Time off Turkey Day 2021

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I should have written up a plan before this time off so I’d have been more deliberate. As it stands, I did what I wanted, got a tonne done, but missed some things that bring me a lot of energy.

Moments and success stories

Success Stories

  • Leveled up my tech, testing, and web-tech

Top Learnings

  • Pre-write vacation plans to get what I want out of them.
  • If I don’t force my self to maintain my habits, and stay balanced - I won’t (I did zero magic).
  • My habits are energizing, the time spent is still energy positive.
  • Get my todo items checked off early instead of letting them drag (I could have got my hot tub working early too)
  • Family time feels fantastic
  • Make sure to do magic
  • Make sure to do hot tub

Relationships

Friends

  • ☑ Catch up with Greg

Tori

Private

Zach

  • ☑ Get him programming
  • ☑ Watch a movie

Amelia

  • ☑ Take her roller skating
  • ☑ Watching her develop her social skills.

Identity Health

Magic

Sigh, I did zero magic. Not because I was doing mindless stuff, but because I was sucked into the tech.

Tech Guru

Tech wise, I got a tonne done (though I probably spent too much time, and started about a week before thanksgiving).

Shell + Enabling Environment + Python in VIM

  • ☑ Explored containers, and see myself switching to them shortly
  • ☐ Started using containers full time

Data Analysis - Pandas

Nope.

CUT: Ranking Systems

Nope.

Blog tech

  • Ported blog to typescript
  • Figured out E2E testing.
  • Figured out code coverage
  • Got python working in the browser using Brython.
  • Created a twine like language for Zach to port his games to e.g. Steve’s Jungle And Bar. This system can run both in the console and in Brython, which is super fun!
  • Updated blog sitenav to use font-awesome icons instead of text. Understood Bootstrap/CSS enough to make it pretty.
  • Linked blog to GitHub edit page, and using GitHub issues to track work items
  • Updated to latest Algolia Search, and Bootstrap 5. And now I understand enough to be doing it efficiently.
  • Created picture in excalidraw of how the blog works.
  • Got and wrote up a malware attack
  • Got sunburst graphs working, which will be the basis of my choose your own adventure random todo, and reflection, system

Cognitive Health

  • ☑ Wrote up a tech blog post on malware
  • ☑ Started being more deliberate on blog work via GitHub issues, and E2E testing.
  • ☑ Built thing I enjoy prompter

Emotional Health

  • ☑ Set a very simple todo list, and got it done (though at the last day).

Meditation

Meditated once, but otherwise let this slide

750 words

Started doing this on a e-book handwriting again, spotty 2/10 days.

Physical Health

Had big plans, but my trainer was out, then I got sick, and my PT was out. Here’s hoping a run on Tuesday!

Statistics

Weight: 225 Gym Days: 0

Diet

My diet discipline has been week. But had food poisoning and super puked on Friday, so didn’t eat much through the weekend.

Sleep

A few days at 4:30, lots of sleeping in.

Energy

  • Lot of undirected tech energy.

House and goods

Mental quicksand

Hot tub

My hot tub lid got sort of deflated, which then pooled a tonne of water on top, which then made it unusable, and a huge mental weight. Finally got that taken care of on Sunday at 7pm, too late to use it, but early enough to have my holiday be a success.