Journal Review #1
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A collection of common themes and ideas of interest from my analog journal
- Start making zines
- Make one about Edward Bernays because that guy is terrible and relevant to current terribleness
- draw more
- Fuck YouTube
- #seed Make content about being a Staff+ Software Developer/Engineer
- Make more videos -> which is to say make ANY videos
- #seed What exactly is TLS?
- #project Add fake advertising to this website
- This seems like a fun idea and a good way to make fun/silly art
- #seed Core Web Vitals
- Calisthenics is awesome
- “Bias For Action” is a term I heard that I like and I think sounds like a Street Wear brand
- Being a Renaissance Man does not mean being a Jack of all trades
- Figure out what hobbies you actually enjoy and where you want to dedicate your time so that you actually make progress
- At the end of January, I moved down 75lbs -> 60lbs on assisted dips/chin-ups
- I promptly moved back up when I started doing actual pull-ups instead
- I have been using notebooks more and it’s fantastic
- Less “polished content”, more thinking on paper
- “My home office is just an elaborate anti-productivity machine”
- This is a realization I had before I Marie Kondoed my office
- It probably still has some room to be improved but I’ve actually been much more productive in this space since realizing I manifested ADHD in a room
- I am realizing that I never developed healthy work habits
- This sucks to realize at 38yo
- But better late than never
- The Dissect Podcast is phenomenal
- Especially the season dedicated to MF DOOM
- Listen to it again whenever you see this
- MF DOOM is a fucking genius
- Spending is a problem for me
- I really like stuff I already have a lot of like multitools and knives
- I remembered a blog that I used to frequent: Them Thangs
- There is intrinsic value in making art, even if it just makes you smile
- Taking photos just to compose a good shot is so rewarding
- Consume higher quality media
- Cheap dopamine is bullshit
- Fuck social media
- Fuck YouTube
- I’ve been on a journey to make my phone dumber
- One area that was silently still sapping attention was having a search engine literally at my finger tips
- Make using the internet on your phone clunky if you also have this problem
- You don’t need to answer every question that you have when you have it -> sometimes not at all
- Read more books about telling stories
- Listen to the Moth again
- Journal when you find yourself mindlessly navigating to YT
- talk about the stuff you would click on and then reflect on how stupid that is
- Peanut Butter Wolf
- #seed binaries + spectra
- Mndsgn is a musician I found that is v good
- Library of Esoterica -> SO GOOD
- The website is awesome too!
- #seed write longform on my personal thoughts on religion
- YT is a content machine
- it turns attention into revenue
- It is NOT inspiration
- it IS an entertainment product
- I very much want to make stickers and t-shirts and “merch” again
- I used to have a screen printer and make stupid t-shirts in college
- I want to do this again in some capacity
- Learn how to be a photographer again
- My degree is in photography and I don’t do anything with it anymore
- I miss how I used to use a camera to understand things