My task management system broke down completely this week. I had a few bad days and then all the tasks piled up so naturally I did a bunch of sudoku and household chores before working up the courage to fix it. I have some hypotheses for how to build slack into the system but I won’t know for sure until I finish reading the damn book (Getting Things Done).
Life
I have spent lots of low-level time with friends this week. Shruti spent a few days living with me, and then I hosted a session of Nonsense Movie Club, and this week Dee and Saket of paus are spending a few days with me. I somehow have a lot less energy this week and there’s so many things happening and I’m so glad for my friends but also tired.
Health
No headaches :)
Calisthenics was really good! I’m much fitter than I expected to be. I even ran after on Sunday after class on Saturday. I’m hoping to continue to run every Sunday for the next ten weeks, after which I will gift myself new (expensive) running shoes.
Historically I have crashed every single time after a good workout. I haven’t crashed as hard but after the endorphins wore off on my second class on Tuesday I was definitely so much more tired than I should be, and that has just carried over into my week. How can I \ - increase the length of the post-workout endorphins? - decrease the intensity of the post-endorphin crash? Assuming all primary factors (sleep, hydration, nutrition) are taken care of.
Media Diet
Reading
I finished the murderbot series and then this excellent dreamy novella - The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo. It’s a dreamy tale of politics and intrigue - twice removed - in an East Asian setting. J’adore.
Watching
I finally watched Legally Blonde. Is this what camp is about?
Listening
I have been obsessed with Faris Shafi’s Introduction - a trilingual nonsense poser song with such great enunciation on a bangin beat. I cannot remember the last time I played a song on repeat - and yes, my friends are tired of me.