Timeblock

Time (PST)	Plan	Reality
0000	SLEEP
0030	SLEEP
0100	SLEEP
0130	SLEEP
0200	SLEEP
0230	SLEEP
0300	SLEEP
0330	SLEEP
0400	SLEEP
0430	Waking up	SLEEP
0500	Coffee and ...	SLEEP
0530	Pomodoro: Planning	SLEEP
0600	Pomodoro: Planning	TV: YouTube
0630	Pomodoro: Organization	Coffee and Scone
0700		TV: YouTube
0730		TV: YouTube
0800		Organization
0830		Organization
0900		UPS Shipping charges why?
0930		UPS Shipping charges why?
1000		Pomodoro: Planning
1030	Pomodoro: Lexicon Export Bug Exploration	Pomodoro: Organization
1100	Pomodoro: Lexicon Export Bug Exploration	Pomodoro: Organization
1130	Meeting: Classification quick sync	Aimless meandering
1200	Lunch
1230	Japanese studying	Lunch
1300	NAP
1330	Post-nap coffee
1400	Pomodoro: Lexicon Export Bug Exploration	UPS Shipping charges exploration
1430	Pomodoro: Lexicon Export Bug Exploration	UPS Shipping charges exploration
1500	Pomodoro: Lexicon Export Bug Exploration	Cancel credit-card
1530	Pomodoro: Lexicon Export Bug Exploration	Aimless meandering
1600	Buffer	Aimless meandering
1630	Buffer	Aimless meandering
1700	Pomodoro: Side-projects	Walk it off
1730	Pomodoro: Side-projects	Walk it off
1800	Music with wife	Dinner
1830	Buffer	Hanging out
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

Another late start today. Was going to start a bit sooner, but then random UPS charges ate up more of my morning. I'm glad I check my charges everyday. YNAB may yet pay for itself again this year (though the amount it saved me last year pays for it for a long, long while, anyways).

Timeblock

Time (PST)	Plan	Reality
0000	SLEEP
0030	SLEEP
0100	SLEEP
0130	SLEEP
0200	SLEEP
0230	SLEEP
0300	SLEEP
0330	SLEEP
0400	SLEEP
0430	Waking up	SLEEP
0500	Coffee and ...	Play with kitten
0530	Pomodoro: Planning	Play with kitten
0600	Pomodoro: Planning	TV: YouTube
0630	Pomodoro: Organization	TV: YouTube
0700		TV: YouTube
0730		TV: YouTube
0800		TV: YouTube
0830		TV: YouTube
0900		Organization
0930		Breakfast
1000		Pomodoro: Data Classification PR
1030	Pomodoro: Data Classification PR
1100	Pomodoro: Data Classification PR
1130	Meeting: EPD Data Management Sync
1200	Lunch
1230	Japanese studying	NAP
1300	NAP	Post-nap coffee
1330	Post-nap coffee	Hanging out
1400	Pomodoro: Planning (Late)
1430	Pomodoro: Data Classification PR
1500	Pomodoro: Data Classification PR
1530	Pomodoro: Data Classification PR	Therapist appointment
1600	Buffer	Therapist appointment
1630	Buffer	Walk to Burger king
1700	Pomodoro: Side-projects	Order burger king
1730	Pomodoro: Side-projects	Walk home
1800	Music with wife	Eating
1830	Buffer	Hanging out
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

"Practice flexibility". Was really tired this morning and am off to a late start. Not going to do proper planning and will jump into task.

Missing Days

Was just bad about making a log the last two days. Friday I had trouble focusing (probably related to not doing the planning pomodoro), and yesterday was more-or-less a productive chore day.

