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Workpost 34: Refocusing
My eyes hurt. I feel tired. My face is numb and buzzing. I feel heat and buzzing up my back. I feel like I pulled an all niter when I haven’t.
Today is the time when we learn how to be successful while taking care of ourself.
This is the challenge that is brought before us today.
I’m going to be drinking lots and lots of water.
I plan on practicing some tai chi.
I want to focus my attention on the very specific work that I need to do, and just relax afterwards.
By relaxing I mean, refuse to look at my todolist until I feel desire to. Go to the gym, drink water, do art therapy.
P.S. One note I want to make is that I remembered the point of these posts, to help do the hard work to achieve what I want, to be the person I want to be. The stepping stones to greatness.
Today I Search for the Simple Answers
I walk the way of water
Of scribbles on a paper
A simple job well done
The path isn’t clear for the weary
To find your place home
I search for my slice of Eden
Workpost 41: Enjoy Yourself
Today I did a long breathwork meditation session after feeling extremely stressed out about three questions:
- Should I sign up for jiujitsu again?
- Should I do coaching again?
- Should I continue therapy?
And all the worrying stressful sub questions:
- What about the money for jiujitsu
- Jiujitsu is so hard to get good at
- People might not buy my coaching if I didn’t do something really big
- Therapy costs so much money is it worth it?
And after the meditation, one thing was clear to me. The answer to everything: take everything so much less serious. Have fun!!!
If you have fun doing jiujitsu, sign up for it, go to classes when you feel like it. Have an amazing time doing work. If you love coaching, do it whether or not people believe that you are a good coach or not.
Enjoy yourself. Indulge yourself in boba while working. Take breaks to play on the piano, to draw.
P.S. I did sign up for jiujitsu, and I intend to have fun learning tons of new martial arts.

Workpost 68: More Processing
Today I feel the need to process more emotions. I got some leads, but I’m afraid to call them. I don’t want to call them at all.
It feels boring, annoying, and painful.
I’m afraid if I call these people that I’m going to be sent to voicemail, or pressured to answer questions I don’t know the answer to. I’m afraid I will say something wrong that will mess it up, or that none of these leads are real.
I feel this burning numbing fear in center and left and right of my chest.
It feels like a plastic cage like a kids toy. It hurts like swallowing a hard candy that is a little too big.
Everyone I’m calling are just people like me.
But what if they don’t want to talk to me. What if they want me to leave them alone? Why do people sign up for things and then decide they don’t want to talk about them? What if I need to act excited and interested but I’m not?
The point is to vet these people, they might not want to work with you but you might not want to work with them on the same token.
UPDATE: I ended up calling and securing one meeting!
Workspace 21: Be the Underdog
I’ve been thinking more about rejection and working through some of my thoughts with it.
I want people to validate me to feel confident being myself. But validation and confidence are completely different.
Confidence is all about being ok with not getting other’s approval and validation, being ok with not being the strongest, the smartest, the most attractive. I want to find a way to let go of seeking approval from everyone. That is seriously holding me back.
The first thing I realized is that I need to be clear about what I value outside of approval.
I love solving difficult problems. I love learning, growing, and improving myself. I love creating. I love meeting new people and connecting with those people on a deep level. I love consuming art and music, writing and dance.
Being rejected doesn’t stop me from pursuing those things. In fact, people who reject me might realize my path is one they admire and want to follow.
The second thing I realized is that I can use rejection as motivation. It’s just a challenge to my ego. It makes me stronger.
I don’t want anything handed to me. The hero has the slay the dragon. I want to be the underdog, and I strive for greatness.
