We have to make a million choices each and every day, so it makes sense that to keep things simple, we always make the same ones. But the easy choices don't always mean the right choices.
Commit today to changing it up, to doing something different, and making the choice that improves your life for the better. Believe it or not, pretty soon that choice will be the easy one to make too.
"I haven't been consuming much content. I spend downtime either reflecting on problems/learnings or listening to music while I walk and simply think about life. "
"Maintenance 2025
B: 1.5 protein 1 grain 6oz fruit 1 fat
L 2pro 12oz veg 1 grain 1 fat
D 1.5 pro 1/2 grain 8-12oz veg 1 fat 1 fruit
**moved 1/2 to evening and eat fruit closer to dinner
COFFEE: 30oz max this week thru sun then begin to move towards afternoon"
"Another day another no vidya COPE. Instead I replaced it with Alcumus: https://artofproblemsolving.com/alcumus. It's like a video game version of math problems ranging from Pre-Algebra to Pre-Calc. Detta, I think I told you about AoPS before and how I wanted to do their textbooks. I think the free Alcumus game + self-learning when needed + AMC/AIME for more involved reasoning problems would be a good way to strengthen the gaps in our fundamentals for free and with low time commitment. "
"Thank you for the recommendations, and mirin that Brain Kemp for his porn policy. It would be nice if more states cracked down on adult content like that. As for the DNS blocklists, I did use one of those to setup my blocker and when testing I couldn't find any site that bypassed it. Appreciate the suggestions though. We will beat this!"
"@fsalih
Good idea but this highlight another one of my problems : being consistent with sleep schedule.
Perhaps I should create a sleep commitment as well.
Thank you"
"Meditated 20 minutes this morning. Not very high quality(lots of mind wandering) but performed. No lethargy (which normally I always deal with) perhaps because I slept well + had taken tyrosine and theanine and choline already."
"Week 1. Time & focus to actually sitting down and working has been good. Creating 1 element of the system, still a big part to go but the learning curve has been achieved."
"No shorts or scroll rotting today, only longer form content without abrupt switching. However, I wish that the things I watched were more productive to my situation. It would be best if I watched content about healing GI issues, learning, data structures and algos, mathematics. Useful technical content too not pseduo-educational entertainment that feels better than straight slop but isn't actually that good/useful for me. "
"Setup device wide DNS blocking, site and app blocking, and other methods of creating friction that would be difficult to over-ride in a moment of weakness. "
"No video games today. Began the process to delete my League of Legends account permanently. Looking forward to replacing games with competitive programming. "
"So far, so good.
Sometimes I fail to do it in the MORNING because I have to go to work/school/pantry/something. This is problematic because morning meditation is the most effective and helps build up clarity that makes me effective for the rest of the day.
But so far I have managed to do it 20 minutes almost everyday, and some (usually nights) days 10 minutes."
"Si, estoy logrando mi meta bastante, estoy usando Gemini y ChatGPT, aunque debería usarlo un poco más. Pero no lo uso el 100% del tiempo en la computadora, hago actividades útiles relacionadas en ese tiempo."
"Si, estoy logrando mi meta bastante, estoy usando Gemini y ChatGPT, aunque debería usarlo un poco más. Pero no lo uso el 100% del tiempo en la computadora, hago actividades útiles relacionadas en ese tiempo. "
"Plan: 6x each day, 3 of them before 6 am.
Monday: circuit
Tuesday: bike 1.5 mile x 6
Wednesday: circuit x 6
Thursday: run .5 Mile x 6
Friday: circuit x 6
Saturday: 5k"
"It's Saturday morning. The apartment is a mess. The week has been hard. I hope to do a small push today (need to leave in a couple of hours) and a bigger overhaul tomorrow. Anything I do today and tomorrow will be counted towards next week/next report."
"It's going well, I'm excited to do this. I know this needs to be done like this otherwise i'll fall back and relapse. This will be the one thing that will make me stick to it for the rest of my life. "
"End of Wednesday 3rd September
What went well; focused on Accruals and prepayments system. Used focusmate all day long, and visualised during treadmill incline walk, whilst listening to a 6 minute motivational episode, which helped me get back into the swing of things.
What didn't go well; got sidetracked in the evening and did 0 work.
Moral of the story, safeguard your sacred time to the minute, value your time.
From 6pm to 11.45pm, taking out 25-75mins was achievable, whilst focusing on your other lifely tasks. Just dedicate your time more."
"- thought about what to say to the rheumatologist
- set up automated allocations for tax
- went to my appointment
- got CS:APP from VU library
- read CS:APP for ~1.5 hours
- wrote a little assembly
another low energy day 'cause i woke up at 3:30am and couldn't get back to sleep"
"plan for today:
- go to my rheumatologist appointment
- go to VU library and borrow textbook
- get rid of rubbish in my room
- wash dishes
- tidy work area
- read over and sign my tax return thing
- study"
