Welp I didn't wake up early today (to no one's surprise). It was great catching up with OO. I kinda talked his ear off so I feel a bit bad about that. But it's nice to have a frand who is also "semi-retired" and loves building with Ruby on Rails. He suggested this gem for the issue I was having with LinkedIn auth. It's an OmniAuth strategy for authenticating to LinkedIn using OpenID. I will tackle it tomorrow.
As for today, I went for a haircut, did grocery shopping, showered again (because a 5-min walk home from the train station in 32ΒΊC makes you very gross) and now it's 4:20 PM. Not much time for deep work, so I am going to complete my Spencerian calligraphy homework. The teacher never insists on handing in assignments because she knows we're all busy. But when I commit to something, I want to do everything properly. (Why do I do this to myself??)
It's Week 3 of 8 and we're learning capital letters. It's a lot harder than small letters, because the strokes are bigger and contain flourishes.
JW asked me where I'm going with this course. Nowhere! Doing this for pure joy!
Had a heart-to-heart chat with DR about my do-I-still-want-a-job conundrum. ngl dude almost made me cry. But that's what bitches frands are for. He shared Tim Ferris' fear-setting exercise. I'll work on it this weekend.
So I'm sitting here listening to old timey jazz and practising my calligraphy. It's almost meditative... just focusing on the strokes and my breathing. The world and all its worries fades away...
This shit is HARD! The far right two columns are done by me without the tracing guide. Looks hella crap but imma keep going. Having a lot of fun, though! Happy I signed up for this class.
Freehand practice. Decided to have a beer midway through "P" (3rd row from the bottom). Not my brightest idea but does it look like I 'loosened' up a little? If you said Yes I might have a beer before class tomorrow π
Between this and DR helping to calm my monkey mind, I'm thinking: You know what? This is what I want. To do whatever pleases me, and be beholden to no one's schedule and wages.
This was a quote that held me together for decades. It's time to bring it back into my realm again.Β
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.Β β Bob Dylan
