Speaking of daily slogs, at some point I will give up this continuous streak on #Duolingo (I’m “learning” #German). I’m currently at 447 days of streak, which sounds impressive, but I’ve burned up many streak repair “tokens” to maintain that (namely, when sick, or traveling, or whatever). Really, this Duolingo streak thing feels like a …
Author Archives: Shawn
Always Be Slogging
It’s taken a long time and a lot of work to get here, but I think I’ve finally cultivated a healthy work-WORK balance. I mean, WTF to people even do with the “Life” part of their balance? Post self care memes on Instagram? I don’t understand. If I don’t work 7 days a week, it’ll …
A Project of Life
I had some time today, split between projects at work and home, to think about how I got here. What single inflection point could have contributed the greatest to my current vector? My mother takes some of the credit. Aside from the standard keep-me-alive stuff, the greatest thing she did for me was give me …
Mumb
Currently in a state of spirit death. The only thing I do anymore is work, watch video, and try to mollify the pain of existence. What do I do when I get bored? I log in to work. Nights. Weekends. If you can make a living doing what you love, you will never work a …
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I wish I could live correctly, but instead I find myself spending my free time doing work-work, and the interstitial time wondering where my free time has gone and how to get it back by declaring PTO (paid time off) on my timesheet so I could go out into the world and get an atom …