Hands on tools
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Today I'm starting my job era.
This week I need to:
job stuff
- Make a CV
- Look at what jobs are out there
- Make a list of things to learn to help with applications
- Practice interview
- Make a list of jobs I want to apply for
- Apply for some (as practice)
- Continue work on Conjugação
- Do some CS study
me stuff
- Set a 'goal' indentity
- Work through the better habits emails
- Sell my desk
- Start a new month in my bullet journal
- Return Paul Klee book
I'd like to treat this job application stuff as a job, eg. getting up early, 8:30 - 5:00 routine etc. I secretly think I'll really enjoy it.
That all being said, today I slept in until 10:30. Luke ran a marathon yesterday so we spent the whole day celebrating. That sounds loose, but we're all pretty mild mannered souls so it was a lot of dice games, a couple of quizes and then the stayers watched Nathan Fielder's new show, The Rehearsal.
It was a late night, and a late night deserves a late morning. I really suffered from my late night shenanigans last week, my mental health and general productivity took a hit. Hypothesis: I can stay up a little if I want to. Conclusion: No I can't.
Matt told me about a book by Ursula K. Le Guin about a race who can dream while awake, and treat dreaming with the same seriousness with which they treat the waking world. This wouldn't be a bad way for me to treat sleep I reckon.
Tech with Tom
Me and Tom are going to meet up this week to discuss a side project we could work on. We both want to work on something together, we need to choose what.
He's a lot more product minded than I am, but a lot of his ideas are so boring to me, and so far from needs I can understand, that I fail to conjure any enthusiasm for them. I won't write them here because he's careful about IP (another difference between him and I - I think ideas are cheap and I don't care about keeping them secret).
I can't think of something to work on together though! I said I'm happy to design it, so perhaps it will be a design / backend split project? I think the key is, like with all projects, to scope it down as much as possible.
Louis, what is going on
Things feel very fluid right now, I feel like I'm on the edge of change. I feel like a chapter is rolling up, and another poised to unfold. I feel like I need to add something else to the list of things to do this week:
- A 2 month break summary essay
- A 'tools I use' reference page
- Get a haircut
- Transpose the Paul Klee book quotes
Wow, look how easy it is to write about the things I need to do. Surely it will be just as easy to do them
despite my big talk
I'm likely going to spend the next 2-3 hours doing Portuguese practice, and homework.
a post of lists
I've already got some lists on this post, here's some more points, so I don't forget
for the 2 month break summary
- You can get a lot done in 2 months, but only a lot done of one or 2 things
- Otherwise, you can get a normal to small amount done, but on a lot of things
- It's hard to choose one big thing, and harder to choose the right one, so if you've never taken a couple of months off, you're better off just relaxing for a bit. You will know what you want to do next time.
This post felt a bit all over the show, but so do I right now, so it's not too bad.
listening to
questions
- What am I grateful for today? (gratitude journal practice)
- When was the last time I had a potluck?