Timeblock
| Time (PST) | Plan | Reality |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Making lattes and breakfast | SLEEP |
| 0630 | Maintenance: Notiong Tasks | SLEEP |
| 0700 | Meditation | Making lattes and breakfast |
| 0730 | Reading: Hold Me Tight | Meditation |
| 0800 | Morning routine | Eating |
| 0830 | Spaced-repetition | Morning routine |
| 0900 | Walking to vet with cat | |
| 0930 | Dropping off cat at vet | |
| 1000 | Grocery shopping | |
| 1030 | Walking home | |
| 1100 | Happy birthday to sister-in-law | |
| 1130 | Happy birthday to friend | |
| 1200 | Lunch and TV: K-On! | |
| 1230 | Spaced-repetition | |
| 1300 | Diary thinking | |
| 1330 | Gaming: SSBM | |
| 1400 | Gaming: SSBM | Pick up cat |
| 1430 | Maintenance: Notion Tasks | Walk home with cat |
| 1500 | Maintenance: Notion Tasks | Gaming: SSBM |
| 1530 | Buffer | Gaming: SSBM |
| 1600 | Buffer | Gaming: SSBM |
| 1630 | Buffer | Gaming: SSBM |
| 1700 | Cooking: Pad thai | |
| 1730 | Cooking: Pad thai | |
| 1800 | Buffer | TV: F is for Family |
| 1830 | Music with wife | Gaming: SSBM |
| 1900 | Gaming: SSBM | Gaming: SSBM |
| 1930 | Hanging out | Gaming: SSBM |
| 2000 | Hanging out | Gaming: SSBM |
| 2030 | Winding down | TV: YouTube Overwatch |
| 2100 | SLEEP | Stretching |
| 2130 | SLEEP | |
| 2200 | SLEEP | |
| 2230 | SLEEP | |
| 2300 | SLEEP | |
| 2330 | SLEEP |
Thinking
Both slept-in a bit this morning and had a vet appointment to transport our cat to, so planning starting late. Luckily, "practice flexibility" is ingrained, and I managed to do both spaced-repetition still and am now filling out the document.
It is unknown exactly when they'll call so we can pick up the cat, so I'm puttin gin a bunch of buffer. I plan on running to the vet to grab her and walking briskly back.
Meditation (Day 30)
I have meditated a month's worth today. Started on June 5th, though I didn't note it in my log until June 7th. I actually wrote quite a bit there. It's pretty good stuff! I'm going to link it in my Notion and revisit it... monthly?
Yes, that sounds like it'll be worthwhile.
The focus was maintained on stage 4 today, as planned. No stage 5 exercises. Again I found near the end of my meditation a flood of internal distractions. I think I managed it better this time, but only slightly. My focus overall for today has been solid as well. Doing well at "practicing intentionality".
A Movement Towards More Deliberate Writing?
So, in my notion I have an item: "Writing drafts of blog posts instead of writing in diary?"
I feel like this sounds right. It is a means by which to organize my thinking as opposed to pure stream of consciousness. If done correctly, it'll be much easier than this setup to revisit ideas and basically have this ongoing conversation with myself on who I am, what I want to do, and how I can grow.
This was something I tried to integrate into my diary, but it became too much work to maintain. Arbitrarily revisting what I wrote a day, a week, a month, a year ago had too much noise, took too much time, and was kinda tedious. When I did find something worth reading, it wasn't at the right time, and trying to make a note of rereading that bit was... well, this setup isn't built for that.
It was why, at the time, I had thought maybe what I wanted was a self-wiki. And
now I have exactly that with Notion, and it makes me think that I could write
drafts there and publish milestones of those drafts (a bit of writing, like
software, is never really done, only abandoned) here, or in a /blog area of
this site.
So, is this the time to make that transition? How should I do it?
I feel like some thinking should live here, but is that just because of my habits? I suppose I want a snapshot of my mind, perhaps? But will I ever really go back to it. I feel little pressure to look at my blog from 2015, for example. But will a distance of a decade, of many decades, change my mind?
I think... I think I will at least write that I'm writing in my notion. Yes. And starting tomorrow, instead of a reminder to write here, it'll be a reminder to write there.
Perhaps here I'll write about the meta of writing in Notion? Though it may first live there.
Yes, this log is now a place for me to contemplate my meta. It is something that was part of my YouTuber fantasy: a channel where I post videos, and a channel commenting on how the regular channel functions.
Logs will stay daily for a bit, but as the habit settles, writing here may grow infrequent.
But I don't know who even reads this regularly anymore. If you do, and I know you, and you know how to contact me, let me know that you just read this sentence (maybe link the post to me as well).
A blog, done correctly, may well grow a real readership, and I may well actually setup comments and the like on it. Though this sort of goal is well off to the horrizon.
I've given myself a lot to ruminate on. Let's do some other notion tasks for now.