Category Archives: Learning

Weeknote for 4/28/2024

Posted on May 13, 2024 by Andy

Still behind, but I’m working on it! Learning 🤔 I started collecting memory palaces and names for representing numbers and continued exploring other mnemonic ideas. For palaces I started with my childhood home, which took me about an hour to … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 4/21/2024

Posted on May 8, 2024 by Andy

This entry is a little late! But I’m picking up where I left off, and I aim to catch up on posts this week. Travel 😩 Sunday, the day after the wedding, I tried out my new instructions to myself … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 4/14/2024

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Andy

Learning 🙂 I decided to start my memory training by learning a Person-Action-Object list for two-digit numbers based on the Dominic System. This is a popular way of memorizing numbers that balances speed of memorizing a number against the speed … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 3/17/2024

Posted on March 23, 2024 by Andy

Learning 😎 Scott Young’s Ultralearning (TED talk) is setting the agenda for my learning project. The book is about how to learn a lot about a subject in a relatively short time, perfect for the kind of learning projects I … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 3/10/2024

Posted on March 10, 2024 by Andy

Health 😌 My ulcerative colitis medicine arrived, and I started taking it again. There are a few loose ends to the insurance situation, but for now the crisis has passed, though I’m still processing the implications. In a couple of … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 2/4/2024

Posted on February 4, 2024 by Andy

Productivity 😌 I finished separating my intervals database into iteration and day databases. This week I’ll try to get through creating a Make scenario for automatically registering work sessions for my tasks in Notion. I do it manually now, and … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 9/27/2020

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Andy

Productivity 😐 I avoided almost all naps, and I added more rules to actually be productive. I made an exception and allowed a nap on Saturday to catch up on sleep, because I was still staying up too late. But … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 9/6/2020

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Andy

Productivity 🤔 It’s time for some changes. My motivation has been waning lately. Last week I couldn’t summon the drive even to make a time block schedule, let alone follow it. And despite the importance of my math project, I … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 5/10/2020

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Andy

Text-to-speech 🙂 A few weeks ago when I included an audio version of my post, I had a couple of (off-blog) comments about the unexciting tone of the text-to-speech voice Noah, and though I had sampled far blander voices, I … Continue reading →