Apocalyptic Homesteading (Day 1145)

Hello Everyone!

A chilly day, Technology rabbit holes aplenty, A shift in routines, Jogging over walking & Getting back in shape!

Alright, I am a few hours behind schedule with my daily writing routines... but at least it is not super late at night yet. By the time that I get all of this spelled out, edited, proofread and posted it sure will be though... so I best not dally!

Last night I stayed up rather late looking over some other folks coding projects... and basically went way down the rabbit hole checking them out. I then had a heck of a time falling asleep because I kept having these 'aha moments' (while trying to drift off) and my mind would start racing again.

Those instances of mulling technology over... and then being incredibly inspired... seem to come and go of their own accord sometimes. I have found that it is just better to go with them than to struggle against (or disregard) them even though sometimes I do both just so that I do not get sucked in. It is also just nice to step back from it all and see what emerges once my nose is not to the proverbial grindstone.

Anyways, I wound up sleeping in until nearly noon... and it was so frigging chilly outside that it was not until a few hours later that I even considered getting outdoors... and starting on the chores that I needed to catch up on. I also got a wee bit over-involved with that new 'Hive engagement routine' of mine so all in all... it made for an incredibly slow start to my day.

Once I was outdoors doing stuff the time kind of flew by... and although I got quite a bit done... I did not have much extra energy to put into doing any new projects like I was hoping to do. Honestly, my whole body has been aching for days now ever since hauling all that firewood around for my new year's eve celebration and making it ache more is less than appealing.

All of which I am fine with because I have been trying to get back into better physical shape... after basically spending over a year focusing the bulk of my time on my coding projects... and admittedly noticing that I was letting myself get way out of shape along the way. One of the things that I have been doing of late... is whenever I find myself having to walk around the property I do a bit of jogging (instead of walking) and I think that more than anything is what has my muscles so sore.

In hindsight I should have really balanced my routines out better... so that I could avoid getting quite so out of shape... but I just felt so driven that I more or less prioritized the coding projects over everything else. Maybe one day all that effort will pay off... but for now I think that I am kind of 'over it' and need to keep focusing on improving my physical health... and of course improving my little homestead area however I can.

Of course none of that should be taken as I am 'quitting' on the coding projects or anything... nor that I have regrets on working on things as I have... but I really do not have any incentive to keep putting in time on them either. Nor can I keep ignoring the fact that my health is deteriorating... and that aside from a little 'entertainment value' said projects are not really improving my life at all.

Sure working on that stuff brings me a lot of joy... and it sure beats spending my time gaming... but it lacks the social aspect of gaming that played such an important role in my life. Considering that I do not really have many other avenues for social interaction... and trying to talk to people that I do know about my coding projects tends to not necessarily 'fall on deaf ears' (as the saying goes) but that there are incredibly few people that can even grasp what the heck I am talking about in the first place.

I got a bit sidetracked there and was going to just say that I have to spend my time on other things and get back into shape! On the flip side to all that my 'brain' sure has gotten a tremendous amount of exercise along the way... and the way that I go about looking at things (and problem solving) has definitely shifted towards being more structured... so go figure.

Well, on that note I am going to call this entry 'good enough' and get on with all the other various tasks that are required to get this all shared. I hope that folks are doing well (or well enough) and appreciate those whom inspire them to 'reach beyond themselves' to become more than either they (or anyone else) ever thought that they could be.

Ta ta for now, hug 'em if you got 'em and have a nice time.