Week 40
I'm just coming back from my day and wanted to leave this note here because I'm quite angry.
I feel conflicted because there were so many disruptions that got in the way of getting work done this week. I haven't had the same amount of calm and control over my schedule like last week, and this pisses me off.
So many "life things" got in the way this week:
- Monday: Normal coding day
- Tuesday: Normal coding day
- Wednesday: Marketing in the morning (I sent a dozen DMs on Reddit) and went to the hospital in the afternoon because I had sprained my ankle the day before. Dinner and spent time with girlfriend.
- Thursday: Marketing in the morning (I replied to the responses I had gotten from the Reddit DMs the day before and sent a dozen more), then had to help my girlfriend with something related to our real estate business. Dinner with her that day too.
- Friday (today): Shallow work in the morning (I ended up purchasing the domain name endolog.app for my app, then attempted to generate a few app logos) and lunch with my financial sponsor who suddenly called because he couldn't make it to our appointment tonight and wanted us to meet for lunch instead.
(I haven't explained who my financial sponsor is, but he's basically the guy who acquired my previous AI study app, HyperLearn.)
Then I took the rest of the day off because we went to discuss a few things at the sauna and then visited some office spaces for me after.
I could have entirely avoided/skipped the sauna part, but that was what we actually planned for tonight. So since he couldn't make it for some bullshit reason, I chose to "adapt" because I've got financial upside in preserving the relationship. Of course this pisses me off, but nonetheless I've got more to gain (and I like the guy too).
I was feeling pretty upset as I started writing this, but I feel calmer now that I've done my review and analyzed more carefully where I spent my time.
The key lesson here: I can't control everything. Life sometimes gets in the way. But the thing I can control is the environment I choose to put myself in, and this is going to be the most important for me to keep being focused on my goals. It's sub-optimal and sub-par to what I want at this moment.
So yeah, I might take those office spaces after coming back from the farm (let's see how long we're staying).
Because maybe it's not a good idea to reclaim our space upstairs. This is still close to $400 a month of rent, including electricity. Not cheap.
The office spaces we saw today are around $110 per month. This includes free drinks, coffee, occasional snacks, and 24/7 access to really nice facilities. Plus it's super close to my apartment.
Maybe there's a way out.