UNIT ONE: Workspace cleanup (day 1)
AI Gaming | Art Coaching | |
---|---|---|
Ideal Place | Quiet with cool game posters that give me inspiration | Somewhere warm and comfy and inviting. Traveling, in the library, Craft, or Sa-Ten |
Ideal Tools | Multiple monitors, clear file structure, keyboard, notebook | Sketchbook, drawing tablet on laptop and phone, clear file structure |
Ideal Warmup | Minigame, blog post, writing ideas in notebook | Inktober prompts, art instagram posts, blog post working out some sketch ideas |
To-do list
- Decide on clear file structure for AI gaming
- Github
- Jupyter notebooks
- Python code
- Project documents
- Designate a coding notebook
- Think about alternative coding spots or ways to optimize effectiveness at home
- Connect tablet with laptop and phone
- Decide a clear structure for both branding sketches and other sketches
- Designate sketching notebook
Results
- Decided to start with Google Collab and branch out from there
- There aren’t any really good coding notebooks, will buy a new one eventually will use bad one for now
- Not sure
- Done
- Done
- Done
Matches: Continued
Match 1: Video Editing Planning
Goals: I really want to feel less shitty and tired and I want to come up with a direction for my podcast edit and how I can edit it in 40 minutes or less.
Here are the metrics for scoring:
- Energy rejuvenation (1-5)
- Confidence in solution (1-5)
- Creativity (percentile)
- Raw efficiency, work over energy (percentile)
My plan for my warmup is just for go for a long 15 minute walk.
Plan for work session:
UNIT ONE: Analyze video (10 min)
- Might want to create a good intro
- who are you and what have you done
- What would help her as a writer?
- Creative process from start to end
- Talking about book in a way people want to read it or get greater insight
- Greatest struggles as a writer
- What like to write about
- What do other people probably want to know about a writer?
- Where come up with ideas
- Interesting passages from book
UNIT TWO: Process/look at other ideas (10 min)
Going all in on Judy Blume masterclass video:
As soon as you tell me I can’t do something,
I’m going to do it.
I hope that in sharing with you what
I’ve learned over 50 years of writing that it will help
you find your way as a writer.
As a 12-year-old, I was obsessed by the idea of growing
breasts and getting my period.
But there was no place that I could read about it.
When I started to write, I was determined to be honest.
So I’m going to share with you the practical side of writing.
There’s nothing more important than character.
You’re living with these people for years.
You had better feel for them.
Do some exercises.
Have your character write a letter to you.
The first draft is pure torture for me.
I hate every second of it.
I have a messy mind, and my writing
is a process of cleaning up the mess,
then slowly making a story.
I will be able to show that to you.
I got a particularly nasty review once.
It got to me, and I took my typewriter,
and I held it over this arroyo.
And I was going to throw it in.
I thought I cannot do this anymore.
And then this little voice went off in my head.
Wait, you’re going to let this one review stop you
from writing?
That’s crazy!
That’s one opinion.
I enjoy finding and supporting new writers,
and this is a chance for me to reach more of you.
I always ask myself, why would anyone
write if they didn’t have to?
I mean it’s so hard.
So this is for all of you who feel that you have to.
I’m Judy Blume, and this is my Master Class.
Something really special about Danuta and unique about her personality, show don’t tell.
*Beeroll on books and images from life, maybe emotional points of interview
Some sort of intro to talk about what this is about (maybe introduction)
Something about how she gets started with creative process, or something about art or creativity.
Walk through the step by step creative process
*Images or animation if possible
Talk about a challenging emotional experience
Resolution if possible
Deeper philosophical point
End
UNIT THREE: Create plan for actual editing (currently thinking one short, one long) (10 min)
UNIT ONE: Gathering clips
UNIT TWO: Gathering broll
UNIT THREE: Compositing
Bonus time: shot list
- Something really special about Danuta and unique about her personality, show don’t tell. Should be humorous and controversial.
- Beeroll on books and images from life, maybe emotional points of interview
- To kill the other
- Some sort of intro to talk about what this is about (maybe introduction)
- Something about how she gets started with creative process, or something about art or creativity.
- Walk through the step by step creative process
- Images of process
- Talk about a challenging emotional experience with resolution if possible
- Deeper philosophical point
- Some sort of ending
Bonus time: animation thoughts
Trying out pencil 2d!
Postmatch Review:
Overall, this was very fun and rejuvenated my love for editing and video.
