• Upload a screenshot of my mood tracker stats
  • This week’s score: 129. Down from 143.  I had a couple unproductive days where I didn’t get much done.  Decided that I should force myself to exercise, take a walk, not drink too much on those days to best ensure that the following day is more productive.
  • This week’s animal: monkey. That’s the best animal (high energy, high focus, high enjoyment).  Despite a few unproductive days, the other days were amazing, and there’s a lot of good stuff happening in our lives… becoming more financially stable, making plans for future, enjoying life, etc.
  • Removed a few things from my list of tasks: dressing well, keeping my word.  I found them to be too vague and didn’t know if I was actually doing them or not.
  • Modified “finish a book” to be “read a book for at least an hour”, lowered the importance and increased the frequency.  I think that’s a better way to motivate myself on this particular task, especially while reading Infinite Jest.
• Review my guidelines for enjoyable living
  1. Make your own meaning.
     • This thought has led me to some interesting realizations this week about how I plan on handling a certain personal situation involving doing what I think is right while not using it as a way to get back at someone.
  2. Make your own advice, then take it.
  3. Have good intentions.
     • Ditto for #1
  4. Be your word.
  5. Do not dilly-dally.
  6. Do not feel sorry for yourself.
     • Part of this is about not having resentment for people who I think did me wrong in the past.  I read a cool transcript between Paul Ekman and the Dalai Lama about how to be angry and forgive at the same time.
  7. Take time to make a vision worth striving for.
  8. Rally others with your vision.
     • Admittedly, I’ve been slacking on this one.
  9. Tie creativity and experimentation with survival.
  10. Be the change you wish to see in the world.
  11. Stake your reputation on your better self.
  12. Take responsibility for the consequences of being who you are.
      • This week this took the form of me tackling some financial stuff that has been eating at me for a while.  I gotta face it down and get through it.
  13. Manage your stress, health, and clarity of mind.
  14. Enjoy things.
  15. Share.
  16. Study your mistakes.
  17. Retry things you don’t like or are afraid of every once in a while.
• Review my projects
  • TI: This week all I did was work on this new project.  It’s a biggie, and will be taking most of my time for the next 10 months.  It’s gonna be awesome though.  And I’ll find time this week to attend to my other neglected projects hopefully.
  • Standards: neglected
  • Mirror Mirror: neglected
  • Track Your Happiness: neglected
  • Adventure School: neglected
  • Locavore: neglected
• Review my goals
  • Made good progress on “start my own company”.  Meeting with a lawyer this Wednesday to start drafting up papers and such.
  • Started reading Infinite Jest again after a month-long hiatus.  It’s getting good again.
• Go through email and make sure I’m up to date on all my correspondence
  • Check
• Review calendar for the next week
  • Check

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