Category Archives: Fiction

Weeknote for 9/8/2024

Posted on September 9, 2024 by Andy

Productivity 😌 My latest productivity lifestyle change is trying to wake up consistently early. I learned from my productive Saturday that starting the day early boosts my morale at least as much as getting enough sleep, so I’m going to … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 9/1/2024

Posted on September 3, 2024 by Andy

Productivity 😌 I finally got back to making a bunch of progress on this project. Despite that, all I finished was adding calculations for lead and cycle times and creating views for evaluating the status of old tasks. But those … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 6/2/2024

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Andy

Learning 🤔 I collected more miscellaneous ideas and resources for my memory system. I found out interpreters have a visual note-taking approach similar to sketchnotes to give them a basis for translating a speech, which I could use as another … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 9/17/2023

Posted on September 19, 2023 by Andy

Productivity 🙂 I returned to my mini-Pomodoro timer at work—4 minutes of work and 1 minute of break. It sounds ridiculous, but for the most part it keeps my time organized. It’s enabling me to pay some attention to side … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 6/4/2023

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Andy

Housekeeping 😐 I made general plans for the seasonal housekeeping project and planned some purchases. Part of my procrastination on this project has been not knowing what tasks belong in it. So I gave myself some clarity on that. The … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 5/21/2023

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Andy

Programming 😐 I did some reading, but not much more. I have some more mental hurdles to overcome before I can make faster progress. I’ll probably extend the project again. But now it’s on hold for a couple of weeks … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 4/23/2023

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Andy

Programming I did nothing on the software development notes. I’d been looking forward to this project, but now that it’s here, I’m strangely unmotivated, and I’ve let other activities crowd my time. So the next step is to figure that … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 1/15/2023

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Andy

Productivity 🙂 I scheduled my movable personal projects around my fixed ones. My year’s plans ended up looking like this: life maintenance, programming, arts, math, and AI. I’m sure the plan will change as the year goes on. I also … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 1/1/2023

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Andy

Christmas 😌 The week of Christmas felt more normal and relaxed. By Christmas our family crises had settled, and we enjoyed our traditional Thanksgiving-Christmas dinner, a long nap, and finally in the evening, opening the tree presents. My family gave … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 11/6/2022

Posted on November 7, 2022 by Andy

Christmas 😐 Thanks to some turbulence in my sleep schedule and some competing activities, I didn’t get anything done on putting together my Christmas list. But interference from life is part of the reason I’ve started scheduling two weeks for … Continue reading →