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Yesterday, I had trouble being productive. I still did some good work, but only 4 pomodoros worth. This is due to several factors:

• Am addicted to a video game now, and its temptation is harder to ignore when WFH
• I had to WFH because wife was ill and maybe needed my assistance with things
• I am not coding but writing docs and making plans for future coding

Documentation creation is not a habit I have internalized, and so it is both more draining than regular work (regular work sometimes even provides energy) and also something that is easier for me to get distracted out of. There are little tricks I'm experimenting with to keep me in hyperfocus, but it'll be a bit before the rules are finalized and then even longer to internalize those rules.

I'll do a bit to formalize those rules later. Now it is time to go to work.

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Last night was first normal amount of sleep since I left for quakecon. Which means I'm still sleep deprived, I think, because of a week's worth of less than optimal sleep, but I should eventually even out. My impulse control this morning isn't great, and I'm planning to give into it a bit by playing some Factorio before starting work proper. We'll see if this is a terrible plan, but my therapist says I need to work on flexibility, so let's see if I can make it work.

I've decided to wait until this weekend to start working out again. I'll do both days this weekend, and then do proper workouts Sunday/Tuesday/Thursday from there on out. I'll still go to the gym on off days, but I'll only walk to/from there, and I'll only stretch and maybe do the easiest climbing challenges on those days.

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Didn't get into bed last night until a bit after 2100. Ideally, I should be in bed by 2030 so I can be asleep by 2100. So, still sleep deprived on last night's sleep amount alone, and the poor sleep from the night before is culminating on top of that. Though, I've increased my sleep amount from yesterday to today (4 hours to 7 hours).

I might go to bed as soon as 2000 today and allow 9 hours to do a bit of "catching up" (scare quotes because Why We Sleep has a section in it that explicitly says that catching up on sleep is impossible).

Time to go to work.

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I did not end up fixing my sleep schedule the night of the previous log date. I stayed up until 0500 CDT. I have become addicted to Factorio, which is a neat game, but something I'll need to very carefully play.

I'm pretty sure that turning off my wrist alarm is a habit ingrained enough that I can turn it off in my sleep completely. Which is unfortunate. However, the regular phone alarm currently works. I'll have both go off at the same time until I have the wake up habit again and then I'll try turning off the phone alarm.

In any case, it's time to go to work.

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Yesterday I stayed up real late. Today, we'll try reverting to the mean. I want to be up by 0500 again on Tuesday.

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Passed out for a bit yesterday. Was really tired. Unable to wake up at 0700 this morning. Might want to adjust my wake up time to 0800 or 0900. Better that then to develop a habit of turning off my alarm and going back to sleep.

I'll go ahead and change it to 0900 right now.

I'll try to get enough sleep every night and allow a slight sleep deprivation Tuesday to wake up at 0500 again.

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I'm in Dallas, Stephan! Not really sure what the plan is today. There is a schedule.

I might do more than BYOC shenannigans, but I'll play it by ear.

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It's that time of year again! Now with a morning routine that I have to do, I might actually log each day at the beginning of the day. We'll see....

I probably don't need 2.5 hours to pack, but it's good to have extra.

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Had trouble falling asleep last night. Not sure why. Potentially the lack of a shower? Maybe the late nap, though. I mean, I often go to sleep 7.5 hours after waking from my nap and I finally fell asleep around that time yesterday. In any case, lost an hour of sleep, so I'm slightly sleep deprived. Not enough that it's noticeable, but that's a dangerous kind of sleep deprived, I think. Like being drunk but not thinking you are.

We'll see.

I managed to finish the task I wanted finished over the weekend. Good thing I did, took a surprising chunk of time. There'll be more of that work to do soon, but for now it's in a good place.

Anyways, time to go climbing.