Won (Radio, Website, etc): 108 (approximate value $4985)
November 14, 2014 at 6:20 am
I guess homemade financial tracking is common in our business. Been doing it for years, now the wife does the work.
As a radio operator and SWL listener I do log contacts and stations, but consider that part of the hobby that must be done.
As a shooter, I've thought about using databases, OpenCV and images from smartphones to automatically score paper targets and track improvements for my spouse and her colleagues.
November 14, 2014 at 6:30 am
In addition to detailed financial tracking going back to 1997, I also track steps walked, my weight, every meal eaten, and while I was quitting smoking, I tracked my daily cigarette count and cost. Since I quit in 2012, I have tracked expenditure on vaping supplies vs. projected cigarette cost at my average smoking level, so I know how much money I have saved.
November 14, 2014 at 6:48 am
Gary Varga (11/14/2014)
......I saw a concert recently where so many people where not watching and enjoying the performers but were watching through their mobiles like they were cameramen and women. I don't think that one engages in the same way when doing this.
When I live through numbers I am an abstraction away from enjoying life, much like the concert mobile phone recorders. So, no, I do not keep track. Works for some but not for me.
Totally agree.
Seen too many people concentrating on myopically filming themselves rather than enjoying the activity. Especially with extreme sports, its always " cool look at what I have done!!!!! " closely followed by " didn't film/see/hear that 🙁 "
If I wanted to count everything then I would be an accountant. Plus I have waved at too many opportunities as they have sailed past concentrating on the List.
November 14, 2014 at 6:48 am
Since April 1981 for thirty years, there has been one item on my bucket list, to see a Space Shuttle launch in person.
On July 8, 2011, I was six miles away from the launch pad to see Space Shuttle Atlantis launch for the final time. I drove to Florida for a second time in July to see Atlantis land on July 21; at the invitation of NASA as part of a NASA Tweetup event, I was at the Shuttle Landing Facility 200 yards away from the runway. This was a program that I wrote to transfer Space Shuttle mission schedules to my calendar in Microsoft Outlook: https://nasaststvschedule.codeplex.com/
Atlantis was the second final spaceflight that I saw. The first was the US half of the Apollo/Soyuz Test Project, the final Apollo launch on July 14, 1975.
One statistic that I keep track of: I've eaten at 30 Hooters Restaurants in 14 states.
November 14, 2014 at 7:23 am
I've always tracked my car's gas mileage, starting with a notebook in the glovebox back in the '70s. The mpg log became my test data for learning new software packages and programming environments, starting with Lotus 123 back in the 80's continuing with php, Reporting Services, VB.net etc. Sort of my "Hello World" on each new thing I try to learn.
November 14, 2014 at 8:08 am
This year I tracked Halloween, with the number of kids, and “random sampling” of the times that they showed up.
Beer's Law: Absolutum obsoletum
"if it works it's out-of-date"
November 14, 2014 at 8:27 am
roworthm (11/14/2014)
I log my life on a spreadsheet, weird as it sounds with a row/day from birth. I'm currently on row 15-thousand-and-something. I have columns for things like:- where I slept that night
- what I did during the day
- evening activities
- any medication taken
- health comments (currently plantar fasciitis)
- how well I slept
- stress level (1-5)
- happiness level (1-5)
My original aim was to be able to piece together a chronology of my entire life in one place, but it's also become useful in looking at how my general happiness and stress levels are affected by activities etc. Only takes a few minutes a day. I haven't yet pulled it through into SSRS for graphing, but that time will come.
That's interesting. I've got that for exercise, but not for some other items. If I had an easy way to record it, maybe I would. I've found that daily entry, even for something as simple as exercise/time/distance, can be tough over time.
November 14, 2014 at 8:31 am
Ed Wagner (11/14/2014)
US States Visited: 46 (only 4 left)
That's cool. Which ones left?
Alaska and Idaho are still on my list, with others, but those are the ones I'd like to see.
November 14, 2014 at 8:33 am
Dave23 (11/14/2014)
In addition to detailed financial tracking going back to 1997, I also track steps walked, my weight, every meal eaten, and while I was quitting smoking, I tracked my daily cigarette count and cost. Since I quit in 2012, I have tracked expenditure on vaping supplies vs. projected cigarette cost at my average smoking level, so I know how much money I have saved.
Good for you, and congrats.
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