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Entry #2

I've done a pretty poor job of keeping up with this blog so far. No big surprise there I suppose. I bought the Interstellar sheet music and started playing it, but I am just so bad at doing things consistently. I need to get back to having a to-do list for each day I get up. Aiming to do 30 minutes on the piano here and there, consistently. Pretty depressed right now. Dad is in the hospital. Suspect we will soon lose what is left of his personality once he is medicated out the gills. Speaking of interstellar, I want to learn more about astrophysics and space. Perhaps I can make that my focus point for this week. I will read the book "astrophysics for people in a hurry" before next Sunday, April 2, and watch a documentary on space. Will put this on my board to hopefully guilt myself into actually doing it.

Also - as a note for myself - I want to do the self-improvement practice of sitting down for fifteen minutes and writing out what I think my life could look like in three-five years.

[accountabilityforben]

Entry #1

As my tumblr title suggests, I am starting this as way to hopefully hold myself accountable. There are a bunch of hobbies, skills, and activities I want to improve at, topics I want to learn about, and things I've always wanted to try but have never gotten around to. Lately I've been having this existential panic that I'm running out of time to give them a go, so I feel like I need to be more methodical in pursuing them. I am getting on ADHD meds soon which I think will be helpful in this pursuit, but I feel like giving myself an outlet to write about these things may prove helpful in keeping myself accountable to them. Maybe I can aim to do one entry a week, each centered around one of these areas and how I have been implementing it in my life/working on it/learning about it, etc etc. I should probably develop a stricter system so I don't fall out of the habit like I am typically prone to doing... whatever, for now I will just list them out and I can aim to do one a week to focus on. Maybe I will sticky this post, if you can do that on tumblr, so that I see these activities often. Things I want to improve at -Cooking -Taking initiative in getting to know others, plan things, etc -Speaking clearly and intentionally -Frisbee -Confidence -Basketball -Consistent cleanliness -Charisma -Style, grooming -Getting up early and developing a routine -Write about content I consume - force myself to consider it beyond just consumption -Going for walks frequently, touching grass -Writing more in Notion? I guess just journaling more consistently in general regardless of medium -Music production -Piano -Chess -Card games -Film photography -Manners -Eating more frequently -Being good with kids -Trivia/knowledge for the sake of knowledge -Duolingo/Anki consistent practice

Things I want to learn about -Astrophysics -Geography -Starting a business -India -Weather/meteorology -Plants -The economy -Cinema -Community building -Poker, blackjack, card games generally -Rap music -EDM -Different political theory -Asia -AI -Religion -Bridge, mahjjong -Agriculture -Alcoholic processes, types of alcohol

Things I want to try -Learning to make drinks -Pulling espresso shots -Unicycling -Wheelying -Actually gardening -Networking with professionals whose careers interest me -Talking with strangers more -Rollerskating -Engineering (what are good hobbies for engineers?) -Data analysis -Programming -Making an app -Driving a manual -Changing my own oil -Magic tricks -Making videos (maybe of bike tours) -Writing -Get on Jeopardy -Skateboarding -Scootering -Fishing/fly fishing -starting a business

I've kind of arbitrarily told myself that learning about something/at least getting the gist of something would entail of doing three of theses four things over the course of a week: -Reading a book about it -Watching a documentary, or 1+hrs of video/discussion of it -Trying it out if applicable -Reaching out to someone I know who knows more about it

We'll see how closely I follow that guideline. I guess I will start this week? Maybe my first one can be.... Piano. I will start playing the interstellar song and also look into developing a practice routine. By the end of the week my goal can be to have developed a workable day-to-day practice routine that takes 30-45 min, and maybe I can play a page of the Interstellar song...