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+title: Time off Spring break 2024 - Chillin
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+It's spring break 2024 and I've got a week off. The last few weeks have been a bit crazy at work trying to get some big features launched and into public testing, so very excited for the timeoff. I usually try to avoid too much tech, but I'm looking forward to making some tech investments as it's been a while.
+
+I kind of miss doing technical stuff on my blog, and looking fowrad to that
+
+Long ago, I learned I should pre-write these, but I decided (implicitly, by not applying discipline) to wing it, so I'm writing this at the end of the vacation.
+
+I've got several head winds going into this break:
+
+- Money Troubles have been great - stock market is through the roof, with Meta and MSFT at all-time highs!
+- Health has been great, diet, and exercise are dialed in.
+- Even though I had three intense weeks at work, my co-workers are amazing, and everything is good.
+- My "Dealer of Smiles and Wonder" Persona has re-emerged from Hibernation
+
+Tail winds
+
+My top priorities:
+
+- Spend time with family
+- Stay healthy (though this is easier than usual see below)
+
+## Moments
+
+## Success Stories
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
+<!-- vim-markdown-toc GFM -->
+
+- [Top Learnings](#top-learnings)
+- [Relationships](#relationships)
+    - [Friends](#friends)
+    - [Tori](#tori)
+    - [Zach](#zach)
+    - [Amelia](#amelia)
+- [Identity Health](#identity-health)
+    - [Magic](#magic)
+    - [Biking](#biking)
+    - [Tech Guru](#tech-guru)
+        - [Shell + Enabling Environment + Python in VIM](#shell--enabling-environment--python-in-vim)
+- [Cognitive Health](#cognitive-health)
+    - [Meditation](#meditation)
+    - [750 words/Gratefulness](#750-wordsgratefulness)
+- [Physical Health](#physical-health)
+    - [Statistics](#statistics)
+    - [Diet](#diet)
+    - [Sleep](#sleep)
+    - [Energy](#energy)
+- [House and goods](#house-and-goods)
+- [Mental quicksand](#mental-quicksand)
+    - [Got grumpy about some stuff](#got-grumpy-about-some-stuff)
+    - [Angry that wasting my vacation, and sacred time with family](#angry-that-wasting-my-vacation-and-sacred-time-with-family)
+
+<!-- vim-markdown-toc -->
+<!-- prettier-ignore-end -->
+
+## Top Learnings
+
+_This is less new learnings, and more recounts to existing knowledge_
+
+New Learnings
+
+- Toe spreaders are fun
+- I should eat fruit before a workout (else go lightheaded)
+
+## Relationships
+
+### Friends
+
+- ☐ Walk with Bob
+
+### Tori
+
+### Zach
+
+- ☐ Take him somewhere to go for a bike ride on the car
+
+### Amelia
+
+- ☐ Take her somewhere to go for a bike ride on the car
+
+## Identity Health
+
+### Magic
+
+- ☐ Practice Daily
+- ☐ Find a place to practice card to ceiling
+- ☐ Find a place to work on Tamiriz
+
+### Biking
+
+- ☐ Repair my cargo bike computer
+- ☐ Look at bubble bike setup
+
+### Tech Guru
+
+- ☐ Containerize Bots
+- ☐ Get more out of Improv Bot
+- ☐ Some more work on Improv Bot
+- ☐ Look at LLM based Eval
+
+#### Shell + Enabling Environment + Python in VIM
+
+- ☐ Figure out how to put IgConvo into pop up prompt []
+
+## Cognitive Health
+
+- ☐ Write up most valuable stuff you can do as a senior eng
+- ☐ Write up "Sustainable Work"
+- ☐ Do TikTok on the variants of "See Something/Say Something"
+
+### Meditation
+
+- Worked on my informal box breathing
+- Several days
+- Doing it while charging in the Tesla
+
+### 750 words/Gratefulness
+
+- ☐ Think about Sublime states
+
+## Physical Health
+
+- ☐ Video my swings and run them through my Swing-A-Lyzer
+- ☑ 3x5 Good Pullups
+- ☐ 10x10 swings in 30 min
+
+### Statistics
+
+Weight Start: 182
+Weight End:
+Gym Days:
+
+### Diet
+
+- I'm doing [terzepatide](/terzepatide), so this is no longer a concern
+- Try to bound down to 179
+
+### Sleep
+
+- Wake up early and use a mood light
+
+### Energy
+
+- High
+
+## House and goods
+
+- ☐ Fix Hottub
+- Stocks are way up so feeling very financially secure (though security should come from production capacity, not the current assets)
+- Basically own everything I want
+
+## Mental quicksand
+
+### Got grumpy about some stuff
+
+- ☐ Study sublime states
+
+{% include summarize-page.html src="/sublime" %}
+
+### Angry that wasting my vacation, and sacred time with family
+
+The antidote is doing stuff, divide and conquer to reduce the activation energy and tackle it