This is the public group instrumental rationality diary for April 1-15.
It's a place to record and chat about it if you have done, or are actively doing, things like:
- Established a useful new habit
- Obtained new evidence that made you change your mind about some belief
- Decided to behave in a different way in some set of situations
- Optimized some part of a common routine or cached behavior
- Consciously changed your emotions or affect with respect to something
- Consciously pursued new valuable information about something that could make a big difference in your life
- Learned something new about your beliefs, behavior, or life that surprised you
- Tried doing any of the above and failed
Or anything else interesting which you want to share, so that other people can think about it, and perhaps be inspired to take action themselves. Try to include enough details so that everyone can use each other's experiences to learn about what tends to work out, and what doesn't tend to work out.
Thanks to cata for starting the Group Rationality Diary posts, and to commenters for participating.
Immediate past diary: March 16-31
Next diary: April 16-30
I've made a good bit of progress in time management recently. Incorporating more efficient exercise routines into both home and work time, cutting out a time sink I've been battling on and off for years, and learning to practice on the keyboard in short bursts throughout the day. I still manage to get writing done, do yoga and karate, and socialize without too much strain.
The only problems so far are that, while I'm getting a lot of mileage out of audiobooks during drives and exercise, I'm still losing time I could spend physically reading. With Godel, Escher, and Bach still barely open, I know I have a lot to go through and want to give the book its fair due. I'm having trouble setting aside time to properly hunt for new job opportunities. Part of this is contentment with where I am now and hope for prospects already applied for, but I know that, if these prospects don't work, I need new ones lined up. I also want to schedule piano lessons in, which is another factor to work on. Hopefully, this time next month, these three issues will be solved.