End of Week Update - 001

By A.A. Lopez

    Not a great week for the start of something new I’ll admit. But not going to beat myself up about it, this was and is an experiment to keep me accountable and on top of projects that I have been wanting to do for a long time. And some of the things I wanted to do I did, just did not notate them here like I wanted to, and others… well, we’re here.

    Let’s get started on the End of Week Update:

•     Monday
• Start of Week Update Posts - Complete
• Review OST Footage - Did not do because I could not get myself to actually record or watch anything after work
• Learn OBS features - Attempted but my head was in a fog from a mix of malaise and a minor cold
• Tuesday
• Work on Project://JUNO wireframe - Did come up with a few diagrams in my head, but did not commit any to pen and paper or to digital notes. Most likely will forget some if not all the ideas
• Send off business cards for Wedding officiant business - Complete! They just came in this afternoon and look wonderful
• Post Devlogs for various projects - Still feeling the malaise and cold, and work was just a lot
• Wednesday
• Office Day - Did not post, but was able to talk and hang out with my coworkers, which is always nice. Lucky to have a space where I actually like the people I work with, and end up taking lunches almost over 2 hours because we got lost in conversation
• Work on Caps Cleaner - I did do that! But not in the office, I was able to get some sticking points and rework the cleaner down to a reduced version that I might show off on Wednesday to my team.
• Watch new D20 campaign - postponed until Friday
• Thursday
• Devlog on the python script for Caps Cleaner - Did not post, a lot of these are just going to be that I was drained after work. Though I did make headway on the reduced version.
• Devlog for OST tool - Intro - Did not post, same as before. Gods, that really is starting to sound like a kid's excuse of why they didn't want to clean their room, which the irony on the Friday update will not be lost on me
• Friday
• Start EoW Update posts - Doing it right now, so marking it complete
• Devlog for Horror Bob Ross Game - Intro - Nope, not even gonna try
• Clean Apartment - Didn't even make a proper go of it, just sat around, ate leftover pizza, watched D20, drank soda and rum, and dithered. It's my first summer Friday in 2 years, the first time I've taken vacation for myself in ever, of course I'm gonna milk being lazy for a bit. Hopefully, I can get to it tomorrow, but I think breaking it down to like, just a spot, might do it
• Play video games - I did try to do that, but my roommate wanted to talk and then I got motion sick, so couldn't even do that.

     I feel bad that this is my update, cause it's like I'm saying I didn't do anything. But I know that just because I didn't do the things I set out to do doesn't mean I didn't accomplish some things, and things I didn't even think about. Or the fact that some new things came about because of it, like the Caps Cleaner Reduced app! Just have to remember that these goals are there to help guide the week, not an immutable necessity that have to happen.

    This weekend will be more rest and trying to get to a point where I can say, "I woke up early, might as well do my laundry." That way I can feel like a human being, and not some imposter trying to do things and then not following through. I really hate that trope of someone who says they're gonna be something big and then just lays on the couch all day. And as much of a hypocrite as I am and can be, I don't want to do that. Next SoW update will be measured against this, and hopefully we'll start seeing better results.

Lesson of the week: When you overplan expect to underperform