Timeblock

Time (PST)	Plan	Reality
0000	SLEEP
0030	SLEEP
0100	SLEEP
0130	SLEEP
0200	SLEEP
0230	SLEEP
0300	SLEEP
0330	SLEEP
0400	SLEEP
0430	Waking up
0500	Coffee and TV: Bob's Burgers
0530	Pomodoro: Planning	TV: YouTube
0600	Pomodoro: Planning
0630	Pomodoro: Side-projects	Pomodoro: Organization
0700	Pomodoro: Side-projects	Pomodoro: Organization
0730	Pomodoro: Organization	Getting ready
0800	Buffer	Grocery shopping
0830	Buffer	Grocery shopping
0900	Grocery shopping	Hanging out
0930	Grocery shopping	Hanging out
1000	Buffer	Cooking
1030	Buffer	Cooking
1100	Cooking	NAP
1130	Cooking	Cooking
1200	Lunch	Cooking
1230	Japanese studying	Cooking
1300	NAP	Cooking
1330	Post-nap coffee	Cooking
1400	Cooking	Break
1430	Cooking	Break
1500	Cooking	Organization
1530	Cooking	Organization
1600	Buffer	Pomodoro: Side-projects
1630	Buffer	Pomodoro: Side-projects
1700	Call with friend
1730	Call with friend
1800	Buffer	Hanging out
1830	Buffer	Walk
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

I've updated my cronometer calorie plan. Change the setting from "lose 2 pounds a week" to "maintain weight". The 1000-calorie daily deficit was so unreachable for current me that I would blow past it and then suddenly be at a 1000-calorie surplus. Yesterday was the first day of "maintain weight" setting, and I managed a 500 calorie deficit.

The new goal is to have the calorie rules at a setting such that I don't have "negative" calories "remaining". Need to transition to a stable relationship with food. 1000-calorie deficits always meant cheating on weekends. Now the goal is no cheating at all, and very slow, gradual weight-loss (if any).

I'm also trying to be better about counting the calories before ingesting the food, as I'd been a bit too backlog happy (which hurts accuracy as I often don't weigh backlogged food).

End of day note: Today didn't go according to plan as far as the time-of-action goes, but overall I managed to do the things I planned to do, so it's close enough. Cooking ended up happening in the morning, and side-project pomodoros happened right before call with friend.

Timeblock

Time (PST)	Plan	Reality
0000	SLEEP
0030	SLEEP
0100	SLEEP
0130	SLEEP
0200	SLEEP
0230	SLEEP
0300	SLEEP
0330	SLEEP
0400	SLEEP
0430	Waking up	SLEEP
0500	Coffee and ...	SLEEP
0530	Pomodoro: Planning	SLEEP
0600	Pomodoro: Planning	SLEEP
0630	Pomodoro: Organization	SLEEP
0700		SLEEP
0730		SLEEP
0800		Getting ready
0830		Debugging computer problems
0900		Walk to work
0930		Start of work routine
1000		Browsing: Internet
1030		Pomodoro: Planning
1100	Pomodoro: Data Classification PR
1130	Pomodoro: Data Classification PR
1200	Lunch
1230	NAP
1300	Post-nap coffee
1330	Meeting: Data Management standup
1400	Buffer	1:1 with Noj
1430	Pomodoro: Organization	1:1 with Noj
1500	Pomodoro: Organization	Chatting
1530	Buffer	Organization
1600	Walk home	Organization
1630	Buffer	Organization
1700	Shower/stretching	Hanging with Evan
1730	Pomodoro: Side-projects	Walk home
1800	Music with wife	Winding down
1830	Buffer	Winding down
1900	Cooking	Winding down
1930	Cooking	Winding down
2000	Hanging out
2030	Winding down
2100	SLEEP
2130	SLEEP
2200	SLEEP
2230	SLEEP
2300	SLEEP
2330	SLEEP

Thinking

Going to sleep at the right time, but still sleeping extra. Guessing I'm still fighting something. Very distractable lately, got to work on that.

Remember, no twitter. Twitter is not good.

Though I need to find some sort of alternative means of political information, I think.

Want to get a PR out today at work, I think is the goal. Let's switch to the work document.

