Category Archives: Nature

Weeknote for 12/24/2023

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Andy

Productivity 🧐 I started redesigning my Admin procedure, the daily session where I do bureaucratic tasks like answering emails. The process always feels unsettled and easily expands to take too much time, so I’m watching how I actually do it … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 12/10/2023

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Andy

Productivity 😐 This project moved to the back burner. It’ll probably stay there a while longer as I work through miscellaneous other tasks. That’s kind of the nature of my Decembers. Nature 🙂 I volunteered to test creek water over … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 11/19/2023

Posted on November 26, 2023 by Andy

Christmas 😐 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

Posted on November 15, 2023 by Andy

Christmas 😐 I settled on wishlist.com for my Christmas list but barely added anything to it. I’m sure I have excuses, but overall I’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

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Andy

Christmas 😐 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. I’m aiming to cram in the research … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 9/24/2023

Posted on September 28, 2023 by Andy

Productivity 🙂 I started experimenting with ways to regulate my evening schedule. I’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

Posted on September 3, 2023 by Andy

Math 😐 I tracked down my notes from earlier generations of this project. That’s about all I gave myself time to do. This week I’ll make any flashcards I’m missing from prealgebra. AI 🙄 I spent too much of my … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 7/16/2023

Posted on July 16, 2023 by Andy

Productivity :thinking: I decided to try improving my schedule tracker in Google Sheets rather than moving it to Notion. I was convinced I’d move it, but then I didn’t want my Notion to become unusably slow from a ballooning database. … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 7/9/2023

Posted on July 11, 2023 by Andy

Productivity 🙂 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

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Andy

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 →