i am too tired to think of using the ergodox right now, which is probably a good way to open this post.
one of the few things that stuck with me from my undergrad philosophy classes was a quote that is commonly misattributed to Aristotle (it's about Aristotle):
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not a virtue but a habit."
if i were to ascribe a direction to my life, it is the pursuit of excellence in everything i love. not because i want to be the best, but because i want to help bring out the best in others (and also because i think being good at stuff is good and makes me feel cool).
one of the strategies i have learned to maximize my Gud Gitting is to min/lmax my schedule around two things: the law of diminishing returns, and the benefits of consistent long-term discipline. i do a lot of things consistently over days, weeks, months, and i try to do everything just a little bit better than i did it last time.
earlier in the year, as part of preparing for a job class change at work, i listed three of my career inspirations, and chose miyamoto musashi, bruce lee, and adriene mishler (of Yoga with Adriene fame). they have all contributed to the way we practice the things we do as people. we are more competent at a certain thing as a species because these people cared about those things enough to get really good at the thing, then get really good at teaching the thing.
i am also addicted to being online. ever since i was a kid i've always just kind of habitually read anything in front of me, and twitter and discord and reddit give me a practically never-ending set of things to read. i am constantly taking in information, processing it, and storing it somewhere in case i need to refer to it later.
my brain is basically always doing something, and i've trained it to really enjoy doing stuff that is 'productive', but may not always be that useful. a series of errant fighting game tweets this evening got me parsing the relative ethical complications of furries vs lolicon; i do not need to do this, it's not worth it, but my brain likes chewing on this stuff so i guess we'll give it fifteen minutes or so.
it got me thinking about how i am fairly diligent with maintaining my physical health but do not put in nearly enough effort paying attention to my mental health. i don't think i have a very good idea of whether i'm mentally fatigued or not. perhaps the thing i need to get good at is doing less.