{"id":1413,"date":"2020-07-11T22:29:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T03:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2020-07-11T22:30:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T03:30:25","slug":"weeknote-for-7-5-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/2020\/07\/11\/weeknote-for-7-5-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeknote for 7\/5\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"playht-iframe-wrapper\" style=\"max-height: 210px !important;\">\n\t<iframe\n\tscrolling=\"no\"\n\tclass=\"playht-iframe-player\"\n\tid=\"playht-iframe-player\"\n\theight=\"90px\"\n\twidth=\"100%\"\n\tframeborder=\"0\"\n\tstyle=\"max-height: 90px; height: 90px !important;\"\n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/play.ht\/embed\/?article_url=https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/?p=1413&voice=en-GB-Wavenet-B&appId=9W3P762tsiZ6wAx&trans_id=-MC03NBGodolLsOP5nh5\"\n\tdata-voice=\"en-GB-Wavenet-B\"\n\tarticle-url=\"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/?p=1413\"\n\tdata-appId=\"9W3P762tsiZ6wAx\"\n\tallowfullscreen=\"\">\n\t<\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Math<\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\ude10<\/p>\n<p><strong>I worked on my <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/thinkulum\/notes2flashcards\">notes2flashcards<\/a> app.<\/strong> It&#8217;ll give me an easier way to create lists for Anki&#8217;s Cloze Overlapper add-on.<\/p>\n<h2>Self-improvement<\/h2>\n<p>\ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p><strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/yukaichou.com\/gamification-examples\/octalysis-complete-gamification-framework\/\">Octalysis framework<\/a> might help me gamify my life.<\/strong> I listened to <em>Actionable Gamification<\/em> by Yu-kai Chou. It was a decent introduction to the framework, which seems broad and useful, though I think it&#8217;d be hard to apply it in a way that doesn&#8217;t feel manipulative. But applying it to yourself is fine, which is what I hope to do.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude10<\/p>\n<p><strong>My new printer and whiteboard give me more self-motivation tools.<\/strong> My first project will be my own version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/minihabits.com\/\">Elastic Habits tracker<\/a>. Later I&#8217;ll print motivational quotes and images to scatter around the apartment, maybe even a set of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynnekelly.com.au\/2017\/08\/rapscallions-add-character-to-aid-memory\/\">rapscallions<\/a>, if I ever get around to picking them.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>I tried to get back into journaling.<\/strong> The idea is to orient my day around it so I reflect more on what&#8217;s happening in my life, capture more of my stray thoughts, and keep my ideas flowing. I tend to feel more satisfied with life when I journal. I did pretty well last week, writing most days.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stochastic productivity might work for me, but stochastic living does not.<\/strong> Reflecting on my lower mood the past few weeks, I rediscovered two keys to my happiness&#8211;energy and order, which translates to sleep and some degree of time management. So I&#8217;ll try to return my focus to those in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<h2>TV shows<\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n<p><strong>I started watching season 3 of <em>Dark<\/em>.<\/strong> After a long wait, it finally came out June 27. I&#8217;ve only gotten through one episode so far, but it&#8217;s very good as usual. Also still confusing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math \ud83d\ude10 I worked on my notes2flashcards app. It&#8217;ll give me an easier way to create lists for Anki&#8217;s Cloze Overlapper add-on. Self-improvement \ud83e\udd14 The Octalysis framework might help me gamify my life. 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