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all right, here's the plan. (art and writing huge improvement for the next year and beyond)

tl;dr I will be doing at least 30 minutes of writing and 30 minutes of art a day , with an end goal of getting to 75/45. Then, once that's mastered, I'll crank up game development, music, and coding.  For the past 7 months, I have been consistent at the 2-minute rule for all my sprints. But I'm not pushing past that consistently. The 2-minute rule from Atomic Habits is great, and it's a good foundation for success. But it doesn't publish books or graphic novels.  So I am going to push forward with art and writing, cranking both of them up. I need to do more, but it's just going to have to fit into whatever time is left over from these -- 30-minute minimum, 75/45 end goal.  I can't cut these blocks short anymore. It's going to drive me insane. I'll never get anywhere.  Today I only drew for 10 minutes and wrote for 10 minutes. That barely pushes past warmups. It's fine, but it's not enough. I'm not writing to unwind or relax. I'm writi...
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NERFED: Ron Last Park and Wilkerson Farm :( Thanks, Utah.

Ron Last Park is gone. Replaced by townhomes. Now, I do rent an apartment, so I can't automatically hate townhomes, but this is garbage. It was a peaceful park at the end of Riverwoods. I loved to sit there in the warm seasons and draw in my sketchbook. There was a little path with a bench in the shade.  Now there's a loud robot that yells YOU ARE TRESPASSING AND BEING RECORDED in a very threatening voice if you venture too far along the supposedly public bike path that goes through the area.  Lovely.  Maybe I'm just one of those "NIMBYs" but I don't think my apartment complex, right off the interstate with cars going all night, took over any green spaces...  It looks like Wilkerson Farm is nerfed too -- rezoned for more housing. Stay classy, Utah. If I'm still here, I will be voting against every single representative who voted to nerf it. I don't care if it was inevitable or not. You reap what you sow, and I do not forgive easily.  We'll see if C...
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so true queen

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This cracked me up. It's like  Pokemopolis  but for The Magic School Bus.  Chasmosaurs is a great site and I think I might be ordering one of their paleoart shirts soon, in moisture wicking form for workouts. 
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When I say I am neurodivergent instead of just adhd it is mostly because

I have an ADHD diagnosis from college but have never been evaluated for ASD. But...there are signs. There always have been, ever since I first read about Asperger's as a kid and thought wait, that's kinda like me, why did no one ever get me evaluated for that? You know, when you're trying to play with the other kids but it's confusing and you don't know how and there's this little voice that goes something is wrong here... I was planning on only writing until 9:30 or 9:45 PM because I need to stick to a somewhat consistent schedule. Even if Saturday is my late night and I had half a Monster a little bit too late in the morning (10 AM or so) Then suddenly it was 10 PM. I had been listening to the same 3 horsegiirl songs in a row while writing furiously and engaging in...repetitive rocking and headbanging motions. I was completely impervious to all external reality for this period of time and was only vaguely cognizant of what my body was doing. Eeyup.  One day I ...
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How crowded is this gonna be 😬

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Not sure yet if I'll get on the steampunk rides when I arrive tomorrow or just go straight to the water park. I'll get on them at some point regardless.  And this is why Lagoon is such a good park. It's sad they're taking out Cliffhanger but they clearly have something cool planned. Definitely better than whatever tf Zimmerman is doing with Cedar Flags. (Though the all-parks gold pass is fantastic)
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today's lyrics

But we can rewrite the story together  To one of those endings where  They live happily ever after. - I Hate This Place Love this band. Love their name. And love the Snowlights album. 
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lost productivity: must regain

Monday and Tuesday are still the worst days of my week for productivity. Sunday night, I'm either calling home or having to work, meaning that I'm up later than I want to be. This screws up Monday, usually meaning (but not always) that I have to work out both before and after work. With Tuesday, I have to drive 40 minutes one-way into the office, and some days (like today) no one on my team is even there, making the wasted time from the commute largely pointless. This means, once again, that I have to double-work-out.  If I could work at 9 AM instead of 8 AM, I would be fine. But, I have to work at 8 AM.  By Wednesday, I'm usually back on track, but this is stressing me out. I can't keep having this happen anymore. Trying to find a fully remote job with a 9 AM start and no weekends right now that will actually interview me  is like trying to find the hay in the needlestack .  I don't know what to do. Maybe a makeup session later in the week. 
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