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Tag Archives: organization
Rough Start
I’m writing this from under a cozy blanket on my couch, propped up on a good pillow, and wearing a nice warm fleece pullover. The space heater’s going again after keeping it off most of the day, and I’m starting … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pets
Tagged anxiety, dayjob, food, jabberwocky, medication, mental health, organization, stress
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Open Loops
Whoops, it’s been a minute. Life happens, you know? I’ve been doing some thinking and I think I’m bogged down recently by having too many open loops. I’m borrowing the term from Getting Things Done, which basically means “things I … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Infosec, Learning, Personal, Writing
Tagged accountability, anarchism, anxiety, brain, cars, computers, dayjob, depression, editing, feelings, ianlearnsinfosec, infosec, jobhunt, organization, school, shivering deeps, stress, technology, writing
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Adrift Without a Paddle
Today feels like Spring, specifically the good parts of Spring. My California poppies are slowly sprouting, the birds are singing, there was a gorgeous rain this morning that made lovely sounds on the new leaves on the trees out back, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Video Games, Writing
Tagged feelings, jobhunt, organization, video games, writing
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Week Wrap-up: 18 March 2019 – 24 March 2019
A random smattering of notes from the past week: Sleeping properly is hard as shit. What the hell. There is Too Much Game in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Which’d be more chill if I wasn’t also playing … Continue reading
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Tagged organization, video games, weekwrapup
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Time Enough At Last
I’ve been experiencing a weird thing since starting the new job. It sometimes feels like I have more time in a lot of ways, not less. Even though I’ve gone from being funemployed to working full time. I have a … Continue reading
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Tagged jobs, organization, productivity, time management
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Week Wrap-up: April 30th 2018 – May 13th 2018
It’s been two weeks! Oh no! :O Things have been busy, brain has been stormy, but the world keeps chuggin’ along. And while that’s been happening: Passed the first technical interview as I chug along through Big Tech Company’s interview … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Technology, Video Games, Writing
Tagged collaboration, drawing, fallout4, jobhunt, linux, mastodon, organization, sick, social media, twitter
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