I am someone who has far too many thoughts. These thoughts often live a life of their own, wandering off on exciting new adventures mid-stride. And then then running off over the horizon, leaving me empty-headed and trying to work out what I came into the kitchen for.
I hope to be able to corral some of them here, both to record them for Future Me and to get them out of my head and let me get back to whatever the day is demanding of my attention. We shall see how things unfold
I find myself strangely resistent to going out into sunny days. It is far too easy to spend such days on the sofa, looking out the window at the beautiful weather, but somehow not able to find the motivation to get out there despite knowing with certainty that it would lift my spirits. And that such days are far too fleeting here in Scotland. (17/7/24)
Today I have been fighting through fog all morning to try to get my working day started and it's just not happening. I think I need to throw in the towel. I don't know what's causing it. It might be as simple as having had a week of rubbish sleep due to the warm, muggy weather. I have retroactively called in sick. What a waste of time. I could have been sleeping. (18/7/24)
Instead of doing much of anything yesterday, I spent the time investigating To Do list apps and programs. I installed a bunch of free ones on my Linux laptop then discovered that I already had Todoist installed on my phone. And by actually putting tasks into it this morning I further discovered that I had made quite complex project plans in it at some point. Oh. That does not bode well.(24/7/24)
I thought that the brain fog had lifted at the weekend, but it seemed to come crashing back down with the start of the working week. If that's the pattern, it seems like a fairly classic one that I should perhaps have noticed earlier. But brain fog. (24/7/24)
Procrastination apparently applies to everything, even something as light and ephemeral as this. As with so many things, I have almost immediately lapsed into neglect of it. But I have been fairly busy I suppose. We ran our first "Committee event" at the community centre, which was a great success. And I went to a very much larger event, WorldCon, in Glasgow. Just for one day, but I had thought I wouldn't get to it at all. My first proper Science Fiction convention I think? They had something like 7000 attendees and hundreds of panelists.(13/8/24)
There have been some great bits of busyness, with Samhuinn kicking off. I got into StormSphere, which is proving to be a lot of fun. I also tried out for Obsidian despite not having the time or skillset for it and had a much better time at the tryout than I was expecting. I think with a bit of work ahead of time, and more time to throw at it during the run, I do think I could manage it at some point. But other bits of life have got busy in less fun ways. Bruce and Ryan have both left work to move onto exciting, new things. I am very sad to see them go. But it also means a lot more work on our plates. I am very, very behind with Unidesk calls, even by my standards. This has not been helped by a week or so of a heavy cold and yesterday being lost to a migraine. But I'm feeling muych better today and will hopefully get stuck in and clear a bunch. (02/10/24)