- Energy rejuvenation – 4 I don’t feel 100% but my energy went up TONS since I started working
- Confidence in solution – 2 I feel the plan is really solid but the timing seems a little tight to get all of this done
- Creativity – 70th percentile, pretty good, not revolutionary. But I don’t think most people could do this.
- Raw efficiency, work over energy – 80th percentile, I think most sessions and people can’t be this productive in 40 minutes that was actually insane.
Match 2: Video Editing
Goals: I want to be excited about this video edit, feel satisfied, while boosting my confidence in pushing out videos faster with less effort
Here are the metrics for scoring:
- Excitement in the edit (1-5)
- Satisfaction in the edit (1-5)
- Efficiency (percentile)
- Fun (1-5)
- How ME it is (percentile)
My plan for my warmup is to hype myself up – play music, tell friends etc. + motivation.
Clean, write on my board.
UNIT ONE: Gathering clips (10 minutes)
Something really special about Danuta and unique about her personality, show don’t tell. Should be humorous and controversial.Beeroll on books and images from life, maybe emotional points of interviewTo kill the other
Some sort of intro to talk about what this is about (maybe introduction)- Something about how she gets started with creative process, or something about art or creativity.
Walk through the step by step creative process- Images of process
- Talk about a challenging emotional experience with resolution if possible
Deeper philosophical point- Some sort of ending
UNIT TWO: Gathering broll
UNIT THREE: Compositing
Postmatch Review:
- Excitement in the edit – 2 I’m not that thrilled about the cut so far
- Satisfaction in the edit -1 I’m not all that satisfied in the edit
- Efficiency (percentile) – 60% I’m better than average but a bit slow compared to experienced video editors
- Fun (1-5) – 3 I had quite a lot of fun
- How ME it is (percentile) – 15% not a lot of me in it so far
Match 3: Video Editing + MEified
Goals: I was right that the last match did not finish the process of editing. It was just too much. But I did make REALLY good progress. The only problem is, it’s not ME enough. This last challenge, I want to get the edit done, and I want to inject some Jack magic into it.
Metrics for scoring:
- How ME is it (percentile)
- Completeness & polish (percentile)
For my warmup, I’m going to watch a bunch of my videos.
Ok the warmup didn’t work, I’m gonna play some nice music and meditate. Me is goofy, profound, soft, and emotional.
UNIT ONE: Compostiting
UNIT TWO: MEify
UNIT THREE: Finalize
Postmatch Review: It ended up taking two hours. I’m tired now!
- How ME is it – 65% it does feel real, and grounded but not as me as I could make it
- Completeness & polish – 65% its actually not bad at all, could use some broll and animation
Workpost 34: Refocusing
My eyes hurt. I feel tired. My face is numb and buzzing. I feel heat and buzzing up my back. I feel like I pulled an all niter when I haven’t.
Today is the time when we learn how to be successful while taking care of ourself.
This is the challenge that is brought before us today.
I’m going to be drinking lots and lots of water.
I plan on practicing some tai chi.
I want to focus my attention on the very specific work that I need to do, and just relax afterwards.
By relaxing I mean, refuse to look at my todolist until I feel desire to. Go to the gym, drink water, do art therapy.
P.S. One note I want to make is that I remembered the point of these posts, to help do the hard work to achieve what I want, to be the person I want to be. The stepping stones to greatness.
Today I Search for the Simple Answers
I walk the way of water
Of scribbles on a paper
A simple job well done
The path isn’t clear for the weary
To find your place home
I search for my slice of Eden
Workpost 41: Enjoy Yourself
Today I did a long breathwork meditation session after feeling extremely stressed out about three questions:
- Should I sign up for jiujitsu again?
- Should I do coaching again?
- Should I continue therapy?
And all the worrying stressful sub questions:
- What about the money for jiujitsu
- Jiujitsu is so hard to get good at
- People might not buy my coaching if I didn’t do something really big
- Therapy costs so much money is it worth it?
