Workpost 52: Exhausted

I am trying some new things out to update my routines and actions from the last post.

1. My morning routine: short walk outside. No computer or phone until I walk outside and get some good sun exposure.
2. My reset. If I feel overwhelmed, take a shower or go into my closet.
3. Practicing the transition from my chair to my door: I’m going to mark a tally on my “Active Life” tracker calendar (shout out to my girlfriend <3).

In trying out this new “Active Life” tracker, I decided the following today after trying it out today:

1. I will leave the apartment as many times as I can
2. If I feel tired and want to sleep, I can just go to the gym and come back after
3. If I want to play Valorant or doomscroll, I can go out, do some quick work, then come back and go on my phone

I’m also proud of myself for doing some sketching today in the “woodcut” style that I plan to use for my business card.

I like it a lot but I want to continue on working on making it more clean like this:

Some thoughts:

1. It helps to look at a photo reference
2. Might help to sketch out a design beforehand
3. Need a harder brush (sharper edges) for the image

Now it’s time to plan my day and look at yesterday’s questions.

1. What am I going to do about my art coaching and AI gaming companies?
   • Am I behind schedule and if so what do I do about it? Yes, I am behind schedule. I think what I need to do about it is that I want to focus more on the business side of things. For coaching that means finding clients and for AI gaming I’m not sure yet. Either way, I need to start figuring out what it looks like to run the business.
   • Should I extend the schedule? Maybe a little, but at the moment no.
   • Am I losing money? Yes, but this is something I want to do and get better at. The best thing to do for me is to not to have a gameplan, just run with what I have until the money runs out. Perhaps I could also try to find a business partner or something to level up to the next step or collaborate with my current business partner more.
2. How do I get out of my procrastination phase and get working? Leaving the apartment more. Doing a deep clean of my apartment.
3. What do I do about my art coaching website? Create a powerpoint for it, create a basic website.
4. How do I get everything done in such a short period of time? I don’t need to. I failed at section one of the business, but that’s ok. Failure = growth. I learned that not taking faster action to get to sales doesn’t work as well. Maybe I need to get more people involved to help me or to just bounce ideas off of.
5. Should I start registering for fairs? Yes most definitely, also think more about what I can give away.
6. Should I pay someone to design the website for me? I absolutely could, it probably is a very good idea.
7. How am I going to get the motivation to start drawing? How do I start drawing consistently? I need to find the joy in just creating this new art style.
8. How do I start going to the gym and working outside the apartment consistently? Through my “Active Life” tracker! And from being the hero, and valuing my body as a temple. And by leaving the apartment every time I want to do something unhealthy (going outside, then coming back and gaming etc.)
9. How will I start cooking again and cleaning up my apartment? Where will I find the time? We can do it piece by piece, we also don’t need to cook immediately, just work on it slowly.
10. How will I prepare for the next week of work? How do I balance my other businesses? I should focus work on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for a specific time period (8-5). Then trust in the process. If I leave the apartment a lot, things will get done on all fronts.
11. When will I continue to work on my Javascript projects? What is the breakdown between AI work time and coaching work time. Not sure, we have a couple of options. We can focus on coaching, switch gears to AI therapist (as greater chances of monitization), or try to create a release schedule. Or forget about getting something out as being a full stack dev would be pretty valuable and worthy skill on its own right.

Now to write some of the questions I have for tomorrow:

1. How am I going to balance contract work with my businesses tomorrow?
2. What can I do to make sure I get enough sleep for jiujitsu?
3. What is the plan for getting customers for my businesses?
4. Should I sign up for a consultation with a Fiverr coach for javascript? Should I work first to get an understanding of full stack?
5. Should I start looking for someone to build my coaching website?
6. What can I give away at the fairs?
7. What is the next step for my woodcut art style? What is the plan for the business cards?
8. When am I going to create my powerpoint for my coaching website outline?

I’m happy, I think two mentalities that are helping me are:

1. Whenever I want to do something unhealthy or distracting (youtube, Valorant, etc.) first leave the apartment then do it when I come back. I usually get more done, are more in touch with my body and don’t feel the need to self medicate after.
2. At the end of the day, imagine what I wished I got done, what would make me happy if I got done and turn those things into a list of questions to tackle and solve tomorrow.