Timeblock

Time (PST)	Plan	Reality
0000	SLEEP
0030	SLEEP
0100	SLEEP
0130	SLEEP
0200	SLEEP
0230	SLEEP
0300	SLEEP
0330	SLEEP
0400	SLEEP
0430	Waking up
0500	Coffee and ...	SLEEP
0530	Pomodoro: Planning	SLEEP
0600	Pomodoro: Planning	SLEEP
0630	Pomodoro: Organization	SLEEP
0700		SLEEP
0730		SLEEP
0800		SLEEP
0830		Meeting prep
0900		Debrief
0930		Getting ready
1000		Walk to work
1030		Start of work routine
1100		Pomodoro: Planning
1130	Meeting: Data Classification Sync
1200	Lunch
1230	Japanese studying
1300	NAP
1330	Post-nap coffee
1400	Pomodoro: Organization	Ping pong
1430	Pomodoro: Organization	Aimless meandering
1500	Pomodoro: Data Classification	Aimless meandering
1530	Pomodoro: Data Classification	Pomodoro: Organization
1600	Buffer	Grocery shopping
1630	Buffer	Walk home
1700	Happy hour with Evan	Hanging out
1730	Buffer	TV: Steven Universe Future
1800	Walk home	Call with friend
1830	Shower/stretching	Messing with computer
1900	Call with friend	Hanging out
1930	Buffer	Hanging out
2000	Hanging out
2030	Winding down
2100	SLEEP
2130	SLEEP
2200	SLEEP
2230	SLEEP
2300	SLEEP
2330	SLEEP

Thinking

Was sick the past few days. Focused on rest. Feeling pretty good today. Will try to be back at my sleep schedule tomorrow. We'll see, though.

I'd like to build momentum along all the lines ASAP.

Let's look at my work document.

Timeblock

Time (PST)	Plan	Reality
0000	SLEEP
0030	SLEEP
0100	SLEEP
0130	SLEEP
0200	SLEEP
0230	SLEEP
0300	SLEEP
0330	SLEEP
0400	SLEEP
0430	Waking up	SLEEP
0500	Coffee and ...	SLEEP
0530	Pomodoro: Planning	SLEEP
0600	Pomodoro: Planning	SLEEP
0630	Pomodoro: Organization	SLEEP
0700		Hanging out
0730		Hanging out
0800		Hanging out
0830		Hanging out
0900		Hanging out
0930		Organizing room
1000		Timeblock
1030	Organization
1100	Organization
1130	Organization
1200	Lunch
1230	Japanese studying
1300	NAP
1330	Post-nap coffee
1400	Grocery shopping
1430	Grocery shopping
1500	Grocery shopping
1530	Buffer	Cooking
1600	Pomodoro: Side-projects	Cooking
1630	Pomodoro: Side-projects	Organization
1700	Buffer	Organization
1730	Buffer	Organization
1800	Music with wife	Organization
1830	Cooking	Hanging out
1900	Cooking	Hanging out
1930	Hanging out
2000	Hanging out
2030	Winding down
2100	SLEEP
2130	SLEEP
2200	SLEEP
2230	SLEEP
2300	SLEEP
2330	SLEEP

Reflection

Okay, so the last time I had a log was December 21st.

Let's go over what happened as it pops into my brain (aka not in chronological order).

We landed in Chicago to drive from there to Pittsboro (close to Indianapolis). We went to the Chicago Diner (a mostly-vegan restaurant) both on the way out of Chicago and on the way in.

On arrival to aunt's, we unloaded and then went shopping for Christmas cooking plans. We made tamales for Christmas. Went to Quill's coffee at least once. Got Arcane coffee coldbrew at least once.

Played a bit of Spyro remastered. Don't think it's for me. Finished the DLC for Celeste, what a great game. Played a "Five Crowns" game which was basically gin rummy.

Watched a bit of:

• Witcher (episodes 1-3)
• Rick and Morty (season 4 episodes 1-5)
• Star vs the Forces of Evil (season 4 episodes 1-4)

Watched a movie called "Somewhere in Time" with Christopher Reeve. I love time-travel movies so I ruminated on the time-travel rules a little bit.

Learned the birthdays of all the people I visited with. It's in Anki and I've been getting them right whenever they show up. So that's fun.

