Sun Aug 19 17:05:45 UTC 2018

• Sleep questions DONE
• Weight DONE
• Tickler DONE
• Physical Inbox DONE
• YNAB DONE
• Email Inbox DONE
• Calendar SKIPPED
• Trello SKIPPED
• JIRA SKIPPED
• Calorie Plan DONE
• Fill timeblock DONE
• Slack SKIPPED
• Digitize hand-written notes N/A
• Review last year DONE
• Review last month DONE
• Review last week BACKLOGGED
• Review yesterday DONE
• Review the Day SKIPPED

Sun Aug 19 17:05:55 UTC 2018

Morning sleep questions:

• Do you remember your dream?
  • Yes.
• What time did you get into bed last night?
  • 2200
• What time did you turn everything off and try to fall asleep?
  • 2230
• How long did it take you to fall asleep?
  • 5 minutes
• Did you wake up during the night? How often? How long were you awake total?
  • 0630: 5 minutes
  • 0730: 5 minutes
• What time was your final awakening this morning?
  • 0800
• What time did you get out of bed?
  • 0900
• Did anything unusual happen yesterday that might have affected your sleep? (illness, disturbances, emotional stress, etc.)
  • Headache and eye pain. Decided to sleep in.
• What is the total amount of time you slept last night in hours and minutes? (best estimate)
  • 9 hours 15 minutes
• Did you take any medication that might have affected your sleep? What? When?
  • No

Evening sleep questions:

• Did you nap today? How many times? When? How long?
  • 1730: 30 minutes
• Did you consume any medicine that you do not take on a daily basis? What? How much? When?
  • No
• Did you have any caffeinated or alcoholic beverages today? What? How much? When?
  • @1200 30 mg caffeine (decaf soy latte)
• Please rate your average sleepiness today on a scale of 1 - 10. (1 = wide awake, 10 = very sleepy)
  • 4
• What time did you start blocking blue light?
  • 2000

Dream:

I dreamt a sequel to the last Avengers movie. There were time-travel shenanigans, Deadpool, Thor, Spiderman, and lots of nonsense I can't quite remember anymore.

Sun Aug 19 17:07:05 UTC 2018

Weight:

• @0900: 210.2 lbs

Sun Aug 19 17:13:58 UTC 2018

Protein @0930:

• Soy protein: 110
• Banana: 100 (210)

Breakfast @1030:

• Banana pancakes: 500 (710)

Coffee @1200:

• Decaf soy latte: 150 (860)

Protein @1330:

• Pea protein: 110 (970)
• Banana: 100 (1070)

Movie snacks @1430:

• Popcorn: 150 (1220)

Snack @1700:

• Quesadilla: 400 (1620)

Dinner @1800:

• Beans and rice: 600 (2220)

Protein @2130:

• Soy protein: 110 (2330)

Sun Aug 19 17:15:23 UTC 2018

Time (PDT)	Intention	Revision 1	Revision 2
0000	SLEEP
0030	SLEEP
0100	SLEEP
0130	SLEEP
0200	SLEEP
0230	SLEEP
0300	SLEEP
0330	SLEEP
0400	SLEEP
0430	SLEEP
0500	SLEEP
0530	SLEEP
0600	SLEEP
0630	SLEEP
0700	SLEEP
0730	SLEEP
0800	Laying in bed
0830	Laying in bed
0900	Morning routine
0930	TV: YouTube
1000	Pomodoro: Planning
1030	Time with wife	Breakfast
1100	Time with wife	Bus to coffee
1130	Time with wife	Moore Coffee
1200	Time with wife	Moore Coffee
1230	Time with wife	Hang out at office
1300	Time with wife	Hang out at office
1330	Time with wife	Hang out at office
1400	NAP	Movie: Christopher Robin
1430	Time with wife	Movie: Christopher Robin
1500	Time with wife	Movie: Christopher Robin
1530	Time with wife	Movie: Christopher Robin
1600	Time with wife	Bus home
1630	Time with wife	Snack
1700	Time with wife	Hanging
1730	Time with wife	NAP
1800	Time with wife	Cooking
1830	Time with wife	Reading: Pragmatic Programmer
1900	Pomodoro: Weekly Review	Reading: Pragmatic Programmer
1930	Pomodoro: Weekly Review	Reading: Pragmatic Programmer
2000	Time with Wife	Pomodoro: Weekly Review
2030	Time with Wife	Pomodoro: Weekly Review
2100	Pomodoro: End of day review
2130	Winding down
2200	SLEEP
2230	SLEEP
2300	SLEEP
2330	SLEEP

Sun Aug 19 17:17:01 UTC 2018

A year ago, I started working on my "Japaense study helper" idea. It didn't get very far. This is relevant, as I'm going to start working on this project again.

Timer remake... eh. Now that I don't want to spend personal project time using panel, I feel the need to start over... again.

Hmmm.... But I need to practice finishing, and I will use the updated timer if I get it to a working state.

If I continue to not do things, I will abandon the project come October, but until then I will try to devote some time to the timer remake and finish it using the stuff I'm already using (aka panel).

Mon Aug 20 03:09:42 UTC 2018

Been a while! Let's do a weekly review.

