7 september 2025
Getting used to logging into tilde.town without having to copypaste the command, which is nice! Makes it easier to update when I've got a spare moment.
Did a spot of laundry. Pondering figuring out the mobile client, since I saw someone mention they were posting from their phone, which is a cool idea, but I'm not entirely sure how practical it is. Also need to figure out what the charging port situation looks like inside of the department lounge space, since I wasn't super focused on trying to find power sources. Hopefully it's good, because it would be very nice to be able to do my work inside of there... Very little information is available online about the building, unfortunately.
The weekend has felt super slow. I've been sleeping in quite a bit over this weekend, due to being so exhausted after Thursday, but I'm glad I got to a zero hamper (kind of like inbox zero for emails) to start off the week. Also added a 'weekly reset' spreadsheet into my main one, to help me keep on track and save me the tedium of having to re-check/un-check a paper version.
Something about really purposefully disconnecting has been wild in terms of the shift it's made in my life, generally- being more chatty and aware of what's going on in classes, (which, it does help that I have drastically fewer, even if the working expectations are higher), but also just a vague sense of time passing. I have so much more of it available to me, having withdrawn primarily from forms of social media, and mostly just using a chat client to talk to one or two people, one of whom is primarily someone I engage in a fun hobby with, (creative writing.) It's sort of baffling. Having a watch for the security of checking the time, but not the ability to be distracted, has been a novel change. Still getting used to charging my damn watch though, it feels like the battery drain on it is kind of absurd. I suppose this is what people mean by mindfulness?
I have an appointment this Tuesday, and a small task on Monday, though the day is otherwise largely my own. I also want to attend a zine making workshop on Wednesday, so fingers crossed I am brave enough to attend that, when the time comes. Being so self directed has been... unsettling. But week two of graduate school dawns, soon, and I feel pretty good going into it.