Managed to keep my weight stable while at my aunt's. I was 206.6 when I left, and I was 206.6 when I came back. This morning I was 206.4. It's time to take losing weight seriously again... soon. Maybe tomorrow, already off to a bad start today, but at least "bad" for me is staying even.

I actually studied Japanese everyday I was on vacation. The only bad day I had was... yesterday, I think, which was a weird not normal day but not vacation day. Also, I have kitten now and that's causing a lot of disruption. But still, I'm caught up on backlog of Japanese that built up from my lack of study during Thanksgiving, and am adding 10 new cards a day now. Which I think I'll stick to, even though it'd be great to finish quicker, I'm okay with adding the last new card sometime in June. There's no need to rush my Japanese.

Though, also, I want to add Spanish soon. Will add Spanish cards and have a Spanish only day with the wife (she's fluent).

...

And I just had a discussion with her about it. We'll try out Saturdays for it.

We may also try context sensitive Spanish only. Like, say, the kitchen and cooking? We'll play with it.

...

Anyways, another thing that went well is that I planned to do a walk everyday while in Indiana, and I successfully went on a walk most days. There was maybe one day I didn't hit the 10K steps goal, I think. Though, Indiana is pretty flat so I did way less hills than in Seattle. But still, it was probably why I managed to keep my weight stable.

Something that went basically the same as during Thanksgiving was stretching. Stretching was something I was good at maintaining at first, but then slowly stopped doing it over time.

Upon getting back from Indiana, the next day my sister gave the wife and I a ride to a shelter and we adopted her ESA kitten, Yoda.

Yoda was responsible for the complete lack of productivity that I planned for up until today. She destroyed my sleep quality the last few days, and I was still playing catch-up this morning.

Sleep in Indiana, however, went really well. Basically, went to sleep at 2400 each night, which was 2100 in Seattle time, so I kept my go-to-sleep schedule. Slept in every day, though, as I was fighting getting sick the whole trip, but in a non-miserable way. Aka, never got explicitly sick, but could feel it trying to worm its way in.

Otherwise, I spent a lot of quality time with my aunt, uncle, cousins, cousin's kids, and cats. Not really anything else worth noting. We made too much food and baked too many treats, but such is the holiday way.

Let's bring our focus back to the present.

Need to organize my email.

Need to go thru my wunderlist.

Timeblock

Time (PST)	Plan	Reality
0000	SLEEP
0030	SLEEP
0100	SLEEP
0130	SLEEP
0200	SLEEP
0230	SLEEP
0300	SLEEP
0330	SLEEP
0400	SLEEP
0430	Waking up	SLEEP
0500	Coffee and ...	SLEEP
0530	Pomodoro: Planning	Coffee and TV: Star vs the Forces of Evil
0600	Pomodoro: Planning
0630	Pomodoro: Side-projects
0700	Wake up wife
0730	Pomodoro: Side-projects
0800	Call with friend
0830	Call with friend
0900	Buffer
0930	Packing
1000	Packing
1030	Packing
1100	Lunch
1130	Lunch
1200	NAP
1230	Getting ready
1300	Bus to airport
1330	Bus to airport
1400	Bus to airport
1430	Bag check
1500	TSA
1530	Eating/coffee
1600	Eating/coffee
1630	Airport shenanigans
1700	Airport shenanigans
1730	Boarding
1800	Flight to Chicago
1830	Flight to Chicago
1900	Flight to Chicago
1930	Flight to Chicago
Time (CST)	Plan	Reality
2200	Flight to Chicago
2230	Landing
2300	Bag check
2330	Ride to cousin's

