Archive for 'Productivity'

The Failure of a SysAdmin – Continued Self Loathing and Why You Should RTFineM

If traffic statistics are any indicator, my previous post “The Failure of a SysAdmin – A Tale of Laziness, Good Fortune and Self Loathing” seemed to resonate among my fellow technologists. Perhaps each of us can share a story or three about some self inflicted near-catastrophe being spryly avoided by mere happenstance. I suspect that [...]

Speed Reading; Week 6 Finished!

This week saw a regression and an epiphany. The regression was that I lost some of my ability to focus on the text at higher speeds and had to step back to lesson 9. I also missed several lesson times. The epiphany was that fatigue and burnout changethings. While trying to work two jobs, start [...]

Speed Reading; Week 5 Finished!

I was going good this week, hitting lesson 10 which is the last lesson in the first part of this Speed Reading system I’m using. However, I lost steam on Saturday. Not much to give as an excuse. I just gave up that day. Monday: Morning: Lesson 8 Evening: Lesson 8 Tuesday: Morning: Lesson 9 [...]

Speed Reading; Week 4 Finished!

The first full month of my attempt at staying faithful to my chosen speed reading curriculum is now finished. This was the most consistent week so far. I only missed one lesson. That might be overstating my success a little since some lessons were done hurried or were interrupted, but at least the habit of [...]

Speed Reading Week 3 Finished!

My third week of speed reading lessons wasn’t too bad. Monday: Morning: Lesson 4 Evening: Lesson 4 Tuesday: Morning: Lesson 4 Evening: Lesson 4 Wednesday: Morning: Lesson 5 Evening: Lesson 5 Thursday: Morning: Lesson 5 Evening: Missed Friday: Morning: Lesson 5 Evening: Missed Saturday: Morning: Lesson 6 Evening: Missed I got off to a great, [...]