September was a fantastic month where I solidified some practices and experimented with others and altogether the outcome was very satisfactory.
IT
My new computer gives me a lot of flexibility I didn’t have before and I still have my old one (which is useful again after getting rid of Parallels) as a backup in case I have malfunction debacles.
I’ve also got used to studying on Pluralsight in combination with Udemy. Pluralsight’s courses are fantastic, University level stuff. And I can easily go back and forth between courses according to my needs.
I’ve also cemented a note taking system that allows me to switch amongst courses easily without feeling lost or having to restart from scratch. For that I’m using Evernote.
Fasting
My eating habits have changed a lot this month. I no longer eat breakfast and have been fasting between 12 and 16 hours daily. I still wasn’t able to get rid of my lower ab pudge, but my body fat has dramatically decreased. I also love that I don’t “have” to it at any particular time anymore, which gives me extra flexibility. Plus eating way less makes me consider every little thing I eat way more carefully.
Dancing
In September I’ve also been to three social dance parties, the first few after Covid. Although I was extremely happy to be on the dance floor again, I felt very self-conscious in the first too. I kept dancing a lot during covid, but it’s just such a distinct experience that I can say I was truly rusty. Last Friday I taught a decent size workshop (30 couples) at Dance Culture and in the social that ensued I finally felt a bit more comfortable. I was able to feel the music, remember moves and not get out of time often. It doesn’t matter how much I code in the next ten to twenty years, I just know for sure I’ll keep dancing, because I love it so much.
Tracing Inputs
I didn’t do a very good job at tracking my inputs in a way that would make it easy for me to post them here, but I’ll post a big “September” Spotify playlist in the next few days, with everything I listened to. Most of it was Tim Ferriss as usual but I also listened to Biographics: History One Life at a Time. I’m definitely hooked, I’ll listen to the whole collection very quickly.
Blogging
Blogging was a bit of a disaster but towards the end of the month I found out I can write at least parts of posts during commute, which does help getting some posts done. If I leave it to the end of the day like right now (it’s 11:17pm) it doesn’t work, I just want to go to bed.
I wish myself a great September. I’ll definitely work and study very hard and hopefully will keep that people that matter close to me 😉