Jul 30A Nap Wouldn’t Be Half BadOne small thing that I am starting to realize is that it is somewhat difficult to write when you are half falling asleep. Running for close to two and a half hours will tend to do that. Recovering from having some of the worst sleep of your life will also…20232 min read20232 min read
Jun 1, 2022In PassingI haven’t wrote in a while now. It’s not because I had writer’s block. I didn’t even try to write. Although now that I’m getting the words back into my fingers, perhaps something like writer’s block is slowing starting to push back. I wrote four to five times a week…Freewrite2 min readFreewrite2 min read
Mar 18, 2022500 Words — Day Fifty: FinaleWell, here it is. I have known that this day was coming for awhile now. I really felt that I was losing a lot of steam since the move over to Columbus and I just haven’t really had the time or energy to really write anything that I felt was…Blog3 min readBlog3 min read
Mar 16, 2022500 Words — Day Forty-Nine: FlowThe mythical flow state. Once someone enters the flow state, they are granted enhanced focus and the ability to work for hours without distractions. When I can program in the flow state, it is quite something magical. I haven’t experienced this state in quite sometime. But being able to just…Blog3 min readBlog3 min read
Mar 15, 2022500 Words — Day Forty-Eight: MondaysWell the honeymoon period with my new job is over and today was kind of a hard day. I wasn’t feeling super well by the end of it and I don’t really have a roadmap or a plan to success. I’m not sure if I know what success really means…Blog3 min readBlog3 min read
Mar 14, 2022500 Words — Day Forty-Seven: March MadnessFor fun, I have developed models to attempt to optimize my odds of winning any given bracket pool and to perhaps enhance the longevity of an untarnished bracket. Unfortunately those models have really been struggling with the first few games in the last couple years, but one model almost won…Blog4 min readBlog4 min read
Mar 11, 2022500 Words — Day Forty-Six: ProcrastinationSo, I have been stuck the last thirty minutes or so searching for the inspiration to get up and write this one. I just guess the motivation isn’t there and I have kind have exhausted all of the things I wanted to talk about for the last week. Unfortunately, I…Blog3 min readBlog3 min read
Mar 10, 2022500 Words — Day Forty-Five: RealityI noticed over the past couple of months or so while I’ve been embarking on this transition between jobs and dealing with all of the work that is coming with it, is that the rest of the world seems to have disappeared. For the last four or five days, I…Blog3 min readBlog3 min read
Mar 9, 2022500 Words — Day Forty-Four: Starting UpThe last four days have been a busy start to this next stage in my life. I had my last day at the old job on Friday, moved into my new apartment on Saturday, did some last minute shopping and oil change on Sunday, started the new job and made…Blog3 min readBlog3 min read
Mar 4, 2022500 Words — Day Forty-Three: RetrospectiveTomorrow is the last day of my first job and the past four years have certainly been a blur. I have learned so much growing from a quiet junior developer to a confident software lead over that period of time. Even though things didn’t end how I wanted them to…Blog5 min readBlog5 min read
