Dondon Developments

2026 Week 34 Summary

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  • You DO draw
  • You DO read
  • Stop telling your brain that you DON’T do those things just because you do other things during the times that you could be doing those- I started drawing with a class in an effort to expand my horizons
  • Started using Tumblr again sometimes
  • I am someone who is interested in: Drawing, Data Autonomy and Self-Hosting, Art History, Art Creation, Reading Physical Books, Speaking Spanish, Fitness, and Martial Arts
    • I am more than this
    • This is what I like right now
  • Never wait to do stuff (as much as possible)
  • Act as immediately as possible
  • What would it look like to REALLY start a business on my own?
    • How can I start something small without quitting my current job?
    • Consulting?
    • Bringing enterprise level solutions to smaller businesses with on-prem solutions
  • Let go of control
    • What you want is not as important as it feels
    • We are adaptable as a species
    • Routine is comfort manifest
    • Fuck comfort
    • Be nice especially when shit is uncomfortable
    • When someone drops the ball, it isn’t a personal attack – we’re all human and not very good at it
  • House shit is STILL stressful
    • Fuck you Bill
  • I wiped out my homelab by over trusting AI
    • I am bummed about that
    • I did not lose anything important permanently
    • It was worth the lesson
  • GET A BACKUP PROTOCOL IN PLACE FOR HOMELAB AS SOON AS IT IS OPERATIONAL AGAIN
  • Looking through old notebooks is fun
  • Do/Write more:
    • Song lyrics
    • Quotes
    • Graffiti
    • Drawing
    • Stories
    • Anecdotes
    • Stickers
  • “World building”
  • Color theory
  • Draw eyes and faces and expressions and characters
  • What is the history of Row, Row, Row Your Boat?
    • “Life is but a dream”
  • Operating on anger SHRINKS YOUR PRE-FRONTAL CORTEX
  • Love is progressive and malleable and adaptable
    • It IS radical acceptance
    • It IS “yes and”
  • “Design around a determined 5 year old with a stool”
  • “To soothe my agitated brain”
    • Why we seek comfort
    • Sometimes comfort is ok
    • Fuck comfort though
  • Writing is a 2-stage process
    • Sometimes 3
    • Edit for an audience
    • This space is (sort of) for you
    • Pen and paper is private and FOR YOU
  • Put an implement that makes marks on paper as much as you can and love what comes out
  • Just. Fucking. Do. It. Now.