Timeblock
| Time (PST) | Plan | Reality |
|---|---|---|
| 0000 | SLEEP | |
| 0030 | SLEEP | |
| 0100 | SLEEP | |
| 0130 | SLEEP | |
| 0200 | SLEEP | |
| 0230 | SLEEP | |
| 0300 | SLEEP | |
| 0330 | SLEEP | |
| 0400 | SLEEP | |
| 0430 | Buffer | SLEEP |
| 0500 | Buffer | SLEEP |
| 0530 | Buffer | SLEEP |
| 0600 | Morning routine block | SLEEP |
| 0630 | Morning routine block | Morning routine |
| 0700 | Buffer | Morning routine |
| 0730 | Pomodoro: Planning | TV: News without the BS |
| 0800 | Stretching | Pomodoro: Planning |
| 0830 | Stretching | |
| 0900 | Stretching | |
| 0930 | Pomodoro: Organization | Organization |
| 1000 | Pomodoro: Work | Organization |
| 1030 | Buffer | Pomodoro: Data Sensitivity Bug |
| 1100 | Grocery shopping | |
| 1130 | Grocery shopping | |
| 1200 | Grocery shopping | |
| 1230 | Buffer | Lunch |
| 1300 | NAP | Lunch |
| 1330 | Lunch | NAP |
| 1400 | Meeting: Admin Team Weekly Sync | |
| 1430 | Buffer | |
| 1500 | Pomodoro: Work | |
| 1530 | Appointment: Therapist | |
| 1600 | Appointment: Therapist | |
| 1630 | Buffer | Appointment: Therapist |
| 1700 | Cooking block | TV: YouTube |
| 1730 | Cooking block | TV: YouTube |
| 1800 | Music with wife | Side-projects |
| 1830 | Pomodoro: Side-projects | Side-projects |
| 1900 | Hanging out | |
| 1930 | Hanging out | |
| 2000 | Hanging out | |
| 2030 | Winding down | |
| 2100 | SLEEP | |
| 2130 | SLEEP | |
| 2200 | SLEEP | |
| 2230 | SLEEP | |
| 2300 | SLEEP | |
| 2330 | SLEEP |
Thinking
Woke up with a bit of an upset stomach so I slept in. Though the cat really didn't want any of that. Think it'll all work out, though. Today is a meeting/appointment-heavy day so I won't get much work in, I don't think. Putting in a lot of buffers to set expectations low and doable. Let's see if I can exceed those expectations.
I'm pretty sure that regular stretching and a low heartbeat are correlated. After a consistent week of stretching (woo!), I'm now regularly seeing my heart rate below 50, and it often stays below 60 when at my standing desk (usually around 70 like it is right now).
Pretty happy with these habits coming in. I think a big goal here is to not overdo it. Pick a minimum when things are hard, pick a maximum when things are easy, and adhere to those numbers. I got this from a game dev diary wherein a person was making a game a month (he's also a writer):
"Everyone has what works for them. My method for writing books is to write one page a day, and try not to think about if it's turning out good or not. This is after all why they call it a first draft. Try not to reread it too much and most definitely don't go back and rewrite anything. Focus on getting to the end. If you can't think of what's going to happen next, skip ahead to the next thing you are sure about. Everything gets easier once you get to the end, once we know where it's going, and what the point of the whole thing was. And that's when you go back and rewrite the earlier bits and get everything in line.
"The most important thing for me is not to write more than a page a day. Some days you feel like you could write more, great, stop anyway, hang onto it, stew on it over night, and starting tomorrow's page will be easy. Writing as much as you can everyday is the fastest way to burn out. So try to write at least a page, but if you really can't manage that, just write something everyday. Even one line. Even one word. Is forward progress."
I think this is solid. I definitely go too hard too fast and then am exhausted. I even did this the first week on ADHD meds for employed-work and by Thursday was burnt out. Last week, I did things in a much more sustainable way, managed to work throughout the week, and also am ready for work with this week (the weekend was "enough" of a break, in this sense).
Perhaps a new mantra is in order, then? Maybe in addition to "practice flexibility" and maybe "practice intentionality" (not sure about this one yet), there can be "one page a day"?
Something to ruminate on.