Today was a lovely but very tiring day, I had a great day!
I continued reading Steve Silberman’s NeuroTribes for a bit today, but otherwise didn’t read much at all today because of all my time going elsewhere. Looking forward to settling in for a few hours of reading tomorrow though :)
My time spent exercising today was much lower than yesterday, but that’s because most of my time was spent with family, plus I got roped in to help clean for a few hours (which counts as some physical activity, yay!). After cleaning for a few hours I stole 30 minutes to run out to the garage and exercise: unfortunately the grass in the yard and fields is too soggy + has standing water in spots so I couldn’t run outside, had to run inside the garage. I cleared a small circuit for myself in the garage and walked + jogged a 14′10 mile while dodging obstacles (you know, the usual garage clutter kind of stuff), did 5 minutes of jump rope HIIT, and a few minutes of lifting miscellaneous weights. Looking forward to not having to sneak away to get my workout in tomorrow, that’ll be a lot less stressful, and I’ll be able to workout for longer, am expecting to do 60 minutes of exercise tomorrow.
I had a lovely time celebrating Christmas with my parents and eating lots and lots of excellent food over the day. Tomorrow they leave the state once more, and I’ll be alone for about a month or so again. To prevent the kind of mood crashes and depression stuff that tend to come with isolation, I’m forcing myself to be extraordinarily (virtually) social, to continue with my exercise habits, to continue writing here and more, get good sleep, and so on. These things will help!
Today marks day 5 of daily shortform writing, tomorrow will mark day 6, and so on :)
I forgot to include details about the LW/EA New Year’s when I posted that meetup, but I’ll make sure to spread word about the event and invite, looks like it’ll be quite fun!
As part of my ongoing self improvement efforts, I think I’d really like to incorporate a weekly review habit into my life. Ben Kuhn’s description of that: https://www.benkuhn.net/weekly/ is what prompted me to think about that once again, I’ve previously read about many other individuals’ weekly review habits, and such a habit just seem like a really necessary and good habit for self improvement: an excellent tool / prosthetic nicely suited to actually make a human being reflect on their experiences and make changes in response. So, I’m happy I stumbled upon Ben’s post on the LW Frontpage since it has served as an excellent memory trigger (I had forgotten that weekly reviews were a thing despite reading about them before. O memory, oh where did you go; on a side note, who else digs the vocative tense?).
I think a great task for my first weekly review will be to go back through my shortforms, ToDo lists, and other things I’ve written or produced this last week and make sure I’ve actually completed what I wanted to complete, make notes on what to do next, and so on. I’ll be starting my first weekly review this Sunday (the 27th) probably in the morning.
Today was a lovely but very tiring day, I had a great day!
I continued reading Steve Silberman’s NeuroTribes for a bit today, but otherwise didn’t read much at all today because of all my time going elsewhere. Looking forward to settling in for a few hours of reading tomorrow though :)
My time spent exercising today was much lower than yesterday, but that’s because most of my time was spent with family, plus I got roped in to help clean for a few hours (which counts as some physical activity, yay!). After cleaning for a few hours I stole 30 minutes to run out to the garage and exercise: unfortunately the grass in the yard and fields is too soggy + has standing water in spots so I couldn’t run outside, had to run inside the garage. I cleared a small circuit for myself in the garage and walked + jogged a 14′10 mile while dodging obstacles (you know, the usual garage clutter kind of stuff), did 5 minutes of jump rope HIIT, and a few minutes of lifting miscellaneous weights. Looking forward to not having to sneak away to get my workout in tomorrow, that’ll be a lot less stressful, and I’ll be able to workout for longer, am expecting to do 60 minutes of exercise tomorrow.
I had a lovely time celebrating Christmas with my parents and eating lots and lots of excellent food over the day. Tomorrow they leave the state once more, and I’ll be alone for about a month or so again. To prevent the kind of mood crashes and depression stuff that tend to come with isolation, I’m forcing myself to be extraordinarily (virtually) social, to continue with my exercise habits, to continue writing here and more, get good sleep, and so on. These things will help!
Today marks day 5 of daily shortform writing, tomorrow will mark day 6, and so on :)
I’ve scheduled the next Houston Rationalists virtual meetup, we will be meeting virtually on the 30th, full details here: https://www.lesswrong.com/events/3N6JGAtc28nhhsKFx/houston-rationalists-virtual-meetup-december-30
I forgot to include details about the LW/EA New Year’s when I posted that meetup, but I’ll make sure to spread word about the event and invite, looks like it’ll be quite fun!
As part of my ongoing self improvement efforts, I think I’d really like to incorporate a weekly review habit into my life. Ben Kuhn’s description of that: https://www.benkuhn.net/weekly/ is what prompted me to think about that once again, I’ve previously read about many other individuals’ weekly review habits, and such a habit just seem like a really necessary and good habit for self improvement: an excellent tool / prosthetic nicely suited to actually make a human being reflect on their experiences and make changes in response. So, I’m happy I stumbled upon Ben’s post on the LW Frontpage since it has served as an excellent memory trigger (I had forgotten that weekly reviews were a thing despite reading about them before. O memory, oh where did you go; on a side note, who else digs the vocative tense?).
I think a great task for my first weekly review will be to go back through my shortforms, ToDo lists, and other things I’ve written or produced this last week and make sure I’ve actually completed what I wanted to complete, make notes on what to do next, and so on. I’ll be starting my first weekly review this Sunday (the 27th) probably in the morning.
Notice: I am putting together a group to do the Hammertime sequence: https://www.lesswrong.com/s/qRxTKm7DAftSuTGvj If you’re interested, let me know!
I’m so looking forward to eating Christmas dinner leftovers for breakfast tomorrow, hecking yeah!