this week has been a tough ride. An overwhelming amount of things that I had to do and things just didn’t want to work. Though I spent over 40 hours programming this week, it was mainly spent debugging things that I’ve never done before. Given the complexity and niche the thing I’m trying to implement in my mobile app, it was hard to receive any guidance from anyone including chatgpt.
in other words what I’m trying to say is that I barely wrote any code to actually be able to learn Vim
And so I took a wider perspective and instead of it helping me find a solution, It showed me something else. I started having somewhat of a tiny existential crisis
It made me have second thoughts on what I really want to do in my life and what sort of activities do I want to do that allow me to be the best version of myself while offering the world the most value. In other words, I was doubting my Ikigai as I share in What is my Ikigai - am I on the right path
Study strategies implemented
It was hard for me to implement my study strategies. For instance, because I was stuck on something for so long, I couldn’t really provide an estimate on when I will not be stuck anymore, So I couldn’t really find a time range where I would be confident in completing a task, which is very important if I want to get things done in the fastest and most efficient way. The problem lies when you completely don’t know how long something will take.
Sleep continues to be essential for me just as it was in the previous study plan, but for this study plan, I’ve been trying to also focus on relaxing before going to bed, rather than working till 11 when I plan on sleeping at 11:30, I would instead set something like a 2 hour window before sleeping where I am not allowed to do any sort of deep work. That time would only be dedicated to reflection and planning the next day. Which, as mentioned in previous reflections and discussions with the team, is something that I continue to strive to do more of since it enhances every aspect of my life.
Future plan
unfortunately I won’t be able to do some work during the reading week break because I will be camping in Moab, Utah where there’s no service