And after the meditation, one thing was clear to me. The answer to everything: take everything so much less serious. Have fun!!!
If you have fun doing jiujitsu, sign up for it, go to classes when you feel like it. Have an amazing time doing work. If you love coaching, do it whether or not people believe that you are a good coach or not.
Enjoy yourself. Indulge yourself in boba while working. Take breaks to play on the piano, to draw.
P.S. I did sign up for jiujitsu, and I intend to have fun learning tons of new martial arts.

Workpost 68: More Processing
Today I feel the need to process more emotions. I got some leads, but I’m afraid to call them. I don’t want to call them at all.
It feels boring, annoying, and painful.
I’m afraid if I call these people that I’m going to be sent to voicemail, or pressured to answer questions I don’t know the answer to. I’m afraid I will say something wrong that will mess it up, or that none of these leads are real.
I feel this burning numbing fear in center and left and right of my chest.
It feels like a plastic cage like a kids toy. It hurts like swallowing a hard candy that is a little too big.
Everyone I’m calling are just people like me.
But what if they don’t want to talk to me. What if they want me to leave them alone? Why do people sign up for things and then decide they don’t want to talk about them? What if I need to act excited and interested but I’m not?
The point is to vet these people, they might not want to work with you but you might not want to work with them on the same token.
UPDATE: I ended up calling and securing one meeting!
Workspace 21: Be the Underdog
I’ve been thinking more about rejection and working through some of my thoughts with it.
I want people to validate me to feel confident being myself. But validation and confidence are completely different.
Confidence is all about being ok with not getting other’s approval and validation, being ok with not being the strongest, the smartest, the most attractive. I want to find a way to let go of seeking approval from everyone. That is seriously holding me back.
The first thing I realized is that I need to be clear about what I value outside of approval.
I love solving difficult problems. I love learning, growing, and improving myself. I love creating. I love meeting new people and connecting with those people on a deep level. I love consuming art and music, writing and dance.
Being rejected doesn’t stop me from pursuing those things. In fact, people who reject me might realize my path is one they admire and want to follow.
The second thing I realized is that I can use rejection as motivation. It’s just a challenge to my ego. It makes me stronger.
I don’t want anything handed to me. The hero has the slay the dragon. I want to be the underdog, and I strive for greatness.
UNIT ONE: Workspace cleanup (day 1)
AI Gaming | Art Coaching | |
---|---|---|
Ideal Place | Quiet with cool game posters that give me inspiration | Somewhere warm and comfy and inviting. Traveling, in the library, Craft, or Sa-Ten |
Ideal Tools | Multiple monitors, clear file structure, keyboard, notebook | Sketchbook, drawing tablet on laptop and phone, clear file structure |
Ideal Warmup | Minigame, blog post, writing ideas in notebook | Inktober prompts, art instagram posts, blog post working out some sketch ideas |
To-do list
- Decide on clear file structure for AI gaming
- Github
- Jupyter notebooks
- Python code
- Project documents
- Designate a coding notebook
- Think about alternative coding spots or ways to optimize effectiveness at home
- Connect tablet with laptop and phone
- Decide a clear structure for both branding sketches and other sketches
- Designate sketching notebook
Results
- Decided to start with Google Collab and branch out from there
- There aren’t any really good coding notebooks, will buy a new one eventually will use bad one for now
- Not sure
- Done
- Done
- Done
Matches: Continued
Match 1: Video Editing Planning
Goals: I really want to feel less shitty and tired and I want to come up with a direction for my podcast edit and how I can edit it in 40 minutes or less.
Here are the metrics for scoring:
- Energy rejuvenation (1-5)
- Confidence in solution (1-5)
- Creativity (percentile)
- Raw efficiency, work over energy (percentile)
My plan for my warmup is just for go for a long 15 minute walk.
Plan for work session:
UNIT ONE: Analyze video (10 min)
- Might want to create a good intro
- who are you and what have you done
- What would help her as a writer?
