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Over time, I've picked up the art of task scheduling. For instance, a weekly planner has proven to be incredibly beneficial in helping me keep my thoughts organized regarding what needs to be done, when to tackle these tasks, and perhaps some notes on how to approach them. However, I've always struggled with applying this approach to my personal life—things like reading, listening to podcasts, playing chess, or strumming the ukulele. For some reason, I tend to view the time spent on myself as potentially wasted, or worse, time taken away from more productive endeavors like studying Python.
The predicament I'm beginning to face is that the workload from my job keeps piling up, and I tend to overestimate my capacity to handle it efficiently. It invariably takes much longer than expected, and just when I'm on the verge of completing one or two tasks, urgent new ones land on my plate. These unexpected tasks disrupt not only my current workflow but also the ones I had planned for later. This poses a significant challenge because, in addition to executing these "work" tasks, I also need time to "study" in order to excel at my job. However, studying demands a substantial amount of time, often more than I initially anticipate. I need to strike a balance.
Today, for instance, I encountered an issue with the permissions of an authenticated Idap user, and then I had to deal with unauthenticated SSH keys, compounded by systems that only accept sha3 while my keys were sha1. I'm feeling the need for a breather and some focused contemplation on how to navigate this situation.