Published on 2024-04-16
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Week Notes are a popular thing these days. I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring and see how it works for me. The link I provided above looks like it's mainly about productivity but I've seen examples of more personal notes, which is what I'm aiming for.

Professional

• Work has been a mixed bag. (For context, read about what I do here.) Last week was rather busy because I had a day off on the 5th, and then another day off on the 8th. Even then, the 8th was a bit hectic because I had another employee on my team off and as a team of 4, having two people off is not ideal - so I worked while traveling.
• But in the latter half of the week things were slow. Thursday was dreadful - I saw two people in the office and no one else. Yesterday was a tad slow as well. I expect things to pick up the rest of this week, though.
• Slowness can sometimes be helpful to allow me to work ahead so that when things pick up unexpectedly, I have time and space to get more immediate things done.

Personal

• I've been thinking a lot about writing lately - both about producing things and about being true to myself in my personal journal. As a result I've spit out several pages' worth of entries in my journal, although not as many written pieces on my blog (or elsewhere).
• My wife was away for 36 hours (Sunday morning to Monday evening) which allowed me to have some time to myself. I spent it playing a lot of video games^[1]. I also watched some TV, recorded a podcast, and did a few other things around the house.
• My wife is going to be away again Friday to Sunday. I think I'll need to fill my time a little better; perhaps I'll get together with my brother in some capacity - it's his birthday on Saturday.

Healthy Living

• I don't want to dwell on this too much because I am keeping my "health notes" to myself instead of broadcasting them.
• My wife and I have a personal trainer at the gym that is helping us with strength training to improve our overall mobility. Looking forward to how that will help us playing softball this summer.
• Scale weight progress has been all over the place. Trying to be better with my food intake.
  quick edit: I forgot to include KT Tape. I am fairly certain I have a fracture of my 5th metatarsal; KT Tape has significantly reduced pain. I should be able to manage it until my doctor appointment at the end of the month.

Media

• As mentioned, watching a lot of TV lately. I've focused on: X-Men (90s cartoon); X-Files; Flight of the Conchords. No movies this past week.
• I finished reading Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari. I have some thoughts about this but haven't put them together either in written form or in podcast form. It was a three-star read for me.
• Podcasts, podcasts, podcasts. I made my way through a few backlogged items but wanted to highlight one in particular: Ologies - LIFE ADVICE Encore: For anyone who is tired & needs some hacks. I'm not a fan of all the advice in this show, but there were some good tips. I try not to get bogged down with "how to be more productive" kind of things but I liked the sentiment behind most of these.

I think that's all I can muster for now. The format here will probably change as I go. Normally I include contact info at the bottom of my posts but for these...I think I'm going to leave them out.