- Creative process from start to end
- Talking about book in a way people want to read it or get greater insight
- Greatest struggles as a writer
- What like to write about
- What do other people probably want to know about a writer?
- Where come up with ideas
- Interesting passages from book
UNIT TWO: Process/look at other ideas (10 min)
Going all in on Judy Blume masterclass video:
As soon as you tell me I can’t do something,
I’m going to do it.
I hope that in sharing with you what
I’ve learned over 50 years of writing that it will help
you find your way as a writer.
As a 12-year-old, I was obsessed by the idea of growing
breasts and getting my period.
But there was no place that I could read about it.
When I started to write, I was determined to be honest.
So I’m going to share with you the practical side of writing.
There’s nothing more important than character.
You’re living with these people for years.
You had better feel for them.
Do some exercises.
Have your character write a letter to you.
The first draft is pure torture for me.
I hate every second of it.
I have a messy mind, and my writing
is a process of cleaning up the mess,
then slowly making a story.
I will be able to show that to you.
I got a particularly nasty review once.
It got to me, and I took my typewriter,
and I held it over this arroyo.
And I was going to throw it in.
I thought I cannot do this anymore.
And then this little voice went off in my head.
Wait, you’re going to let this one review stop you
from writing?
That’s crazy!
That’s one opinion.
I enjoy finding and supporting new writers,
and this is a chance for me to reach more of you.
I always ask myself, why would anyone
write if they didn’t have to?
I mean it’s so hard.
So this is for all of you who feel that you have to.
I’m Judy Blume, and this is my Master Class.
Something really special about Danuta and unique about her personality, show don’t tell.
*Beeroll on books and images from life, maybe emotional points of interview
Some sort of intro to talk about what this is about (maybe introduction)
Something about how she gets started with creative process, or something about art or creativity.
Walk through the step by step creative process
*Images or animation if possible
Talk about a challenging emotional experience
Resolution if possible
Deeper philosophical point
End
UNIT THREE: Create plan for actual editing (currently thinking one short, one long) (10 min)
UNIT ONE: Gathering clips
UNIT TWO: Gathering broll
UNIT THREE: Compositing
Bonus time: shot list
- Something really special about Danuta and unique about her personality, show don’t tell. Should be humorous and controversial.
- Beeroll on books and images from life, maybe emotional points of interview
- To kill the other
- Some sort of intro to talk about what this is about (maybe introduction)
- Something about how she gets started with creative process, or something about art or creativity.
- Walk through the step by step creative process
- Images of process
- Talk about a challenging emotional experience with resolution if possible
- Deeper philosophical point
- Some sort of ending
Bonus time: animation thoughts
Trying out pencil 2d!
Postmatch Review:
Overall, this was very fun and rejuvenated my love for editing and video.
- Energy rejuvenation – 4 I don’t feel 100% but my energy went up TONS since I started working
- Confidence in solution – 2 I feel the plan is really solid but the timing seems a little tight to get all of this done
- Creativity – 70th percentile, pretty good, not revolutionary. But I don’t think most people could do this.
- Raw efficiency, work over energy – 80th percentile, I think most sessions and people can’t be this productive in 40 minutes that was actually insane.
Match 2: Video Editing
Goals: I want to be excited about this video edit, feel satisfied, while boosting my confidence in pushing out videos faster with less effort
Here are the metrics for scoring:
- Excitement in the edit (1-5)
- Satisfaction in the edit (1-5)
- Efficiency (percentile)
- Fun (1-5)
- How ME it is (percentile)
My plan for my warmup is to hype myself up – play music, tell friends etc. + motivation.
Clean, write on my board.
UNIT ONE: Gathering clips (10 minutes)
Something really special about Danuta and unique about her personality, show don’t tell. Should be humorous and controversial.Beeroll on books and images from life, maybe emotional points of interviewTo kill the other
Some sort of intro to talk about what this is about (maybe introduction)- Something about how she gets started with creative process, or something about art or creativity.
