Category Archives: Nature

Weeknote for 11/19/2023

Christmas ๐Ÿ˜ I still procrastinated but got a bit farther on my wish list. Each year I pick themes I expect to pursue in my projects over the next year. This year’s themes are critical thinking, survivalism, and art. Productivity … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 11/12/2023

Christmas ๐Ÿ˜ I settled on wishlist.com for my Christmas list but barely added anything to it. I’m sure I have excuses, but overall Iโ€™ve just been very distracted and procrastinatory lately. Now that I recognize that, hopefully this week I … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 10/29/2023

Christmas ๐Ÿ˜ I made a small start Christmas list. It seems like I all I did last week was work, but at the end I fit in a little planning on the list. Iโ€™m aiming to cram in the research … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 9/24/2023

Productivity ๐Ÿ™‚ I started experimenting with ways to regulate my evening schedule. Iโ€™m treating it as a coarser grained version of my routine timers. I set alarms for a few target tasks, and using those as a guide, I’m making … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 9/3/2023

Math ๐Ÿ˜ I tracked down my notes from earlier generations of this project. That’s about all I gave myself time to do. This week Iโ€™ll make any flashcards Iโ€™m missing from prealgebra. AI ๐Ÿ™„ I spent too much of my … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 7/16/2023

Productivity :thinking: I decided to try improving my schedule tracker in Google Sheets rather than moving it to Notion. I was convinced Iโ€™d move it, but then I didnโ€™t want my Notion to become unusably slow from a ballooning database. … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 7/9/2023

Productivity ๐Ÿ™‚ Starting on another iteration of productivity system improvement gave me a burst of productivity motivation. I returned to a normal sleep schedule, cut out background distractions to improve my focus, and used countdown timers to limit my open-ended … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 7/2/2023

Programming :thinking: I reviewed my Agile sources for their advice on project initialization to learn how requirements fit into the Agile lifecycle. They fit uneasily, it seems, since Agile enthusiasts like to keep specification informal and minimal, but the authors … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 6/25/2023

Programming :thinking: I explored the idea of making a software development cheat sheet in the form of a coding project. The lesson of BDD is to make your documentation executable. In this case, taking notes is helpful, but verifying them … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 6/18/2023

Programming :-O I actually got somewhere on my software requirements notes. Iโ€™m going to take advantage of my momentum and extend this iteration another week. Iโ€™m using the book Writing Great Specifications to learn behavior-driven development on the theory that … Continue reading

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