Week 18

I would say it's tired chaos, but I want to be less negative about it.

Happened

• I'm at that spot in the new job where you kind of get up to steam, so expectations (certainly my own) are raised, but you aren't actually well oiled enough to be super productive already. It's very frustrating, as it feels like I am throwing away my days, but I guess it's more about getting to know a new codebase. Patience and (self)compassion are key.
• One of the things I keep pouring time in, is a new keyboard layout for my split keyboard. I seriously doubt it's worth it at all, but I have a blogpost lined up about it, which I hope to post soon.
• The other blogpost I want to write is about barefoot shoes (again), because Sunday marked the three-month point of wearing them almost exclusively, and they shaped my feet in the promised ways, so I want to evangelize.
• The soreness of my formerly broken foot still knows it's up and downs, but there are more good days than bad days now. I'm pretty sure I will run again, but also pretty sure it's still not going to be next week.
• In addition to the barefoot shoes, I am also trying to sit on the floor more, and doing a lot of stretching. I am just an average immobile tall Dutch person, and I want to be more flexible. I can kind of touch my toes now when bending forward with locked knees, so that's cool. The training of my arms also pays off: this week I noticed a few times how much more strength I have in daily life.
• Saturday I also sat on the floor at G.'s house, for the Sinterklaas evening of dobbelspel. I went home with a plant, a set of polyhedral dice, the Dutch version of Fluxx and a Lego piñata animal, so that's not a bad score at all. The game itself was also a lot of fun, as G. has played this before and compiled a really good ruleset for it.

Played

• Frosthaven

Read

• Polysecure by Jessica Fern
• The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Caroll