At Some Point you Have to Write Code

I'm more of a thinker than a doer. Until presented with a deadline, I will only work on optimizing my approach instead of trying to actually solve the problem. Recently I found myself falling into this trap again. I've been dabbling in a new programming language…

The Pain of Losing Weight

Pictured: having fun plating a potato salad. I mentioned this in my previous post, and since I'm partially out of it from my second vaccine dose, I figured I could expand on the issues you may face when trying to lose weight. At the beginning of the year,…

Don't Make your Mornings Routine

I was told that everything needed to get done before work. But I'm a programmer, and so it's considered normal to stay up extremely late working on projects. You can't stay up late and wake up early, but I definitely tried.…

Measuring Productivity

If you feel like you've become better at a part of your life, you probably have! If you're total output has dropped but you're solving harder problems, you're improving and you should keep doing what you're doing.…

Apple Reminders for Personal Task Management

For most of my life, I've relied on my memory to track my tasks. Whether it be homework, taxes, or scheduling a doctor's appointment, my memory never let me down. But the responsibilities grew, and while I never missed anything important, things began to fall through…