Timeblock

Time (PST)	Plan	Reality
0000	SLEEP
0030	SLEEP
0100	SLEEP
0130	SLEEP
0200	SLEEP
0230	SLEEP
0300	SLEEP
0330	SLEEP
0400	SLEEP
0430	Waking up
0500	Coffee and Reading: Ultralearning
0530	Pomodoro: Planning	Reading: Ultralearning
0600	Pomodoro: Planning
0630	Walk to work
0700	Stretching
0730	Start of work routine
0800	Buffer	Browsing: Internet
0830	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
0900	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
0930	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
1000	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
1030	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
1100	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA	Thinking
1130	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA	Meeting: Classification Standup
1200	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA	Snacking
1230	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA	Packing up
1300	NAP	Friday lunch
1330	Friday lunch	Bus home
1400	Bus home	NAP
1430	Buffer	Hanging out
1500	Buffer	Hanging out
1530	Packing
1600	Packing
1630	Packing
1700	Packing
1730	Music with wife
1800	Music with wife
1830	Music with wife
1900	Hanging out
1930	Hanging out	TV: Mandalorian
2000	Hanging out	TV: Mandalorian
2030	Winding down	Hanging out
2100	SLEEP	Winding down
2130	SLEEP
2200	SLEEP
2230	SLEEP
2300	SLEEP
2330	SLEEP

Thinking

Code freeze at 1300 today. Need to get to work and get things done.

Timeblock

Time (EST)	Plan	Reality
0000	SLEEP
0030	SLEEP
0100	SLEEP
0130	SLEEP
0200	SLEEP
0230	SLEEP
0300	SLEEP
0330	SLEEP
0400	SLEEP
0430	Waking up
0500	Coffee and Reading: Ultralearning
0530	Pomodoro: Planning
0600	Walk to work
0630	Stretching
0700	Start of work routine
0730	Buffer	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
0800	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
0830	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
0900	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA	Slack discussion
0930	Buffer	Slack discussion
1000	Meeting: All Hands
1030	Meeting: All Hands
1100	Buffer	NAP
1130	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
1200	Lunch
1230	NAP	TV: YouTube
1300	Post-nap coffee	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
1330	Meeting: Data Management Standup
1400	Buffer	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
1430	Pomodoro: 1/1 Prep	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
1500	Meeting: 1/1 with Alex
1530	Buffer	Packing up
1600	Walk home
1630	Buffer	Hanging out
1700	Shower	Hanging out
1730	Pomodoro: Side-projects	Hanging out
1800	Music with wife	Hanging out
1830	Call with friend	Hanging out
1900	Call with friend	Chores
1930	Call with friend	Hanging out
2000	Hanging out	Winding down
2030	Winding down	SLEEP
2100	SLEEP
2130	SLEEP
2200	SLEEP
2230	SLEEP
2300	SLEEP
2330	SLEEP

Thinking

The code freeze at work approaches. Anything I would do in the morning can be moved to the evening today/tomorrow.

I need to process my wunderlist.

Timeblock

Time (PST)	Plan	Reality
0000	SLEEP
0030	SLEEP
0100	SLEEP
0130	SLEEP
0200	SLEEP
0230	SLEEP
0300	SLEEP
0330	SLEEP
0400	SLEEP
0430	Waking up
0500	Coffee and Reading: Ultralearning
0530	Pomodoro: Planning
0600	Walk to work
0630	Stretching
0700	Start of work routine
0730	Buffer	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
0800	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
0830	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA	Japanese studying
0900	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
0930	Buffer	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
1000	Meeting: All Hands	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
1030	Meeting: All Hands	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA
1100	Buffer	Ruminating
1130	Meeting: Data Classification Sync
1200	Lunch
1230	Japanese studying	Peer discussion
1300	NAP
1330	Post-nap coffee
1400	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA	Slack discussion
1430	Pomodoro: Data Classification JIRA	Ping pong
1500	Packing up	Walk to therapist appointment
1530	Walk to therapist appointment
1600	Walk to therapist appointment
1630	Walk to therapist appointment
1700	Therapist appointment
1730	Therapist appointment
1800	Walk home
1830	Walk home	Bus a little
1900	Walk home	Walk home
1930	Walk home	Shower
2000	Hanging out
2030	Winding down
2100	SLEEP
2130	SLEEP
2200	SLEEP
2230	SLEEP
2300	SLEEP
2330	SLEEP

Thinking

Experimenting with therapy in the evening again. We'll see how that goes. Need to focus on work today, so after this planning pomodoro I'm going to walk straight to work.

Which means I should process my wunderlist now.