What Happened
This pandemic continues to wreak havoc with schedules, life, economies, however amongst it all, it hasn’t taken hold of my heart, my attitude, my hope. I like the stay at home and no social activities routines. I if anything need to pace myself more than ever as I try to delve into too many projects and task sets. The wife and I finished Whole 30, that was a good experience, I’m back to drinking beer, and eating bread, but now I know how it effects me. IT Arsenal continues to plod along, serving a stable flow of trusted clients.
What I Learned
I’ve learned to take each day as it comes, whatever comes. I keep pushing it, trying to get too much in, or do too many things at once, inevitably getting overwhelmed, going to extremes, needing a lot of sleep and then realizing it was my own fault. Pace yourself, especially when confined, like this quarantine and you ultimately have a lot of control over your time.
What Worked
Stretching everyday. I am trying to get to be able to do a straddle by the end of year, and stretching gives me a sense of calm and progress. Morning family meetings, new since the pandemic, but it’s great to huddle up as a family, and not just on Zoom with co-workers/team. Tools that are working for life optimization right now, Tiller, Airpods, Caddy web server, Peloton workout app, macos Screentime, Notion wiki. The concept of forging ahead, or keeping things flexible for building the future, like you keep metal hot on a forge and then work it to completion…it’s a strange time right now, easily distracted, keep your eyes on building something for the future, take what you’re learning now with constraints for the future.
What Didn’t Work
I am not waking up as early as normal, which means I’m not going to bed early and it’s making my mornings bad, already caught behind is not a way to start the day.
YTD ITA Revenue
$5,874.00
Revenue Comment
on target for my slow year
Closing
It took way too much mental will power and effort to write this, needs to be more setup by circumstance, and needs to flow better with tweaking these questions…doesn’t provide enough/much value for the reader. Highlight tools of what’s working within links or separately? Make sure to tag properly.