Daily Entry: August 29th, 2018

Wed Aug 29 15:22:39 UTC 2018
  • Sleep questions DONE
  • Weight DONE
  • Tickler
    • Physical DONE
    • Wunderlist DONE
  • Inbox
    • Physical N/A
    • Hand-written notes N/A
    • Wunderlist DONE
    • Email DONE
  • YNAB DONE
  • Calendar DONE
  • Actions
    • Trello SKIPPED
    • JIRA SKIPPED
    • Wunderlist SKIPPED
  • Calorie Plan DONE
  • Fill timeblock DONE
  • Slack SKIPPED
  • Review last year NOT UNTIL THE 30TH
  • Review last month SKIPPED
  • Review last week SKIPPED
  • Review yesterday SKIPPED
Wed Aug 29 15:22:54 UTC 2018

Morning sleep questions:

  • Do you remember your dream?
    • Yes.
  • What time did you get into bed last night?
    • 2300
  • What time did you turn everything off and try to fall asleep?
    • 2330
  • How long did it take you to fall asleep?
    • 20 minutes
  • Did you wake up during the night? How often? How long were you awake total?
    • 0500: 5 minutes
    • 0630: 5 minutes
  • What time was your final awakening this morning?
    • 0745
  • What time did you get out of bed?
    • 0745
  • Did anything unusual happen yesterday that might have affected your sleep? (illness, disturbances, emotional stress, etc.)
    • No
  • What is the total amount of time you slept last night in hours and minutes? (best estimate)
    • 7 hours 45 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?
    • 1400: 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?
    • No
  • Please rate your average sleepiness today on a scale of 1 - 10. (1 = wide awake, 10 = very sleepy)
    • 6
  • What time did you start blocking blue light?
    • 2200

There were two dreams last night, somewhat connected:

There was an early part of my dream in a bathroom that I don't remember that well, and don't care that much about because it was in a bathroom. At some point I was playing a magical game of chess where the pieces moved on their own (I wasn't thinking of Harry Potter at the time, I don't think, though the person I was playing against was about to go wait in line for a book).

There was straight-up a montage in my dream of moves, and then I do checkmate, but my opponent cheats and says their game of chess is slightly different.

I leave and find myself in my grandpa's house. My wife is there. She's trying to watch an anime they rented. It looks like a 2-in-1 DVD setup. I feel like I had already seen the second one, which was about to start. Everyone else whom I knew wanted to watch it had decided to leave. Though how I knew these things I don't know.

I sit down and try to help with TV stuff. The TV is too loud for some reason and I try to mute it. First, I can't find the mute button, and once I finally find it on one of the several remotes available, pressing it causes the TV to turn off, and Christmas lights in the room to turn on. "Grandpa and his custom programming of remotes...."

My sister-in-law is now in the room, and I think about how it's been such a long time since I've been to grandpa's house. And it dawns on me. I can't be in grandpa's house. They sold it after he died. It wouldn't even look like this if I was actually there. It was remodeled.

"I'm in a dream!" I tell my sister-in-law confidently.

She seems to take offense at this statement. "I'm leaving," and she walks off. I go to find my brother.

I find him downstairs at a table that was never in that room. "Bro! I'm dreaming!" I say as I make the table levitate. I find I'm unable to return things to normal. "I'm still learning how to control my lucid dreams."

Then my brother and I talk about things I can't remember. Eventually I find myself outside, alone. It is at this point that I trick myself into thinking I've woken up, I think. My wife comes to me, "What are you doing alone in the dark outside?"

"I was having an imaginary conversation with my brother."

The next dream starts as some sort of work retreat. And we're getting treats from the place we're staying, but it's only "dairy-free", not vegan. But suddenly it's not that setting or purpose anymore and I'm with my family, and my grandpa is there. He's complaining about something, I don't remember what he said.

"You're just a mass hallucination," I say at him. "You're not really here." Tears start to well up. "You died when I was in high school. You died over ten years ago." I'm basically weeping now. "Ten years!"