Walk through the step by step creative process- Images of process
- Talk about a challenging emotional experience with resolution if possible
Deeper philosophical point- Some sort of ending
UNIT TWO: Gathering broll
UNIT THREE: Compositing
Postmatch Review:
- Excitement in the edit – 2 I’m not that thrilled about the cut so far
- Satisfaction in the edit -1 I’m not all that satisfied in the edit
- Efficiency (percentile) – 60% I’m better than average but a bit slow compared to experienced video editors
- Fun (1-5) – 3 I had quite a lot of fun
- How ME it is (percentile) – 15% not a lot of me in it so far
Match 3: Video Editing + MEified
Goals: I was right that the last match did not finish the process of editing. It was just too much. But I did make REALLY good progress. The only problem is, it’s not ME enough. This last challenge, I want to get the edit done, and I want to inject some Jack magic into it.
Metrics for scoring:
- How ME is it (percentile)
- Completeness & polish (percentile)
For my warmup, I’m going to watch a bunch of my videos.
Ok the warmup didn’t work, I’m gonna play some nice music and meditate. Me is goofy, profound, soft, and emotional.
UNIT ONE: Compostiting
UNIT TWO: MEify
UNIT THREE: Finalize
Postmatch Review: It ended up taking two hours. I’m tired now!
- How ME is it – 65% it does feel real, and grounded but not as me as I could make it
- Completeness & polish – 65% its actually not bad at all, could use some broll and animation
Workpost 34: Refocusing
My eyes hurt. I feel tired. My face is numb and buzzing. I feel heat and buzzing up my back. I feel like I pulled an all niter when I haven’t.
Today is the time when we learn how to be successful while taking care of ourself.
This is the challenge that is brought before us today.
I’m going to be drinking lots and lots of water.
I plan on practicing some tai chi.
I want to focus my attention on the very specific work that I need to do, and just relax afterwards.
By relaxing I mean, refuse to look at my todolist until I feel desire to. Go to the gym, drink water, do art therapy.
P.S. One note I want to make is that I remembered the point of these posts, to help do the hard work to achieve what I want, to be the person I want to be. The stepping stones to greatness.
Today I Search for the Simple Answers
I walk the way of water
Of scribbles on a paper
A simple job well done
The path isn’t clear for the weary
To find your place home
I search for my slice of Eden
Workpost 41: Enjoy Yourself
Today I did a long breathwork meditation session after feeling extremely stressed out about three questions:
- Should I sign up for jiujitsu again?
- Should I do coaching again?
- Should I continue therapy?
And all the worrying stressful sub questions:
- What about the money for jiujitsu
- Jiujitsu is so hard to get good at
- People might not buy my coaching if I didn’t do something really big
- Therapy costs so much money is it worth it?
And after the meditation, one thing was clear to me. The answer to everything: take everything so much less serious. Have fun!!!
If you have fun doing jiujitsu, sign up for it, go to classes when you feel like it. Have an amazing time doing work. If you love coaching, do it whether or not people believe that you are a good coach or not.
Enjoy yourself. Indulge yourself in boba while working. Take breaks to play on the piano, to draw.
P.S. I did sign up for jiujitsu, and I intend to have fun learning tons of new martial arts.

Workpost 68: More Processing
Today I feel the need to process more emotions. I got some leads, but I’m afraid to call them. I don’t want to call them at all.
It feels boring, annoying, and painful.
I’m afraid if I call these people that I’m going to be sent to voicemail, or pressured to answer questions I don’t know the answer to. I’m afraid I will say something wrong that will mess it up, or that none of these leads are real.
I feel this burning numbing fear in center and left and right of my chest.
It feels like a plastic cage like a kids toy. It hurts like swallowing a hard candy that is a little too big.
Everyone I’m calling are just people like me.
But what if they don’t want to talk to me. What if they want me to leave them alone? Why do people sign up for things and then decide they don’t want to talk about them? What if I need to act excited and interested but I’m not?
The point is to vet these people, they might not want to work with you but you might not want to work with them on the same token.
UPDATE: I ended up calling and securing one meeting!
