Day 4-5
These were strange days. It was also a happy time. On Independence Day, we drove around in the evening after one drink too many. And yesterday was sloppy-happy, but forgettable. I haven't been cooking as much as I'd have liked and I'm yet to begin intensive work on any of my projects.
Aug 15-16
Day 6 (today)
My internet/smart phone-fuelled attention deficit problem has gotten so bad that I can barely work on a project without getting hideously distracted. Something needs to be done about this. The enormity of my problem hit me again as I started reading Cal Newport's Deep Work this morning. I've been sitting on a half-baked plan for setting up the room next to our bedroom as some sort of a workspace for months now. That's something I should get done today.
I'm also wondering about the utitity of spending time writing about my days here, without taking actual steps to where I have always wanted to be. Last time around, the daily tracking exercise was to -- among other things -- reinforce the realisation that I living, alive and getting through days. Now that I'm better, I should be aiming higher. More mindfulness, perhaps, and trying out more methods to eliminate practices I no longer have space for in life.
One of the first things to do away with is my incessant checking of mails and social media accounts. A bunch of people have written about the efficacy of being away from smartphones and turning off their internet connection while they work. Worth trying. More on this later, as I try out things from a small list I've scribbled on the back of my notebook.














