Phew! And apparently that's it. I'm done. After going through paper and electronic notebooks, I discovered what drafts and texts I had written, corrected and added to these, trying not to spoil too much the style of the time, and now I present them to you.
I share this to be an inspiration for you. Not an inspiration that you should write like this. It's an inspiration that you can believe that even if you write like this now, you will grow up in a year.
Well, something like that. I look at these texts now and I think what nonsense I was writing then. And I see that I have learnt something over the years.
...And when you learn? Valio! That means you can keep learning!
6 March Little Cloud Experiments No 1:
If you've been reading Clouds for long, you should have noticed - I love experiments. And this time I've created a new time/work planning system. 😉
Principle: To put the work in factory mode as much as possible. The idea at the beginning, the desired result at the end.
In my case, for example, I have drawn on a mirror and mapped out the ten stages of my writing (the most important activity of my life). Including the stage where the text is handed over for editing and revision or something like that.
Effect: I've noticed that, naturally, work that is halfway through (in the middle of the process) is likely to move to the end. Taking on new work without finishing the old ones is not something I want to do, and the overall productivity is increased. Strength!
Would I recommend it? Yes. I recommend. :3
Although I am still alternating the order of the stages, this does not change the basic essence of the factory, which I am more than happy with.
Little Cloud Experiments No 2:
This time, it's back to work planning and prioritisation. 😉
Principle: I've never been fond of odd-numbered thinking, planning and other ways of making lists. It works poorly in my opinion. So I have tried to simplify the system and make it a bit "even".
In my case, I wrote two notes on the window (a white sheet just to show the writing at night). One "High value", the other "Low value". Two places to work. No more and no less.
Why two jobs? Simple - I can choose which of the high-value ones I do first, and then choose which one I have more fun doing. But the choices are not too many (to distract me) or too few (to prevent me from choosing). The low-value works are also two, so that there is symmetry and I can anticipate what I will do later. 😉
Result: a significant increase in working capacity in the first few days. However, it declined afterwards, although it remained higher than before.
Would I recommend it? Maybe. I can't yet say that it is REALLY a crazy efficient system. But if you want to get your work in order, it's worth trying this first, rather than the ABC principles. 😉
What do you think? 🙂
27 March. The end.
Writing habit - Not developed.
I don't know what it was, but something prevented me from achieving my goal. Maybe a lack of stability in the habit system (lack of connection with other habits)? Maybe something else? Maybe the standing desk is not helping?
But in short: It was worth it. It was worth it.
For the future, I'm going to try again. Need to. Try to tie it together with other habits, as I did when I went to Erasmus in October/November/December nights.
I am temporarily preserving the experiment.
27 March. The beginning of the book, one letter.
- Ž.
Naoki turned yellow again and laughed in a rich male voice. As he laughed, he rhythmically, almost invisibly, flickered back and forth, but it was visible in the darkened room of Gila.
- And you really do get it when you say that letter! Like eating those gooseberries! - Naoki laughed.
- I'm telling you, it's my least favourite letter...", Gill said, rubbing her shoulder under the blood-stained sleeve of her sweatshirt, a little indignant.
Naoki stopped glowing and only the dim white light of the crystal chandelier remained in the room. The lamp, dropped on the floor, illuminated not much, but our pair of heroes didn't need more light. If someone had come in uninvited, Naoki would have noticed it before Gilles did. Even if the light was bright, like in some City Arena during a night game.
- OK," Naoki agreed, sounding quite pleased, "that will be your password. It's probably not worth looking for a better one.
- A secret keeper," Gill corrected, and when she had finished massaging her shoulder, she leaned her neck against the cold concrete wall behind her.
- A secret leader," Naoki repeated, perhaps correcting himself, and then fell silent.
Something better this time!
And so, I wrote in February, I wrote in October, I wrote in November, I almost didn't write in December, I came back in January...
...And somehow I have not stopped trying to write more and more often.
I'm trying to predict whether this means that one learns to take the work seriously over time, or whether it means that there were unfavourable circumstances in the first few months (or *insert other excuse from previous Daniel here*)?
Huh.
But it's clear - on the fifth try, things went better. Now I'm trying for the sixth time.
I might have learned something,
Daniel