Workspace 21: Be the Underdog
I’ve been thinking more about rejection and working through some of my thoughts with it.
I want people to validate me to feel confident being myself. But validation and confidence are completely different.
Confidence is all about being ok with not getting other’s approval and validation, being ok with not being the strongest, the smartest, the most attractive. I want to find a way to let go of seeking approval from everyone. That is seriously holding me back.
The first thing I realized is that I need to be clear about what I value outside of approval.
I love solving difficult problems. I love learning, growing, and improving myself. I love creating. I love meeting new people and connecting with those people on a deep level. I love consuming art and music, writing and dance.
Being rejected doesn’t stop me from pursuing those things. In fact, people who reject me might realize my path is one they admire and want to follow.
The second thing I realized is that I can use rejection as motivation. It’s just a challenge to my ego. It makes me stronger.
I don’t want anything handed to me. The hero has the slay the dragon. I want to be the underdog, and I strive for greatness.
UNIT ONE: Workspace cleanup (day 1)
AI Gaming | Art Coaching | |
---|---|---|
Ideal Place | Quiet with cool game posters that give me inspiration | Somewhere warm and comfy and inviting. Traveling, in the library, Craft, or Sa-Ten |
Ideal Tools | Multiple monitors, clear file structure, keyboard, notebook | Sketchbook, drawing tablet on laptop and phone, clear file structure |
Ideal Warmup | Minigame, blog post, writing ideas in notebook | Inktober prompts, art instagram posts, blog post working out some sketch ideas |
To-do list
- Decide on clear file structure for AI gaming
- Github
- Jupyter notebooks
- Python code
- Project documents
- Designate a coding notebook
- Think about alternative coding spots or ways to optimize effectiveness at home
- Connect tablet with laptop and phone
- Decide a clear structure for both branding sketches and other sketches
- Designate sketching notebook
Results
- Decided to start with Google Collab and branch out from there
- There aren’t any really good coding notebooks, will buy a new one eventually will use bad one for now
- Not sure
- Done
- Done
- Done
Matches: Continued
Match 1: Video Editing Planning
Goals: I really want to feel less shitty and tired and I want to come up with a direction for my podcast edit and how I can edit it in 40 minutes or less.
Here are the metrics for scoring:
- Energy rejuvenation (1-5)
- Confidence in solution (1-5)
- Creativity (percentile)
- Raw efficiency, work over energy (percentile)
My plan for my warmup is just for go for a long 15 minute walk.
Plan for work session:
UNIT ONE: Analyze video (10 min)
- Might want to create a good intro
- who are you and what have you done
- What would help her as a writer?
- Creative process from start to end
- Talking about book in a way people want to read it or get greater insight
- Greatest struggles as a writer
- What like to write about
- What do other people probably want to know about a writer?
- Where come up with ideas
- Interesting passages from book
UNIT TWO: Process/look at other ideas (10 min)
Going all in on Judy Blume masterclass video:
As soon as you tell me I can’t do something,
I’m going to do it.
I hope that in sharing with you what
I’ve learned over 50 years of writing that it will help
you find your way as a writer.
As a 12-year-old, I was obsessed by the idea of growing
breasts and getting my period.
But there was no place that I could read about it.
When I started to write, I was determined to be honest.
So I’m going to share with you the practical side of writing.
There’s nothing more important than character.
You’re living with these people for years.
You had better feel for them.
Do some exercises.
Have your character write a letter to you.
The first draft is pure torture for me.
I hate every second of it.
I have a messy mind, and my writing
is a process of cleaning up the mess,
then slowly making a story.
I will be able to show that to you.
I got a particularly nasty review once.
It got to me, and I took my typewriter,
and I held it over this arroyo.
And I was going to throw it in.
I thought I cannot do this anymore.
And then this little voice went off in my head.
Wait, you’re going to let this one review stop you
from writing?
That’s crazy!
That’s one opinion.
I enjoy finding and supporting new writers,
and this is a chance for me to reach more of you.
I always ask myself, why would anyone
write if they didn’t have to?
