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Cake day: June 19th, 2023

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  • I have also had great results with meditation aiding my sleep. For me it was mindfulness meditation, and recognizing when my mind was buzzing or going in circles, then letting the thoughts go and coming back to my breath or just observing my empty mind and watching for the first sign of a thought.

    For years I was hugely skeptical that saying words in my mind would make a difference, but when I tried a sleep meditation, like a yoga nidra, mentally saying things like “i have nothing else to do, and nowhere else to be. i am here to relax.” really helped. also, when my mind starts going off on a crazy line of thought and i recognize it, i can usually get it to stop by mentally saying “i can think about this tomorrow.” i’m still amazed that it even works. the idea that you can so easily trick (or i guess vocally control?) your own mind just sounds ridiculous. I suppose though that different minds work differently, and the mental words may not work for everybody, or not all the time.









  • You should take notes about how you set up each app. I have a directory for each self hosted app, and I include a README.md that includes stuff like links to repos and tutorials, lists of nuances of the setup, itemized lists of things that I’d like to do with it in the future, and any shortcomings it has for my purposes. Of course I also include build scripts so I can just “make bounce” and the software starts up without me having to remember all the app-specific commands and configs.

    If a tutorial gets you 95% of the way, and you manage to get the other 5% on your own, write down that info. Future you will be thankful. If not, write a section called “up next” that details where you’re running into challenges and need to make improvements.