Ideas for other aspects of my life to turn into a Spreadsheet!

thecremeegg · 12 Sep 2010 at 17:44

Wow, just wow

xJcBx · 12 Sep 2010 at 17:49

If you could upload a draft of the document that smogsy also requested, I would like to use it because I'm jsut terrible with money. I would much appreciate it.

SexyGreyFox · 12 Sep 2010 at 17:49

I made a spreadsheet which worked out the optimum time for me to leave the house in a morning so I wouldn't be in as much traffic and I didn't have to wait too long before I started work.
I took the data over a 3 month period.

Chojin · 12 Sep 2010 at 17:58

Keep a log of how long the light bulbs last in your house.

Cosimo · 12 Sep 2010 at 18:03

Chojin said:
Keep a log of how long the light bulbs last in your house.

Do it to energy saving ones.

Fuzz · 12 Sep 2010 at 18:50

What goes in... must come out

Track that!

DannyDan · 12 Sep 2010 at 18:52

flibbage0 said:
its just that the stereotype for M3 drivers are people who love doing powerpoint slides and spreadsheets, marketing people basically.

Sounds more like the kind of person that would be found driving a 320d to me

smogsy · 12 Sep 2010 at 22:30

sugar intake a day?

xJcBx · 12 Sep 2010 at 22:58

Do you hit all of your RDA's? Spreadsheet it.

sigma · 12 Sep 2010 at 23:09

Girth of poo excreted?

Mason- · 12 Sep 2010 at 23:19

sigma said:
Girth of poo excreted?

i LOLED hard.

Sounds like fun, until you actually come to measuring it........

Sloppy hands

OriginalJonty · 12 Sep 2010 at 23:20

How long you sleep per night?
How long you watch TV?

sigma · 12 Sep 2010 at 23:43

Mason- said:
i LOLED hard.

Sounds like fun, until you actually come to measuring it........

Sloppy hands

Nein!

No need to get messy, yet be highly accurate.

Jimbo Mahoney · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:01

Monserrat said:
Another suggestion I could throw in is weekly electricity/gas meter readings.

Thanks - that's on my finance spreadsheet already. I know the utility companies like to overcharge and build up a nice pot with your money so I set my direct debit amount myself.

dmpoole said:
I made a spreadsheet which worked out the optimum time for me to leave the house in a morning so I wouldn't be in as much traffic and I didn't have to wait too long before I started work.
I took the data over a 3 month period.

Yup, done that too to minimise the time spent commuting and amount spent on petrol.

smogsy said:
sugar intake a day?

Yup, already monitor my macro intake, supplements and calories.

xJcBx said:
Do you hit all of your RDA's? Spreadsheet it.

As above. If you look into it, RDAs are pretty pathetic really. There's a vast difference between RDA and optimal for health. (Not criticising you here, thanks for the suggestion).

OriginalJonty said:
How long you sleep per night?
How long you watch TV?

Thanks. I sleep the same amount each night due to getting up at the same time every day and generally going to bed about the same time (social gatherings / travelling excepted of course).

No TV - waste of time and money.

To the people requesting the document, I've cut it down a bit and changed my values for fictitious values:

Download here

Hope it helps some people budget. Please note once again that the figures are fictitious and in no way my recommendations. They are just vague round figures.

Izi · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:15

Jimbo Mahoney said:
Thanks - that's on my finance spreadsheet already. I know the utility companies like to overcharge and build up a nice pot with your money so I set my direct debit amount myself.

Yup, done that too to minimise the time spent commuting and amount spent on petrol.

Yup, already monitor my macro intake, supplements and calories.

As above. If you look into it, RDAs are pretty pathetic really. There's a vast difference between RDA and optimal for health. (Not criticising you here, thanks for the suggestion).

Thanks. I sleep the same amount each night due to getting up at the same time every day and generally going to bed about the same time (social gatherings / travelling excepted of course).

No TV - waste of time and money.

no tv - too busy filling in spreadsheets?

Dr.EM · 13 Sep 2010 at 20:31

I built a spreadsheet to create a diet for uni

. Goals; to ensure high protein intake, all vitamins and minerals in required amounts and general 'balance'. I have done 6 days and just have to do the 7th (weekly rotation) at which point I can assemble a crazy long shopping list and get anything which won't expire in a bulk shop.

Reading it back it sounds moderately insane and it probably isn't something I'd mention to course mates, but my logic is infallible! Reduced shopping trips (hard without car), hopefully less sick time and eventual improved physique when combined with excersise.