Wednesday 28th February, 2024
I’m sick… I’m siiick!
& oddly enough, it’s helped me take a breath & a beat. Today, I’m making a shift into a better workflow.
For context, since I released the album in 2022, an organised approach to my workflow hasn’t seemed particularly worth it. A lot of my efforts once upon a time didn’t really yield the results that I was looking for. Aka, I didn’t become infinitely rich & famous… so I just reverted to a pen & paper guy without a schedule… cause, why not chill out a bit?
Well, those days are come to an end. I’ve downloaded Notion, & I’m reinstating the 2 minute rule (which is the simple idea that if something will take 2 minutes, just do it now). This approach to things is useful for to-do list management. These days, between college & my return to music, I’ve been packing on the tasks… a paralysis by 1000 cuts if you will.
It’s important to state that I’m not beating myself up over my inefficiencies. ‘Being productive’ is a horizon that I’ll never truly reach. There’s always another way to optimise & organise… but that’s not what I want my life to be. I’m patient with the work I don’t get done. I’m not doing my best, cause I don’t need to. I’m doing what I can right now, which some may conflate with ‘my best’, but I’d rather frame it differently. Screw the pressure to ‘be better’. I’m doing what I can & becoming who I want to be.
Speaking of who I want to be… I’m always working on waking up a little earlier. Winter is THE WORST time to do this. Who doesn’t want to just stay in their warm bed in the morning? It doesn’t help that the electric blanket I’ve been sleeping on is perfect… BUUUT, there is some update that I have for you. Just as the sickness began to creep up on me, I ventured out into the cold morning air, & began my (soon to be daily) sing-running routine! It sucked. It was awful. But I’m proud of me for actually getting a start on it. I’ll definitely get better over time, & to be fair, I was actually sick while doing all of it. (definitely didn’t help me heal though) Either way, we’re on the path to improvement.
I’m gonna leave you all here… cause I keep getting distracted. I’ve got a scattered kind of productivity. So… focus is next on my list of things to fix.
Chat to you again soon,
Nathan
