Week 35, 2020 - Highs and lows

Infection numbers are rising again. We timidly go about the city, wondering what the next few months might look like. My week has been full of high highs and low lows. I’m tired, and tired of feeling tired.

Three hours later….
Weeknotes is a form of journaling. The power of journaling is that the process helps us reflect and reset intentions. I often find myself updating a weeknote hours after publishing it, adding an idea that the writing process helped me flesh out or an experiment that was triggered by a reflection.

This week’s entry was no different. After realizing that I’d let myself be down for too long, I went shopping, cooked a nice dinner, and prototyped a new calendar format. In the past month, I’ve been making tweaks to how I use Google Calendar in order to reclaim agency over my time. But having multiple calendars to separate work and personal activities, other people having permission to book such a big part of my day, food and health and hanging out with friends and family relegated to unclaimed time… it’s just not a great model to begin with. So I’m going to try something with a different mental model. Let’s see!

I’m grateful for this space that helps me figure things out. It’s more freeing to be writing here on my own website instead of Medium with awkward claps and pageview dashboards. I always seem to feel better, and often more energized, after writing and editing an entry 😊

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