• Last weekly review READ
• Loose Papers
  • Receipts YNAB'D
  • Vision doctor business card APPOINTMENT REQUESTED ONLINE
  • Last Epoch (Diablo clone) SPARK FILE
  • Business card from woman who explained game to me at QUAKECON: EMAIL SENT
• Process Your Notes N/A
• Previous Calendar Dates DONE
• Upcoming Calendar DONE
• Review spending on YNAB DONE
• Review Various Online Lists
  • Amazon wishlist DONE
  • Library DONE
  • Spark File UPDATED
• Someday/Maybe SKIPPED
  • Email SKIPPED
• Review "Pending" and Support Files SKIPPED
• Read the week's diary posts SKIPPED
• Review "Projects" (and Larger Outcome) Lists SKIPPED
• Review "Next Actions" Lists SKIPPED
  • Email SKIPPED
• Review "Waiting" Lists SKIPPED
  • Email SKIPPED
• Empty Your Head SKIPPED
• Be creative and courageous SKIPPED

Mon Aug 20 03:32:35 UTC 2018

The numbers are in for how much Quakecon cost me and it was... $3,186.86.

Ouch? Not bad? This is my first time actually tracking this spending so I don't know. Let's break it down:

CATEGORIES: SPENDING

• Air fare: $898.80
• Hotel: $760.50
• Rentals: $515.00
• BYOC: $177.32
• Food: $142.96
• Swag: $138.00
• Lyft: $136.12
• Games: $65.81
• Coffee: $52.35

Rentals I overspent by $150 by renting a big screen and... not being able to use it. Hotel could've been cheaper, but then I would've had to return Sunday night. Air fare... could've been bought earlier or with proper paying attention or with attempting to use points. BYOC costs are not negiotiable by me. Swag was worth the cost (even if a bit pricey for a mug and two hoodies). Lyft includes:

• Home to airport: $34.06
• Airport to hotel: $18.96
• Hotel to walmart: $16.65
• Walmart to hotel: $11.08
• Hotel to airport: $19.03
• Airport to home: $36.34

Technically, the lyfts for food are food expenses? Maybe I should mark it as such?

In any case, improvements will be made next year on rental costs. Swag will also probably be less costly (though no promises). Game purchases are part of the fun of Quakecon and if anything I should expect to spend around $100 (aka allow more spending if the situation calls for it).

Coffee and food could probably be improved on. Hotel could be improved by $165 by leaving Sunday night. However... flights on Sunday cost more so it's a balance there. And leaving on Monday was nicely stress-free. It's worth considering whether or not it was worth it.

With better luggage, it'd be more reasonable to take public transit between my home and SeaTac airport, saving about $65.

Buying flights at a smarter time could easily be half as expensive (looking at cost of same flights now). Just waited too long.

Even with improvements, though, costs will probably be around $2500 minimum. This is useful information.

I think I'll make budgeting $300 for Quakecon each month throughout the year a part of my YNABing.

Mon Aug 20 04:02:46 UTC 2018

Noticed that the library hasn't kept tabs on the books I've checked out. So I've updated the various lists they do track for me with the stuff I've checked out (most of them went into a "Completed" list, but some aren't finished, so they're in "For later" or "In progress").

That took up a lot of time, so had to skip a bunch of the weekly review. That's okay. Better than nothing at all, and anything missed that's truly important will find its way back to me eventually. Though, I still want to be better at this going forward.

Part of being better is doing it, and part of doing it is making sure I want to do it, and part of that is it not being too cumbersome or time-consuming to do.

Mon Aug 20 04:05:35 UTC 2018

End-of-day review time!

• Sleep questions DONE
• Weight SKIPPED
• Tickler DONE
• Physical Inbox DONE
• YNAB DONE
• Email Inbox DONE
• Calendar DONE
• Trello DONE
• JIRA DONE
• Calorie Plan DONE
• Fill timeblock DONE
• Slack DONE
• Digitize hand-written notes N/A
• Review last year DONE THIS MORNING
• Review last month DONE THIS MORNING
• Review last week DONE THIS MORNING
• Review yesterday DONE THIS MORNING
• Review the Day
  • What have you been doing at work? N/A
  • How's climbing going? N/A
  • How're personal projects going? WEEKLY REVIEWS ARE BACK, BABY!
  • Are there any insights you had today that are worth writing down? NO
  • What have you been reading? DONE
  • What have you been listening to? N/A
  • What have you been watching? DONE

Mon Aug 20 04:20:20 UTC 2018

Reading today:

• The Pragmatic Programmer (pages 1-70)
• FIBONACCI COMPILES END-TO-END — HASKELL TO WEBASSEMBLY VIA GHC

I'm quite enjoying the Pragmatic Programmer, Stephan. It has a list of goals that inspired the second bit of reading there. Those goals are (from page 14 within section "Your Knowledge Portfolio"):

• Learn at least one new language every year
• Read a technical book each quarter
• Read nontechnical books, too
• Take classes
• Participate in local user groups
• Experiment with different environments
• Stay current
• Get wired

Good goals to give a go. I was curious about Haskell and WebAssembly, but I'm willing to just dig deeper into TypeScript and React.js for "this year". Though what constitutes "this year", I'm not sure.

C++ and WebAssembly are also worth considering, I think.

Mon Aug 20 04:27:07 UTC 2018

Watched today: various things. A bunch of videos by an anime YouTuber called Mother's Basement. Nothing really worth singling out, though.

Mon Aug 20 04:29:59 UTC 2018

I'm more confident in my decision to abandon using panel for personal projects. I'll get the experience I need in it at work, where I can poke knowledgeable people more easily. I still don't want to abandon my timer remake, however.... So I shall still have the October deadline and do some thinking once I have IGDA admin stuff dealt with.