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Update for 8/12/2018

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Andy

Life maintenance 😏 I’ve gotten over my bad feelings left over from the move and from a sense that I don’t belong in my nice new place. What helped was the idea of rebelling against it to make it a … Continue reading →

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Update for 8/5/2018

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Andy

Life maintenance The move is done. Even with help from friends, it was an awful enough experience that next time I won’t mind paying movers to do it for me. My studio apartment of the past 11 years. Somehow it … Continue reading →

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Update for 7/29/2018

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Andy

Life maintenance Moving in a hurry is not fun. It’s even less fun when you’re trying to save money by doing it yourself. And when the schedules of the parties involved are clashing. And when your knowledge of the situation … Continue reading →

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Update for 7/22/2018

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Andy

Life maintenance Just kidding, I guess. I’m moving after all. At the end of July. A lot happened last week. My top choice of apartments wasn’t going to be ready till after my lease ended, so I was thinking I’d … Continue reading →

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Update for 7/15/2018

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Andy

Productivity 🙂 I’ve been taking a break from my conceptual modeling project to read a book by Jon Acuff called Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done. It took me a week longer than I expected, but I finished the … Continue reading →

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Update for 7/8/2018

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Andy

Welcome to your Thursday edition of Sunday’s update. I’m going to try to come up with a way to write these quicker. Life maintenance 😐 I looked at two apartments. One was a little disappointing, and the other was good … Continue reading →

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Update for 7/1/2018

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Andy

(Edited to add remarks on the music videos. And to add the Life Model to the list of spiritual streams.) Death 😕 The week received a surreal and troubling start when I learned on Sunday that one of the first … Continue reading →

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Update for 6/24/2018

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Andy

Life maintenance 🙂 I’m around 60% done sorting out the papers I need to finish the last 5% of my budget. It always takes a surprising amount of time to file papers when I have a big pile of them. … Continue reading →

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Update for 6/17/2018

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Andy

Conceptual modeling 😐 Well, I meant to post some minor updates last week, but they turned out to be trickier than I expected, and then my week was taken up by finances and catch-up naps. So maybe this week. But … Continue reading →

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Update for 6/10/2018

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Andy

Conceptual modeling 😎 I consider this my main project right now, defining a method for conceptual modeling. But I tend to waste a lot of time on things like social media, so I wasn’t spending as much time on it … Continue reading →