January 6, 2024

Something I thought about:

• I decided at the end of 2023 that my word for 2024 would be “slow.” This has to do with pace — the last two years were extreme between finishing and defending my dissertation, moving internationally, and then starting a part-time and then a full-time job and doing both for a quarter while unpacking and renovating the house and starting over in various American systems — but I also mean “deliberate.” Obviously a lot of work-related tasks require timeliness and speed, but I want to be more deliberate about what I’m doing and when and keeping my head in the moment instead of frantically jumping from one thing to the next. Like baking a loaf of bread instead of being a line cook at a short-staffed restaurant during the dinner rush.

Something I did:

• Finished grading.
• Submitted grades.
• Kicked off the new year with a feral art day.
• Went to French class.
• Dealt with a surprise, massive bug in one project.
• Meetings + PMing.
• Went to a Media Lab mini-reunion.
• Prepared for a snow storm.
• Read a little.
• Wrote a little.

Something I read:

• The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett