I'm going to probably make them into a header at some point but not right now. They are vaguely grouped by perceived difficulty and effort with green being easy, blue medium, and purple hard. I have moved the in progress ones down to a blank space on the wall so I can track progress better and the completed ones are on the side of my desk no but this picture was taken prior to that.
Here they are:
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Duck Egg
Here is a picture of the duck egg I prepared for myself! I got it from Whole Foods and it cost $1.99 which is quite a lot for a single egg of its size. The unbroken egg is slightly larger than a chicken egg with a more translucent almost greyish looking shell. The shell seemed to have a bit of flex to it when I broke it open whereas regular chicken eggs tend to be much more brittle. Duck eggs are also slightly bigger than large/x-large chicken eggs that I normally get. The egg tasted exactly like an egg. It was a bit richer than a chicken egg but the best way I can describe it is "a really good egg"
Saturday, August 24, 2013
This past week
I feel like I am slowing down a bit. I am not quite as excited about this as I was when I started but really I expected that to wear off a bit. Last weekend I made the soft pretzel mix just to cross it off the list. I have now made two different pretzel mixes and neither one was anywhere near as good as when I make them from scratch.
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I am getting a new phone this week so that is going to be complete soon. I'm also making slow progress on the Linux thing. I am reading about three books at once, hopefully I will finish the short one this weekend. I might have to get a library card. I asked my facebook friends what books I should read and was very surprised with the people who answered! Some of my well-read college friends were expected but some people from high school came out of the woodwork to make some very surprising suggestions! People should really stop dissing facebook. If I had to write letters to everyone I wanted to keep in contact with, my "friends list" would be way smaller. I love how it allows users to post anything and then if their friends find it interesting or have something to say, they will. If one were to write a direct letter to a friend they would be somewhat more obligated to comment on the things you write even if they are of no interest to them.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Book #1 finished
I liked this book because it put words to a lot of ideas and thoughts I have had. I did not learn as much as I had hoped, though I think the author did a good job of rounding up and discussing many of the issues surrounding antidepressants with just enough of a scientific background.
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Check it out! I made a graph! Thanks Google!
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Observations
Despite so many of my tasks being easy, I find myself a couple weeks in with only three things crossed out. I feel better about it since I have so many things "In Progress" but man, I thought I would be like 10-20% done by now. Strange because I've been working on it every day and none of the tasks are particularly challenging. Good thing I have 988 days left.
So far I have been pretty motivated by this whole project. I have been in fairly good spirits and tend to bounce back from my low points pretty well. Which may or may not be relevant at all. Definitely I have found myself less bored and less lazy? Lazy is not really the right word so let me try to explain.
Let's say it's Sunday. I spent all day Saturday hanging out with people doing fun things until late hours of the night so I've permitted myself to sleep in (until 9ish but usually not past 10). I roll out of bed and take a shower, my roommate is probably not out of bed yet so I find myself something in the fridge to munch on and watch tv or catch up on the facebooks. Roommate wakes up, we sit around for a while. He showers and makes coffee. We sit around drinking coffee. I think about what to make for lunch and dinner. Still watching tv or reading or something dumb. Pretty soon it's like 2pm and I've managed to shower, dress myself, drink a cup of coffee, and if I'm really on top of things I've done the dishes. I still have laundry to do because I only have enough work clothes to get through the week (I hate work clothes) and I still have to go buy groceries so I can cook whatever I decided lunch and dinner was. Lately my roommate has been picking salads to make for weekday lunches. This is awesome because he makes a big batch on Sunday and we just have to scoop out what we want in the morning and now there's no more scrambling to throw together a lunch and make it out the door in the morning.
Actually maybe having lunches in advance is what is helping me be more on top of things. It lines up pretty well.
Anyway, pre-project I would usually spend the majority of the afternoon thinking about what to make for dinner and then going to the store and then cooking. Then I'd do my laundry at the last minute and go to bed having accomplished almost nothing, basically only the essentials. Now when I'm bored like this I look at my list and pick something. I have lazy things I can do (reading, playing okami) and more challenging things (making a souffle). I have things that require planning (tea party, dinner party) and things that I can make progress on in only a few minutes (freerice, push ups, walking). My list has such a diverse list of activities that I can fit something in to my day every day. I don't think there has been one day where I have not made any progress at all. If I have done nothing at the end of the day I can always log into freerice and answer a handful of questions or go for a walk or do some pushups. Small progress is still progress.
I really encourage anyone who might be following this to make their own list. It is quite a lot of fun and if you are someone who procrastinates or feels like you have a tendency to waste your time, it can be quite helpful. You can put anything you want on the list (the "rules" say that you have to be able to quantify your results somehow which helps prevent debate over what is "good enough") This is one of my favorites that I came across while trying to make my list. Look at all the stuff she has! It seems so fun! Also in researching my list I realized that the vast, vast majority of list-makers are female. Not sure why that is. My guess is that the type of blogging that is conducive to this type of project tends to be primarily female? Anyway bonus points if you make a list as a male. I would love to see what things you come up with since a lot of the lists I have seen have more "girl things" like getting a manicure and not a lot of "guy things" (like.... sports? what even is a comparable guy thing?) Also most of the lists had few or no tech-y goals (a couple "redesign my blog" type things but no building robots or stuff).
So far I have been pretty motivated by this whole project. I have been in fairly good spirits and tend to bounce back from my low points pretty well. Which may or may not be relevant at all. Definitely I have found myself less bored and less lazy? Lazy is not really the right word so let me try to explain.
Let's say it's Sunday. I spent all day Saturday hanging out with people doing fun things until late hours of the night so I've permitted myself to sleep in (until 9ish but usually not past 10). I roll out of bed and take a shower, my roommate is probably not out of bed yet so I find myself something in the fridge to munch on and watch tv or catch up on the facebooks. Roommate wakes up, we sit around for a while. He showers and makes coffee. We sit around drinking coffee. I think about what to make for lunch and dinner. Still watching tv or reading or something dumb. Pretty soon it's like 2pm and I've managed to shower, dress myself, drink a cup of coffee, and if I'm really on top of things I've done the dishes. I still have laundry to do because I only have enough work clothes to get through the week (I hate work clothes) and I still have to go buy groceries so I can cook whatever I decided lunch and dinner was. Lately my roommate has been picking salads to make for weekday lunches. This is awesome because he makes a big batch on Sunday and we just have to scoop out what we want in the morning and now there's no more scrambling to throw together a lunch and make it out the door in the morning.
Actually maybe having lunches in advance is what is helping me be more on top of things. It lines up pretty well.
Anyway, pre-project I would usually spend the majority of the afternoon thinking about what to make for dinner and then going to the store and then cooking. Then I'd do my laundry at the last minute and go to bed having accomplished almost nothing, basically only the essentials. Now when I'm bored like this I look at my list and pick something. I have lazy things I can do (reading, playing okami) and more challenging things (making a souffle). I have things that require planning (tea party, dinner party) and things that I can make progress on in only a few minutes (freerice, push ups, walking). My list has such a diverse list of activities that I can fit something in to my day every day. I don't think there has been one day where I have not made any progress at all. If I have done nothing at the end of the day I can always log into freerice and answer a handful of questions or go for a walk or do some pushups. Small progress is still progress.
I really encourage anyone who might be following this to make their own list. It is quite a lot of fun and if you are someone who procrastinates or feels like you have a tendency to waste your time, it can be quite helpful. You can put anything you want on the list (the "rules" say that you have to be able to quantify your results somehow which helps prevent debate over what is "good enough") This is one of my favorites that I came across while trying to make my list. Look at all the stuff she has! It seems so fun! Also in researching my list I realized that the vast, vast majority of list-makers are female. Not sure why that is. My guess is that the type of blogging that is conducive to this type of project tends to be primarily female? Anyway bonus points if you make a list as a male. I would love to see what things you come up with since a lot of the lists I have seen have more "girl things" like getting a manicure and not a lot of "guy things" (like.... sports? what even is a comparable guy thing?) Also most of the lists had few or no tech-y goals (a couple "redesign my blog" type things but no building robots or stuff).
Sunday, August 4, 2013
July Report 2013
So. I've completed two tasks so far (zero emails unread in gmail, zero emails in yahoo inbox). 99 left.
I've started a bunch of things and realized that most of my easy things are things I have to do over and over again (push-ups, drinking beers, painting nails, shopping with reusable bags). So I've made progress on a whole bunch of things but only two are really completed (and no I don't have to maintain that state but I certainly intend to try). If you're interested, I've created pages that are linked at the top of this page to track things I am in progress with and things I have completed. I intend to keep them fairly up to date though things like freerice change more often than I care to update (I haven't yet found a way to embed my score).
Since starting this project I've been on a very productive kick. I think actually starting slightly before it, but this is lasting much longer than usual. I've been waking up earlyish (finally found an alarm system that works) and I've been better at knocking out chores when I get home at night. I'm hoping this motivation continues!
August begins the month I have to start doing "every month" things. I don't think that will be a particular challenge but I am semi-expecting myself to procrastinate and find myself wearing a dress, taking pictures, and writing a blog post on the 31st.
I've started a bunch of things and realized that most of my easy things are things I have to do over and over again (push-ups, drinking beers, painting nails, shopping with reusable bags). So I've made progress on a whole bunch of things but only two are really completed (and no I don't have to maintain that state but I certainly intend to try). If you're interested, I've created pages that are linked at the top of this page to track things I am in progress with and things I have completed. I intend to keep them fairly up to date though things like freerice change more often than I care to update (I haven't yet found a way to embed my score).
Since starting this project I've been on a very productive kick. I think actually starting slightly before it, but this is lasting much longer than usual. I've been waking up earlyish (finally found an alarm system that works) and I've been better at knocking out chores when I get home at night. I'm hoping this motivation continues!
August begins the month I have to start doing "every month" things. I don't think that will be a particular challenge but I am semi-expecting myself to procrastinate and find myself wearing a dress, taking pictures, and writing a blog post on the 31st.
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