glorified todo
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What a day it was yesterday! Probably the first time this week I've started to feel really good and confident in my job hunt. I did fairly little towards it, but even the smallest mustard seed etc.
To celebrate, here's a transciption of my journal (I use the 'Bullet Journal' method which, until I employ any of the more complex features, is a glorified todo list.)
x - done
• - not done
x number pages
• finish cv
• writing x find image of me
• design
x reply to recruiters
x what I want
x what I can do
x what my availability is
x put some quotes on my wall
• 5 sentences using subjunctive future tense
x pick up book from library
x drop off Paul Klee book
x clean earbuds
completed
- Made progress on my CV, but it's taking a while. I remember last time I made a CV, it took me like 2 solid days, maybe 5? It was a long time ago.
- Replied to the 2 recruiters who have reached out on LinkedIn
- Wrote down my "3 whats" so that when I talk to recruiters I'm not fumbling for words.
- Printed a Paul Klee work out and stuck it on my wall
- Picked up Journal of a Solitude by May Sarton, and some other books
- Dropped off the Paul Klee book. Speaking to the librarian at the art library was nice, they me told about the coming shelf expansion, and we talked about how the alphabetical arrangement might lead to more books starting with certain letters being checked out. They said they'd heard about authors choosing nom de plumes that put them closer to the middle of a commercial book shelf, a hilarious idea.
- Cleaned my earbuds
outstanding
- I need to do my portuguese homework. Subjunctive tense is one I've always struggled with, in spanish as well as english. Future subjunctive, from what I understand, only exists in portuguese (nope, not gonna double check that before I publish this entry)
- Finish CV - mentioned above
All in all, a huge day, and that's not even all of it.
climb through the cave then over the lip
I finished a pumpy overhanging green climb at boulder project. The green ones have mostly easy holds, but they are often quite strength demanding, and this one especially had been getting the best of me. I tackled it early, while I still had plenty of juice in the tank. Perfect plan, executed without fault.
- but for a few moments on the plate, the mushrooms are sublime.
Talking with Tom
Got a burger with Tom, then talked about collab ideas. He knows more about implementation than I do, it's really encouraging. We settled on an idea to do with reddit, r/ASX_bets, sentiment analysis, and data-vis. I'll crack out the old Edward Tufte collections. We got a drink afterwards to talk about it, I found myself pausing a lot to think. It rained heavy, and long; I walked to the train station and took the train a little over half the way home, to keep myself getting completely saturated on my bike. Me and Tom will meet up on tuesday to do a 5 hour push on the project.
Still good
Giles shared his journal with me (will link here once I've got his permission). It's fantastic, and really encouraging. He's using an iFrame to load the content in place on the page, a great idea. It made it much easier to read through a few days. It's also great to see smaller posts; I often feel bad about writing a shorter entry, but I found the shorter entries in his journal just as insightful as the larger ones, and easier to get through.
Journal of a Solitude
I picked it up after reading a couple of good quotes in this are.na channel - inner w✺rld ↔ outer w✿rld
perhaps we write toward what we will become from where we are
we go up to heaven and down to hell a dozen times a day
Playing brogue
Giles mentioned once he was attempting to keep a diary of Brogue - I'm tempted to try too. It's very hard, but I also find it very fun. maybe I'll try to make my own rogue-like
a thought in the back of my mind
I don't think I'm very good at planning for the future, I find it impossible to concieve a place and time that is not now. But I think I've been good/lucky in the past to have cultivated relationships, skills and interests that have lead me to good places. I want to practice being more aware of this, and leaning in to this strength. Understanding what decisions can lead to good options is useful, and they're not secrets by any means.
questions
- What made yesterday so good?
- How can I reproduce that?
- Can I be at peace with fluctuating emotional states