Category Archives: People

Weeknote for 6/6/2021

Finances 😐 I started researching grad school costs. What I’ve learned so far is that university websites are confusing. I’m going to try not to get lost in the details, because right now I’m only looking for ballpark figures. I’m … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 2/14/2021

Productivity πŸ™‚ My elastic habits are still going well. I’ll get into specifics in the finance and housekeeping sections. To keep the blog from getting too repetitive, I’ll make this the last Elastic Habits update until something changes. Finances 😎 … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 2/7/2021

Productivity πŸ™‚ I finished my first two-week period of Elastic Habits, and so far it’s going really well. My score was 129 out of a range of 0 to (I think) 366 (for my 14-day schedule). The main goal is … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 12/20/2020

Life maintenance 😐 My pre-road-trip COVID test came back negative. I had to break my self-isolation for my regularly scheduled outpatient hospital visit and a couple of curbside pickups at stores, but I’d already arranged a COVID test for five … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 12/13/2020

Life maintenance 😌 I got my Christmas present mailed in plenty of time. This was one of those times when a deadline made me procrastinate less and not more. πŸ™„ Polyphasic sleep apparently doesn’t work for me. I’ve drifted into … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 12/6/2020

Christmas labels 😌 I finished them. On Saturday I was on the home stretch, so I pretended it was Christmas Eveβ€”the time I’d normally finish themβ€”and worked on it till morning. I’d slept earlier in the night, so it wasn’t … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 10/25/2020

Christmas labels πŸ™‚ I made progress again. Still hoping to finish this week. Fiction πŸ€” Friday my department at work had a lunch discussion of The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick. We talked about whether it … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 9/20/2020

Memory 😐 I finally carved out some time to set up the new version of my dictionary-making app. This week I’ll continue the setup and start working with my language sources. AI πŸ™‚ Kai-Fu Lee‘s AI Superpowers is about being … Continue reading

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Weeknote for 9/6/2020

Productivity πŸ€” 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 8/23/2020

For having done so little, I sure have a lot to say. Productivity 😐 A temporal black hole passed through my week. It’s the only explanation for where the time went and how little I got done. I suppose there’s … Continue reading

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