I mean it’s so hard.
So this is for all of you who feel that you have to.
I’m Judy Blume, and this is my Master Class.
Something really special about Danuta and unique about her personality, show don’t tell.
*Beeroll on books and images from life, maybe emotional points of interview
Some sort of intro to talk about what this is about (maybe introduction)
Something about how she gets started with creative process, or something about art or creativity.
Walk through the step by step creative process
*Images or animation if possible
Talk about a challenging emotional experience
Resolution if possible
Deeper philosophical point
End
UNIT THREE: Create plan for actual editing (currently thinking one short, one long) (10 min)
UNIT ONE: Gathering clips
UNIT TWO: Gathering broll
UNIT THREE: Compositing
Bonus time: shot list
- Something really special about Danuta and unique about her personality, show don’t tell. Should be humorous and controversial.
- Beeroll on books and images from life, maybe emotional points of interview
- To kill the other
- Some sort of intro to talk about what this is about (maybe introduction)
- Something about how she gets started with creative process, or something about art or creativity.
- Walk through the step by step creative process
- Images of process
- Talk about a challenging emotional experience with resolution if possible
- Deeper philosophical point
- Some sort of ending
Bonus time: animation thoughts
Trying out pencil 2d!
Postmatch Review:
Overall, this was very fun and rejuvenated my love for editing and video.
- Energy rejuvenation – 4 I don’t feel 100% but my energy went up TONS since I started working
- Confidence in solution – 2 I feel the plan is really solid but the timing seems a little tight to get all of this done
- Creativity – 70th percentile, pretty good, not revolutionary. But I don’t think most people could do this.
- Raw efficiency, work over energy – 80th percentile, I think most sessions and people can’t be this productive in 40 minutes that was actually insane.
Match 2: Video Editing
Goals: I want to be excited about this video edit, feel satisfied, while boosting my confidence in pushing out videos faster with less effort
Here are the metrics for scoring:
- Excitement in the edit (1-5)
- Satisfaction in the edit (1-5)
- Efficiency (percentile)
- Fun (1-5)
- How ME it is (percentile)
My plan for my warmup is to hype myself up – play music, tell friends etc. + motivation.
Clean, write on my board.
UNIT ONE: Gathering clips (10 minutes)
Something really special about Danuta and unique about her personality, show don’t tell. Should be humorous and controversial.Beeroll on books and images from life, maybe emotional points of interviewTo kill the other
Some sort of intro to talk about what this is about (maybe introduction)- Something about how she gets started with creative process, or something about art or creativity.
Walk through the step by step creative process- Images of process
- Talk about a challenging emotional experience with resolution if possible
Deeper philosophical point- Some sort of ending
UNIT TWO: Gathering broll
UNIT THREE: Compositing
Postmatch Review:
- Excitement in the edit – 2 I’m not that thrilled about the cut so far
- Satisfaction in the edit -1 I’m not all that satisfied in the edit
- Efficiency (percentile) – 60% I’m better than average but a bit slow compared to experienced video editors
- Fun (1-5) – 3 I had quite a lot of fun
- How ME it is (percentile) – 15% not a lot of me in it so far
Match 3: Video Editing + MEified
Goals: I was right that the last match did not finish the process of editing. It was just too much. But I did make REALLY good progress. The only problem is, it’s not ME enough. This last challenge, I want to get the edit done, and I want to inject some Jack magic into it.
Metrics for scoring:
- How ME is it (percentile)
- Completeness & polish (percentile)
For my warmup, I’m going to watch a bunch of my videos.
Ok the warmup didn’t work, I’m gonna play some nice music and meditate. Me is goofy, profound, soft, and emotional.
UNIT ONE: Compostiting
UNIT TWO: MEify
UNIT THREE: Finalize
Postmatch Review: It ended up taking two hours. I’m tired now!
- How ME is it – 65% it does feel real, and grounded but not as me as I could make it
- Completeness & polish – 65% its actually not bad at all, could use some broll and animation