diff --git a/config/data/tag-aliases.js b/config/data/tag-aliases.js index d07ab24b..cfb247c9 100644 --- a/config/data/tag-aliases.js +++ b/config/data/tag-aliases.js @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export default { fastmail: '#Email', gmail: '#Email', grindcore: '#Grindcore', + health: '#Health', ios: '#iOS #Apple', javascript: '#JavaScript', 'last.fm': '#Music', @@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export default { macos: '#macOS #Apple', music: '#Music', privacy: '#Privacy', + productivity: '#Productivity', react: '#JavaScript', rss: '#RSS', 'social media': '#SocialMedia', diff --git a/src/posts/2024/everything-is-a-checklist.md b/src/posts/2024/everything-is-a-checklist.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..05422327 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/2024/everything-is-a-checklist.md @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +--- +date: '2024-02-28' +title: 'Everything is a checklist' +description: 'The author ruminates on routine, mental health and productibity.' +tags: ['health', 'productivity'] +--- +- [x] Wake up at 4:15am +- [x] Start exercising by 4:30am + - [x] Throw TV or movie on in the background + - [x] Aim for 1600+ calories, be satisfied with anything over 800 +- [x] Finish exercising by 6:35am + +- [x] Check off what was watched on [Trackt](https://trakt.tv) +- [x] AirPods in, start an audiobook or text to speech in [Readwise Reader](https://readwise.io/read)[^1] +- [x] Check [Todoist](https://todoist.com) + - [x] Make coffee + - [x] Feed all 4 dogs + - [x] Feed the guinea pig + - [x] Do dishes + - [x] Start laundry + - [x] Take medication + - [x] Drop the kiddo off at school +- [x] Check my calendar +- [x] Start music +- [x] Start work + - [x] Meetings + - [x] Code reviews + - [x] Tickets in, tickets out +- [x] Pick the kiddo up from school +- [x] Finish work +- [x] Hang out with the family[^2] + +*Check, check, check, clear the queue, close the rings, get to zero.* + +I know this looks neurotic, it is neurotic because *I'm* neurotic. I always have been, or at least as long as I can remember. + +I've got anxiety and this helps me cope with it — other things do too, but routine is important and, when you get right down it it, that routine is a series of boxes that get checked.[^3] + +*Check, check, check, clear the queue, close the rings, get to zero.* + +> "I'm on a good mixture, I don't wanna to waste it" +> - The National, *City Middle* + +[^1]: At 2x, [sorry Keenan](https://gkeenan.co/avgb/hot-take-its-okay-if-we-dont-consume-all-of-the-worlds-information-before-we-die). +[^2]: This is the **BEST** part. +[^3]: This also explains a why I have ~37,000 completed tasks in [Todoist](https://todoist.com). \ No newline at end of file