the passive voice
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Friday was pretty good. I ticked a few things off the todo list - all involved spending money, but I did it economically.
- Bought return flights from copenhagen - €53
- Got bed sheets - €25, top bottom and pillow cases. Was clearly a shop designed for bulk sales but what ever, I got my goods.
- Bought an umbrella - €5
- Bough a shovel and mini broom - €3.50
- Bought a bifana - €2.50 And what was free*
- Did my portuguese homework - learning how to use the passive voice
- Cooked leek and potato soup
- Cleaned room
- Measured and figured out the size of the bolt to adjust my bike seat
- Had a good chat with the guy at the bookshop nearby - very cool bookshop, very cool guy.
sunday
It's sunday now, and I've picked the journal back up. I've had trouble relaxing today, just kind of flitted around my room. Thinking about getting a bean bag. Also thinking about getting a drum throne.
I got lost looking at drum kit options online today. It's dangerous, the kind of holes I can fall down with online shopping. I don't even spend money, it's just the time and energy.
I'm not used to this degree of minimalism in my life, sometimes it's uncomfortable. I feel driven to buy my way out, and I start going down strange little paths trying to shave pennies of these hypothetical purchases. I freak out, remembering how awful it was to get rid of things before I left Melbourne.
I caught myself up on a favourite webcomic - Kill Six Billion Demons
I read a short story by William Gibson - Johnny Mnenomic
I did another row on the crochet bag I'm making. I sent some friends photos I took. I felt weird and restless all day - I really need to start exercising again.
routine
I didn't do very well at sticking to the routine last week - too many late nights, slept in a lot. I'm going to see how I go this week. I also want to start doing a daily review of what I did and what I want to do. I'm doing quite a lot, but it's easy to forget or lose track.
cnj
I built the command line conjugation tool I'd been wanting for a while! It's not ready to distribute publically, but it's perfect for local use.
It was a day to make basic, and another day to make it look good.
what else
I walked around on saturday for a little while looking for a spot to enjoy the sun, ended up just walking home. All the parks nearby have construction going on. My balcony is perfect for the sun in the afternoon.
Still very distracted, will wrap this one up.
listening to
questions
- how can you step out of the moment and reflect when you're caught up?