Tag: productivity
Self; assessment
There is the idea that everything, or most things, that are to be evaluated must always be put into the context of chronological time. To have a particular action be looked at in its aspect of duration seems to be habitual now. For example, I was going to start writing here and one of my…
Of Questions and Questioning
Let us look at the great metaphysical question of “How does Nothing become Something?” Or if we were to translate it into a more pragmatic phrasing, we can say: “How does one go from not writing into completing a written thing?” At the moment, two ways of going about this case comes to mind. The…
On routines and deadlines, maybe
My usual work routine starts like this: with enough caffeine to inspire the day, I complete at least one art piece (ideally a painting, but contributing to almost complete half-done mini sketching notebooks is also acceptable), then I write, on the computer, at least a thousand words as warm up, and if my hands are…
In Attention
What goes on in one’s mind when one is engaged in a task? Lately, I have been playing with the idea of “focus” as a similar phenomenon to hunger. Sometimes a lack of appetite is not a concern—one may simply not be hungry; likewise, a lack of singular attention may be an indication of a…
Interlude: two poems and a thought
I. Sometimes I feel it / and yet it escapes me / that golden burst of light that lightness of living / for drowning but my own gravity / keeps me from the currents I long for II. The devil left the details long ago to look for warmer pastures An island far east where…
log of a serious thursday, 29 April 2021
오후 2:22 Why does it feel like today, the 29th, is a significant day? I can’t recall anything. I am back here in the café with last night’s leftover Americano, new ice for the drink, and not as many thoughts except for this desire to create something. And maybe if I feel deeper, there’s a…
Because I Don’t Know The Next Step
There’s this sense of guilt when one fails or struggles to do something when one’s heart isn’t in it. It’s always been faint, but sometimes it gets a little stronger. These days I’m learning to appreciate why it’s there. Today, for absolutely no reason, I feel called to choose: should I try to live ‘more…
Flowing, nature against nurture
오후 9:00 Habit tells me to still put in the time. Hahaha. Writing… typing on the laptop right now. A very simple set-up for tonight: just the laptop, mouse, and then the mic. I was writing on my journal notebook when I felt the inclination to put my thoughts down here instead. As I was…
It’s neither the small stuff nor the big ones that really matter
Habit-building is one of those things that come easy to me, as well as creating and following a schedule and getting a lot of things done. Those are my things. Call me type A, INTJ, or whatever. But what helps me with all of those comes with a particular health consequence: chronic stress. I’ve only…