there is a possibility of change

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I've had some reflux lately. New bed is a little hard. Overall enjoying the new apartment though.

I finished GTD today! It was a really good and useful read. It wraps up with reinforcing the importance of deciding next actions, and being clear about the outcome before you start. Here's a nice quote:

Asking “What’s the next action?” undermines the victim mentality. It presupposes that there is a possibility of change, and that there is something you can do to make it happen.

there is a possibility of change

I've written 271 entries for this journal - a huge effort and something I'm very proud of. I'd never stuck to something this long before, and the skills and habits I developed were really useful.

I got more competent with scripting, I wrote my own static site generator in golang.

I developed a system of putting utility scripts in a subdirectory called ss, so I can call for example ss/newd and it opens up neovim with a new document and my journal template.

I designed a blog I was happy with, and made barely any design changes after the initial work.

I added small flourishes to things to add some joy and character, which went a long way in making me want to use this.

I made it very easy to do, removing just about every barrier.

I don't think I got that much better at writing, but that's a hard one to judge. What's the comparison photo equivalent of writing?

It's been nice to have a separate place for my journal that's not my main website. I will need to consider this when I start my new journal project.

Another thing I'm proud of is I started writing the entries before I had the site or static site builder ready. I just saved them locally. I think it's important to do things quietly for a while before you put them out in the light.

put them out in the light

I have loved this journal and I am better for having done it. This format no longer works for me. I feel sad, but also optimistic about my writing future.

This is the last entry. Thank you for reading, who ever you are. If you're my brother - thank you for reading and consistently encouraging this. Louis, if this is you in the future, thank you for writing.

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"perhaps we write toward what we will become from where we are" - May Sarton