Weeknotes 2025-W22

2025-06-07 weeknotes • 492 words
Weeknotes for the week 2025-05-26 to 2025-06-01, written a full week late.

Monday

Bank holiday Monday. I got up very late and squandered a good amount of time, but I also played some mando, finding out a new thumb position (on the back of the neck, straight) that seems to relieve the cramp I tend to get. I potted up a rose, watered, sowed some turnips and a few herbs, went to the allotment, and saw my friends in the evening.

Tuesday

I decided to, using crontab, place some restrictions on the time I can access my laptop. This is essentially to reduce my screentime. Mainly, the laptop is inaccessible (`poweroff` runs every minute, preventing access) from 21.00 on a weekend and 16.00 on a weekday, and every hour from 12.00 (meaning I cannot use it for more than an hour uninterrupted).

I also studied some IF2, made dinner, and spent a good time just resting and relaxing.

Wednesday

I went to a Bored of Dating Apps mixer event in Notting Hill. It was really good fun! I didn't meet anybody I would want to date, but still fun to just chat to people.

At lunch, I sat in the church and listened to recitals. There was Shostakovich, but they were very light, tacky tunes - completely unlike his symphonies!

Thursday

I had my IF2 exam at lunch. Passed it, 81/100. So I've got my Cert CII now, which is good I guess. Would be pleasant if I could feel any accomplishment for the fact.

In the evening, I went to the British Academy. They had a talk on peat bogs, which was actually quite interesting! I talked with a man who wrote poetry (as they handed out a booklet with poems about peat) and a lady from York who works with Roberta Gilchrist, who gave the last talk I went to at the BA. Also some lovely pottery foxes.

Friday

I wrote my weeknotes for W21 (ever late), and decided to start having small bits of paper in my notebook that I can transfer from one to the next when I finish them. Not sure what else I did. Worked, I assume.

Saturday

I made the access times for my laptop even more punitive, preventing access from 20.00 on a weekend, 15.00 on a weekday, and every half an hour until then it turns off.

I have found my phone screen time has significantly increased as a result of this, but it is easier to control my phone screentime than my laptop time. I'm more aware of it.

I also potted up the Dendrobium nobile and Begonia rex I have in my bedroom, watered, went shopping, and went to the cafe.

Sunday

I was at the lottomento for most of the day. I received some seed potatoes from my new neighbour, and helped him out lifting the black plastic off his plot in return. I harvested some radish, too, and weeded the strawberry bed (eating most of the strawberries as I did it. After this, the glut is basically over)