It's hard to believe that it's been a whole 3 weeks since my last blog post. I was hoping to make these more frequently, perhaps on a weekly (or bi-weekly) basis. Looking back, there was a ton of stuff that happened, things that were all blog-worthy, but I didn't have the mental capacity to sit down and write a whole post. Instead, I found myself spending small bursts of time scrolling Instagram on my work computer.
What I saw...
My Instagram feed has been coming up with a lot more health-related content. I've seen stuff about how baking soda is a wonder cure (that they buried since it's not profitable), a cold shower / polar pluge gives the same dopamine bump as cocaine but without the crash (I tried it, it's fucking awesome, I've done 1 everyday since, seriously), but a really interesting one I saw compared our brains to a computer. The post was talking about mental load, how brain fog piles up and ruins mental clarity. It said to imagine that in your brain is a bunch of computer programs. If you have too many open, then the computer slows down. If you have too many open-ended tasks, or you're using a ton of mental energy to try and remember everything that you gotta do, then you're ultimately slowing your own brain processes down. You can close programs on a computer and save the progress onto disc to access later. The real world counterpart would be keeping a to-do list, so that you can free up that mental space.
Ok so what
I was feeling burnt out from all the different projects and things I had to do. These things were bogging me down. Sitting down to write a blog seemed a bit careless of me, almost like procrastination. When I would start to write, my brain would creep in with reminders of them. Eventually, these thoughts would overflow my brain, and I wouldn't write anything. After I saw the Instagram post, I started my to-do list up again. Man, I feel a lot better. Usually when things die down I stop using my todo list, but that post was a nice reminder of a great tool. Sometimes social media is a good source of information you wouldn't normally see, and just like anything, too much of a good thing can become bad. I do gotta stop myself from looking at too many posts, it's really hard.
What else going on
Here's a list of things that happened in the last 3 weeks
- I'm pending on a house! (I'll make a post once when I actually close on it :))
- I've been texting my pharmacist cuz he said I dressed just like him at my age, turns out he used to be in the music scene!
- I got to meet the baby that Adeline takes care of! Omg he was so cute, and I made him giggle with my silly faces
- I had a stomach bug, or virus or something so I missed the Valley Street Lincoln show on 2-7. I got over it in 1 day!
- Omaha Underground has reached 2,000 followers on the grams! That's a whole lot
- Big snow yesterday, I'm planning on making an igloo (Quinzee actually) and sleep in it! Wish me luck
Farewell
This the end of the post... yeah. This site is kinda boring, I'd like to spice it up some. Too bad I got so many other things to do. The 'blog engine' I use (zonelets) doesn't really remove that much complexity compared to just making a blog the old fashioned way. I might remove it and make my own thing. Anyway, see ya.