From 6cfd2e5d10941828379b4f8f703efa570bf39a5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wgroeneveld Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2023 08:12:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] things I like doing lately --- .../a-list-of-things-i-like-doing-lately.md | 46 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/post/2023/06/a-list-of-things-i-like-doing-lately.md diff --git a/content/post/2023/06/a-list-of-things-i-like-doing-lately.md b/content/post/2023/06/a-list-of-things-i-like-doing-lately.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5b3baea9 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/post/2023/06/a-list-of-things-i-like-doing-lately.md @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +--- +title: "A List Of Things I Like Doing Lately" +date: 2023-06-08T07:38:00+02:00 +categories: + - braindump +tags: + - lists +--- + +Since my brain refuses to boot beyond UEFI today[^pcjoke], here's a lovely list of things I liked doing before our daughter was born: + +[^pcjoke]: At least I managed to get in a nerd joke, good one! + +- Write large philosophical blog posts; +- Enjoy a late night out with friends; +- Read a thousand page sprawling fantasy; +- Play a complicated Uwe Rosenberg boardgame; +- Get on the bike and let it take me to random places; +- Ink up the fountain pen and brainstorm in the journal; +- Cook and enjoy a nice meal with my wife; +- Plan ahead to bake a few sourdough breads; +- Lose endless hours chasing after Stones of Jordan in _Diablo II_; +- Have a nice long walk in the woods; +- Soak in a warm bath while thinking about life's problems; +- Hack away at retro hardware. + +Now here's a list of things I like doing lately: + +- Write short lists of things I like doing; +- Go to sleep at 10 PM; +- Read the first sentence of a blog in the RSS reader; +- Get out _Patchwork_ and enjoy simply finishing it without interruptions; +- Stare at the passing traffic from the parked car; +- Fantasize about inking up a fountain pain without moving from the couch; +- Eat in shifts wishing for the crying to stop; +- Hope the sourdough starter isn't dead; +- Match three tiles in a 5-minute round of _Puzzle Quest_ on the DS; +- Walk with the stroller around the block and enjoy the sun on the face; +- Get a quick shower while trying not to think; +- Sniff on an old motherboard and then put it back on the shelf. + +This felt a bit painful to write. Does it feel painful to read as well? I wonder what kind of things I will like doing in a year. Or in three years. Perhaps I should start preparing for the inevitable but laughably bad _How do you see yourself in five years?_ question. + +It's funny to see how one readjusts one's life expectations once kids arrive. Nowadays, we get a lot of energy from a few mischievous smiles and simply wish for her to grow up healthy, and I wouldn't want to have it any other way. I can't even remember what I wanted to get out of life before all this, it feels like my mind is playing tricks on me. Things that seemed relevant before---status, respect, self-development---are shoved aside and suddenly deemed much less important, even though I didn't think about this consciously. + +Perhaps I should start thinking about this consciously.