priorities

[eub]

I've been wondering where my free time goes -- time that's not allocated to anything like work or something planned with people or running errands, and Dee is doing something of her own. this is time that's left over. it's a lot of hours in a week. what do I do with it? not enough, I feel like. so let me try thinking about my priorities by writing them down.

higher priority:

• write fiction
  trick is it takes about two hours into a sitting to warm up and start producing. needs large blocks of time.
  
• make music
  especially as soon as Logic arrives.
  
• practice the didj
  I don't really know how to progress without a teacher, but I can at least keep in practice.
  
• read, esp. non-fiction
  keep up with the acquisition, um at least a little.
  
• cluster the word-book
  probably thousands of words in the in-box. (this is an old version of what I"m talking about.)
  
• write non-work-related code
  broken geek! I am a broken geek! there's some music software I want to write, and these old old eye-candy programs I should port to Windows and maybe dolly up with some Python scripting.
  
• personal research activities
  so many things to figure out.
  
• go outside
  an hour outside is more memorable than an hour indoors.
  
• learn to dance
  no waltzing, no wedding, that's the deal.
  
• get more sleep
  my free-time activities don't suffer as much because they happen in the evening, but I can't get any work done during the day if I haven't slept. then I either stay in the office late to try to catch up, or feel guilty all evening.
  

lower priority:

• read Usenet
  might drop everything high-traffic except rec.arts.sf.composition, but if I don't read rasf.written I do wonder how I'll find out about new books before they go out of print.
  
• browse the OED
  an easy resolution since the software has now horked itself.
  
• follow zephyr traffic
  skimming the logs is one thing, following in real time is deadly.
  
• fritter the time away
  I waste a lot more time than I can account for. I don't know what I'm doing. I would like always to be doing something, where that something may be "relaxing" but I know that's what I'm doing.
  

Comments

[ralphmelton.livejournal.com]

"write non-work-related code--broken geek"

I feel with you, there. I hardly ever write code outside of work these days, and it makes me wonder what's wrong with me.

A big part of it is that the software that I want is not software that I feel I can write in my time.

I liked this post; I want to write one like it.

[mrpeck.livejournal.com]

I never really got into writing code outside of work or school. I've had a few attempts but they never went anywhere.

[eub.livejournal.com]

Hmm, now what would I have done for fun as a kid if I didn't write software? :)

Ralph, I'm curious, what's the software you're eyeing?

[indigodove.livejournal.com]

Ralph and I make noises about getting basic ballroom skills from time to time. Maybe we could all go learn somewhere -- the summer we took ballroom so did a couple friends, and that definitely made it more fun.

[eub.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I will pressure you to do that.

[dr4b]

well, we could stop going to wednesday dinner...