Wed Aug 29 15:35:46 UTC 2018

Weight:

  • @0800: 210.2 lbs
Wed Aug 29 15:42:16 UTC 2018

Protein @0800:

  • Soy protein: 110

Breakfast @1100:

  • Tofu tikka masala: 600 (710)
  • Soy milk: 200 (910)

Lunch @1200:

  • Avocado sandwich: 500 (1410)
  • Nut milk: 200 (1610)

Protein @1500:

  • Soy protein: 110 (1720)
  • Banana: 100 (1820)

Snack @1800:

  • Peanuts: 300 (2120)
  • Banana: 200 (2320)
  • Raspberries: 30 (2350)
  • Strawberies: 100 (2450)

Dinner @2000:

  • Falafels and fries: 600 (3050)
  • Soy milk: 100 (3150)
Wed Aug 29 15:44:09 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 Morning routine
0830 Pomodoro: Planning
0900 CLimb gym
0930 CLimb gym
1000 Stretching/Shower
1030 Pomodoro: Customer Meeting
1100 Pomodoro: JIRA Breakfast
1130 Pomodoro: JIRA
1200 Lunch Pomodoro: JIRA
1230 Pomodoro: JIRA
1300 Pomodoro: JIRA
1330 Pomodoro: JIRA
1400 NAP
1430 Pomodoro: Mentee Feedback Random non-work tasks
1500 Pomodoro: JIRA Random non-work tasks
1530 Pomodoro: JIRA
1600 Pomodoro: JIRA
1630 Pomodoro: JIRA
1700 Pomodoro: JIRA Grocery shopping
1730 Pomodoro: JIRA Grocery shopping
1800 Cooking
1830 Cooking
1900 Pomodoro: IGDA Admin Cooking
1930 Pomodoro: IGDA Admin Cooking
2000 Time with Wife TV: Jessica Jones
2030 Time with Wife TV: Jessica Jones
2100 Pomodoro: End of day review TV: Jessica Jones
2130 Winding down Pomodoro: End of day review
2200 SLEEP Winding down
2230 SLEEP
2300 SLEEP
2330 SLEEP
Thu Aug 30 04:27:55 UTC 2018

End of day review.

  • Sleep questions DONE
  • Weight SKIPPED
  • Tickler
    • Physical DONE
    • Wunderlist DONE
  • Inbox
    • Physical DONE
    • Hand-written notes N/A
    • Wunderlist DONE
    • Email DONE
  • YNAB DONE
  • Calendar DONE
  • Actions
    • Trello DONE
    • JIRA DONE
    • Wunderlist DONE
  • Calorie Plan DONE
  • Fill timeblock DONE
  • Slack DONE
  • Review last year NOT UNTIL THE 30TH
  • Review last month DONE
  • Review last week DONE
  • Review yesterday DONE
  • Review the Day
    • What have you been doing at work? DONE
    • How's climbing going? DONE
    • How're personal projects going? DONE
    • Are there any insights you had today that are worth writing down? DONE
    • What have you been reading? DONE
    • What have you been listening to? DONE
    • What have you been watching? DONE
Thu Aug 30 04:52:06 UTC 2018

Today was a WFH day again. Seems this week getting in the pomodoros is slightly more difficult than last week. Clocked in 9 each day so far. Was hoping to get 12 today to make up for the last two days. That I'm disappointed with 9 is a really good sign of my progress, but I'd still like to get one or two 10s in this week. Got two more chances.

More importantly, though, is that yesterday I made a commitment to have something ready-for-review today, and today I had that thing ready-for-review. Making accurate estimates, woo.

Today was also an important lesson. I started off the day just feeling exhausted, but after a couple of forced pomodoros I had the momentum and energy to get a solid day of work in. I think this is something to keep in mind on Saturdays with personal project stuff.

Climbing is super tiring again. And the blisters are sprouting again. Practicing pieces of climbing challenges that are just beyond my capability is inducing the same symptoms I had when I first started climbing. Which is good! Means I'm going to see a jump in capability like when I started, I think.

Another day of no personal projects. I had chores to deal with today (and decided to cook something that takes a while). I believe I should be able to make time tomorrow, as well as Friday.

Reading today:

  • Twitter
  • Freethoughtblogs | Pharyngula
  • Love Joy Feminism

No listening today.

Watched today and last night: