Dailyish
The streak is well and truly broken, and I'm ok with that. I felt that this was the right time to commit to a public daily writing...
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jensurma
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
The importance of prep
These things are true: As soon as you put a plan into play, things will change If you wait until everything is planned to the nth degree,...
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jensurma
- Nov 30, 2021
- 1 min
Tired
I broke the streak. I’ve been bone achingly tired lately. It’s been building up and finally washed over me, so I stopped. I hunkered down...
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jensurma
- Nov 25, 2021
- 1 min
Still no plan
Back again, still no plan, although I have fallen into a pattern of writing late at night. The remember-to-write alarm that goes off...
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jensurma
- Nov 24, 2021
- 1 min
AI, don't
Is AI the future? I don't think so. And that's not because my field is slowly succumbing to AI's suffocating reach. Technology is great...
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jensurma
- Nov 23, 2021
- 1 min
In need of a plan
I've come to realise that if this is to stand any chance of continuing then I need to have some kind of plan in place. By nature I am an...
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jensurma
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
Mindset
Two quotes I saw today in quick succession: “The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready. It goes on because it’s 11:30.” – Lorne Michaels,...
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jensurma
- Nov 21, 2021
- 1 min
Quitting
'The Science of Quitting' - a recent episode from the A Slight Change of Plans podcast that's stuck with me and become one of those that...
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jensurma
- Nov 20, 2021
- 1 min
Changing perspective
Ok, so, maybe I got a little bit cocky two days ago. Writing totally slipped my mind yesterday until just before I was about to go to...
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jensurma
- Nov 20, 2021
- 1 min
...
Well, this is my first miss. The clock has just ticked over into tomorrow so I'm going to leave this here.
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jensurma
- Nov 18, 2021
- 1 min
Habit building
Day 8. That’s officially a week-long streak and, I have to say, I’m quite impressed with myself. I think reaching the second and third...
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jensurma
- Nov 17, 2021
- 1 min
Mutual respect
I watched the Anna Gasser film, The Spark Within, last night, then, I messaged my brother: My niece should watch this. His reply: I’ll...
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jensurma
- Nov 16, 2021
- 1 min
Breathe. Reset.
The internet around here went down this morning while I was in the middle of doing battle with one of the social media giants, on behalf...
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jensurma
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Skiving
I skived off today. For a bit of the day anyway. I’ve spent the majority of my working life doing the standard Monday – Friday, 9 – 5...
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jensurma
- Nov 14, 2021
- 1 min
We could have been brunching
“I don’t miss city life - we could have been brunching in some fancy café” Genuine sentiment. Zero sarcasm. Uttered by my friend today as...
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jensurma
- Nov 13, 2021
- 1 min
Let's go
Ten minute timer is on… Missed my writing time but it’s only 10 minutes so I can fit that in somewhere…what’s more challenging is the...
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jensurma
- Nov 12, 2021
- 1 min
Faffing on
It's definitely a skill. And a method of good old fashioned procrastination. The books on the shelf need reorganising; the jumper that's...
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jensurma
- Nov 11, 2021
- 1 min
Falling at the first hurdle. Almost.
I'm doing a course. In the latest lesson we spoke about the incentive to not break a streak. How starting something then continuing it...
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