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Waiting in the Wings
Jan. 2nd, 2023 07:38 am
Today is the last day of vacation! Where did the time go??
I didn't get nearly as much done as I had wanted, but then again I didn't have a strong system to adhere to. I'm trying to make sure today works as a dry run, so I got up at a reasonable hour and I'm trying my morning routine now: brush and floss, meditation, journaling. After that I'll move in to my new weekly spread in the Bullet Journal and start writing. One piece of advice that's worked for me quite well is doing the most important thing you have to do that day as early as possible. Today, that's making sure The Writing Desk posts its first essay by 9 AM.
We finished the first season of Andor yesterday, and I have to say the show lives up to the hype. Here be spoilers, so feel free to duck out of the rest of this entry if you'd rather not see them.
( Andor Season 1 discussion here. )
Today, in addition to writing, I'll be checking in on work to see what's going on there. I'll also straighten up the burrow as much as I can so things are tidy for the beginning of the work week. If possible, I'd really like to put up the dope light installation R brought me for my birthday. We've taken it to Grass Valley for a couple of Thanksgivings, but now it's time to put them up in our home. I'm not entirely sure he'll like the design I use for it, but oh well. It's my present and I'll use it the way I want.
Today is also the first day of my marijuana break. >.> I think I should be OK in general, though it's another one of those situations in which it'll take a lot of willpower to resist the constant 'nudges' to partake that I've developed over time. It's become a bit of an ingrained habit, so working that out is kind of important. It might be a good idea to think of it as a 'trigger-cue-reward' kind of thing, so paying attention to when those nudges happen, figuring out where the cue is coming from, and replacing the activity with something else will be the work over the first couple weeks or so.
This is just the first part of the 10-30-100 plan: ten days of complete commitment. We'll come back to this on January 11th, reassess to see how the system is working and what changes need to be made.
I didn't get nearly as much done as I had wanted, but then again I didn't have a strong system to adhere to. I'm trying to make sure today works as a dry run, so I got up at a reasonable hour and I'm trying my morning routine now: brush and floss, meditation, journaling. After that I'll move in to my new weekly spread in the Bullet Journal and start writing. One piece of advice that's worked for me quite well is doing the most important thing you have to do that day as early as possible. Today, that's making sure The Writing Desk posts its first essay by 9 AM.
We finished the first season of Andor yesterday, and I have to say the show lives up to the hype. Here be spoilers, so feel free to duck out of the rest of this entry if you'd rather not see them.
( Andor Season 1 discussion here. )
Today, in addition to writing, I'll be checking in on work to see what's going on there. I'll also straighten up the burrow as much as I can so things are tidy for the beginning of the work week. If possible, I'd really like to put up the dope light installation R brought me for my birthday. We've taken it to Grass Valley for a couple of Thanksgivings, but now it's time to put them up in our home. I'm not entirely sure he'll like the design I use for it, but oh well. It's my present and I'll use it the way I want.
Today is also the first day of my marijuana break. >.> I think I should be OK in general, though it's another one of those situations in which it'll take a lot of willpower to resist the constant 'nudges' to partake that I've developed over time. It's become a bit of an ingrained habit, so working that out is kind of important. It might be a good idea to think of it as a 'trigger-cue-reward' kind of thing, so paying attention to when those nudges happen, figuring out where the cue is coming from, and replacing the activity with something else will be the work over the first couple weeks or so.
This is just the first part of the 10-30-100 plan: ten days of complete commitment. We'll come back to this on January 11th, reassess to see how the system is working and what changes need to be made.
