I spent yesterday driving on either sloppy roads or glare ice, and once I was done with that, I relaxed with some beers, where “some” was a fairly large number. But I was pretty darned tense from trying to drive on roads I couldn’t even stand up on, and I feel better now. A steak special, beer, and playing pool with Mark made for a relaxing evening.
But in spite of staying up until 3am (I just wasn’t ready to sleep when I got home), I’m awake at 8. Any earlier plans I had for the day are going to need adjusting due to the almost certain need for a nap, and the linkage will be tardy. More later.
Okay. It’s later. And apparently it’s self-improvement day here at Dave’s Picks. Guess it’s that time of year.
Update: In today’s mail I got a note telling me that my 102-year-old great-aunt the nun died on December 21st, and was buried on Christmas Eve. Nobody in the family was alerted until Christmas Day. Not exactly happy news, and I’ve got a bunch of relatives who are mad at the convent now.
- Davezilla’s got some New Year’s Resolutions for 2005. Maybe there’s something in there you want to apply to your life, like
I promise not to roll my cats in powdered cheese.
Sounds like a pretty good resolution to me. [davezilla] - An essay on Cleaning Your Bedroom and Improving the World offers a way to prioritize the things you work on. Sounds good to me, too. [kottke]
- Or if you’re looking for a change, Ways to fix your life: Quit your job suggests something a bit more radical. [kottke]
- Are you living a life interrupted? One of the changes I made recently was to set my email program to check the server less often. I haven’t seen any huge gain in productivity yet, but I have been feeling better about being in front of the computer again. One of the things I’d really like to see someone develop is a smarter email program, that would check to see what I have, and only interrupt me for important messages, but defining what’s important when (it changes constantly during the day/week/month/year) is something I have trouble defining, so I haven’t been able to figure out how to tell that to my computer yet. [kottke]
- I’ve been told that Mind Hacks is a good book for making better use of your time (and your brain), but haven’t gotten around to even buying it yet, let alone reading it. Maybe that’s something to do in 2005.