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Several times in my writing I have told myself that I want to improve my environment. I wrote in an earlier vomit\u2013 before I got married, before I seriously even considered the possibility that I would be a homeowner\u2013 that I would curate my living spaces and work spaces in ways that inspired me, that motivated me.<\/p>\n

What have I done since? Not much. Why not? I think it’s largely because… I’m a little afraid of what other people would think. What my colleagues would think at work, what my wife and tenant would think at home. I know, it’s kinda silly. But I was self-conscious at home when I was a kid (again this is odd… it’s not like my parents ever stopped me). I guess I used to curate things online, have websites and folders and pages and all those things\u2013 but I never got around to literally modifying my physical environments.<\/p>\n

So I thought I’d take a while to think about the improvements I could make to my spaces.<\/p>\n

At home?<\/p>\n

I keep forgetting that my home is MINE, and that I can do whatever I want with it. As long as my wife is okay with it, which I can check quickly by just asking her. If it’s something simple and reversible, I can just do it first and take it down if she doesn’t like it. But this uncertainty has been making me Not-Act.<\/p>\n

In my bedroom?<\/p>\n

I want to make sure that I know what I’m reading before I go to bed. This is pleasurable bedtime reading rather than calculated, hard-thinking\/heavy reading. I should also include something maybe that’s some sort of incentive for me to get up early and go for a run. Maybe I could just have a running task\u2013 if I get up early and run in the morning, that gets to be a task in itself. Actually there’s no reason why it isn’t already\u2013 it IS! So why doesn’t it inspire me? I guess because it’s not immediate. Maybe I should bring my spindle to my room, and then skewer “jump out of bed” once I’m awake. I’ll give that a shot.<\/p>\n

In my living room?<\/p>\n

I like the post its and the calendar i’m currently using. I suppose I’d like something next to my calendar that has a picture of my entire life\u2013 I have that life-summary thing in my workflowy, but it’s too buried to make a difference. Even seeing it on my desktop I feel wouldn’t make that much of a difference… I think it’s more important to see it in between things. (Number of weeks left, number of hours, etc etc).<\/p>\n

I guess I’d also like some inspiring visual, some inspiring quotes. Some stuff from MateusZ’s quotes of Les Brown, etc.<\/p>\n

I should break down my existing post-its into things with more constituent-y tasks\u2013 right now some of them are overly broad, like “learn to make salad”. What do I need to do to learn to make salad? I need to break things into those littler details, because otherwise they’re never going to get done.<\/p>\n

In my kitchen?<\/p>\n

I suppose I could have some sort of plan or plans for the things that I’d like to cook. Maybe a list of recipes so I feel less intimidated. Maybe just a couple so I look at them whenever I walk past. Recipes\/instructions on the fridge? I just need to see the process over and over again so it sticks, that’s all.<\/p>\n

In my study?<\/p>\n

I’m loving my spindle, which is the thing that I skewer my post-its and tasks on when I’m done with them. I think I also need to heavily curate the books on my shelves- I have far too many books that I’m not all that excited about reading. I should talk to my wife about this and see what she thinks. I should create a task to go through this vomit again and see all of the things that need doing\u2013 I’m going to create it right after I’m done with this.<\/p>\n

At work?<\/p>\n

I definitely feel like my entire team under-utilizes the actual physical space that we’re in\u2013 although this is probably me overreacting and exaggerating, because I have a taste for drama that way. But the most important thing is that I start with myself. That I externalize my own process. That I do really MVP versions of the things I think ought to be done\u2013 the reviews were a great idea. Should also do complaints! Will just do them first and see what people say.<\/p>\n

At my desk?<\/p>\n

Currently I have a few too many things, I’m sure. I have a couple of books. Maybe I should leave the Godin book open. The phone books are slightly annoying, I wonder if there’s a better solution? Maybe boxes.<\/p>\n

Behind me?<\/p>\n

I could totally use that space to do a lot of post-it stuff, but I’m not even sure about what I want to do there yet. It’s not really a calendar thing.<\/p>\n

My monitor?<\/p>\n

I should use this to remind myself about correspondence. I can use postits and I just should. They work. I should maybe use postits on my monitor at home too.<\/p>\n

In front of me?<\/p>\n

What do I need in order to work better? I most need to be reminded to follow a process, to plan, to commit, to be specific, and to follow through. I’m still overly vague about everything. The single most important thing that needs to happen right now is: that I write down my processes. What are “my processes”? I need to define that statement more clearly. I could probably do my next vomit about the process of making things more precise, turning vague goals into smart measurable bla bla goals.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the office?<\/p>\n

I’ll just make little suggestions when they occur to me.<\/p>\n

On my phone?<\/p>\n

I reformatted it recently. I should still kill more apps. And… I should use my calendar more. Why am I not currently using it? I suppose I don’t have a clear-cut phone routine. The empty page isn’t helping, it’s just… yeah. It’s a clusterfuck. I need to figure out what is optimum, and I think the optimum thing is that 1- I use it for calendaring my day,<\/p>\n

On my Mac?<\/p>\n

I sorted out my photos, which was a good first start. I still need to sort out my workflowy better.<\/p>\n

In my notebooks?<\/p>\n

On my browser?<\/p>\n

Happy to have AdBlock, RescueTime which I don’t really use but can look at if I need to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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