Saturday, June 24, 2017

Ready to return to work

It's been a period of great change, but I have settled properly into the house with my beloved, and my study is finally in good shape.

I have long since learned the importance of putting one's working space in order, and as you can see, everything has a place.





3 comments:

  1. I'm gonna have to have you organize MY office. You've certainly got it looking good.

    What are the four-color matrices?

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  2. The four-colour matrices are a record of my pomodoro cycles — one pomodoro is one cell in the 10x10 matrix. Although 100 pomodoros is an arbitrary number, it seems to be a good fit for a cycle, long enough to pass a milestone, not too long so as to seem interminable.

    If I'm working a full normal day (Monday to Friday) without any interruptions, I can get through 16 pomodoros, 12 of which go to "Mission DevOps" (career) and the rest towards the Odessia, well-being, and studying Lithuanian. On weekends, or if I choose to prioritise something else, the distribution will be different, and I find that about two days out of each working week will include some interruption, e.g. shopping for groceries, cooking, etc.

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  3. You actually have an office now!

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