CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@kit@m.tripulse.link sometimes I have days or even weeks when I repeatedly fail, like, half of my list. And it feels bad. Which is why I said that being pessimistic about scheduling is good. Sometimes things just don't work, and that's alright...

Some time ago, I tried a more rigid structure... It was basically the same todo list, but each "task" was actually a 25min of pomodoro. 16 total, I believe. From 9 to 6. It worked for a month, because if you fail to follow through with such strict schedule (due to fatigue or having other responsibilities), it feels even worse than just todo list.

You can try scheduling in google calendar or similar. Time blocks of "I will try to do this thing at this specific time". Not focusing on getting things done, but just on being there. At least for me, it feels much easier to start if I don't have any evaluation criteria of how well I worked/spent my time. Being there is all that is required. Maybe that will work?

Also, journaling is cool, glad it works out for you. My journal is not very helpful at the moment (because it's very hard for me to be introspective, it's painful), but it's definitely interesting to read notes from a few years ago and notice patterns.

@kit@m.tripulse.link I have a simple todolist in my obsidian daily template, which I fill first thing in the day. Something like this:
- [x] Daily
- [x] Fill the todo list 8:43 - 8:44
- [x] Read a book
- [ ] Work
- [x] Meetup 10:00 - 11:23
- [ ] Do something 9:00 -
- [ ] Go for a walk ~17:00-~18:00

Sometimes I track time or schedule by writing it next to the task. Recently started scheduling with ~ before time to indicate that this is just an estimate (though not sure if I will keep that).

Ofc I use task genius for fancy statuses which are not really useful and templater for filling reocurring tasks based on the day of the week, but I did not have that initally, for a few months it was just simple todo list. Works for me pretty well.

Important thing I've noticed is that you need to be pessimistic when planning in the morning, because it's easy to add something later in the day, if you have energy to do it, but it's quite annoying to fail a task you thought you could do...

I connected my work laptop to the monitor via usb type c and it feels illegal

I blame the yarn.

Why am I suddenly doing the thing I learned yesterday worse than before I learned it???

I decided to start over and it's going even worse than yesterday

2 min after 2 hours hell yeah

I've been stuck on the first 30 seconds of a crochet tutorial for an hour already and I'm not even annoyed (i am just going insane)

Imagine using naps for emotional regulation. Couldn't be me

I think I need to replace naps with meditation. At least meditation wouldn't screw with my sleep schedule

@link@js.meowingwo.men I was born to dilly dally

This microblogging thing made me realise that I have a lot of things to complain about but not much to share🥴

ain't no miracles there

I forgot what a covering index was and struggled with a simple join. I have a suspicion that I may not have improved my previous score.

"we will schedule a design interview, if it's needed," he said after (subtly hinting that only a miracle in the algorithms interview can save me)

I really need to draw more from references though. It's all doodles and goofy proportions, and BOOM that one time I drew my hand and it actually looked good

It's really amusing to look through my sketchbook. I am really bad at this drawing thing, and it's mostly five minute doodles I do before work or before bed, but when I look back... "yeah, I drew that. nice."

It's a good day.
Too bad tomorrow is monday. yikes

it's a good day

why move mountains when you can move deadlines