This week was relatively successful, though there remains a lot of work to do to close the gap between my plans and actions.
I published two TMSR OS articles, Heading TMSR OS and Contribution Guidelines for TMSR OS, both about an hour past my deadlineFor the former, I didn’t make the greatest use of last weekend and for the latter, a family friend made an unexpected visit Thursday night which ate up time I’d allocated to write., but nevertheless were good to get out. The former clarified my priority articles for the week to come with the mission statement and long term vision and reasons why it’s +ev to contribute on the docket.
Each took ~7 hours, where I had planned 6. This includes background reading and digging for source material to quote and guide.
I kept up okay with moving conversations forward in the logs and blog, primarily with trinque, but also got clarity from bvt, spyked and lobbes on their status and plans for the month.
The one thing that held me back the most this week was letting myself get distracted in the evenings. I planned to work each evening from 7:30-9:30 with the last half hour a reflection on the day. I only managed to achieve this 2 of the 7 days and otherwise spent time with my parents during that time. Bad planning and execution are both at play, but I think the latter moreso. The primary gain from spending time with them was further insight into the habits and environment of my childhood as not much has changed in terms of my parents routine since then. I’ve replaced many of the bad habits, e.g. watching TV, in adulthood, but there are still residual effects. These aren’t new insights I’m reflecting on, I’ve known about this for a while and there’s diminishing marginal returns to dwelling. I took the unplanned easy way and so should expect to be messed up.
The immense pile fallen atop my head is the biggest challenge of my life and I can’t afford to mess myself up. Missing those hours puts my rhythm off beat, cuts down my momentum and makes it more likely I stay up late white knuckling to hold on. That’s not sustainable and not necessary.
The second thing that held me back this week was a bit of perfectionism that may have tended to spinning at times. Reading the logs for so long built a lot of appreciation for the signal to noise ratio. Nevertheless, the burst to increase the momentum of this project is my responsibility. Shifting to the bias of cutting down on latency and taking my lumps from my betters when I do err is the impact move I can make to improve my performance.
I did manage decent physical and language exercise and overall am positive and looking forward to a week of improvement on all fronts to come.
Note: This review is about a day late.