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Leaving the Slump + Media Consumption Tracking

A picture of Collins Lake. The image is framed by a hanging, leafy tree branch on top. Foliage clusters at the bottom right of the picture, with pine trees in the background. The lake is at the left side of the image, and it expands into the horizon.

Hello!

I was so much more productive today! I also very briefly panicked about how many work hours I need to complete before my part-time administrative gig ends on August 31. My problem doesn't seem to be that I cannot get work done; instead, I will have a few highly efficient days where I get most of the work done, and then find myself monotonously doing the remaining tasks. It feels unfair and self-serving to decrease my work speed, but efficiency is an inconvenient skill when you are paid by the hour.

This picture features the last parts of my accomplishments list from yesterday, and the majority of today's media consumption tracking in my bullet journal. Today's date is written in French about a fifth down the page. I have divided the page into two columns with purple highlighter. The first column is my to-do list, with bullet points for primary tasks in the purple highlighter. The second column is my media consumption. In the purple highlighter, I have written a key letter for each kind of media consumption. Next to each letter, there is a bullet point with the amount of time spent on that activity and a little more information about the activity.

In other news, I successfully recorded my media consumption today. This habit is, perhaps, a little strange, but it helps to keep me glued to my bullet journal during the summer. Additionally, I enjoy seeing how much time I spend consuming various kinds of media. For the month of August, I am limiting my social media time to thirty minutes a day or less. Usually, I just use the timer on my phone as a social media countdown tool. However, since I wanted to also observe which social media platforms I was using, I drew 30 bullet points below the date and crossed one off for each minute of social media time.

On an administrative note, I have added a "Follow by Email" widget to my blog's sidebar. If you put your email in the box and click "Get email notifications", you will receive an email every time I publish a blog post. I have subscribed to my own blog in the hopes of determining whether this feature works.

I hope that you are doing well. Do you enjoy these more casual, free-formed blog posts? I'll probably make some more structured content soon, but I have been enjoying this chattier format.

Best wishes,
Lydia
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