Continuing what I started in 2020, I reserved at least a small portion of every day in 2021 to do something I considered “self enriching”. That is, something that improves a skill I want to work on, bolsters an area of expertise, broadens my understanding of the world, provides some culture, grows my personal value both financially and intangibly, and otherwise makes my life just a little bit better than yesterday. It’s a recognition of the ideas that we are our habits, that accomplishing big goals only happens in small steps, and that the best time to work on a big goal is 10 years ago, but the second best time is to start is today, etc. and so forth.
Anyway, this is my log for 2021. I’m not very disciplined with my logging practices, so the numbers don’t mean all that much. The most that can be taken from this is: what I spent time on, and if I spent a lot of time, a little bit of time, or something in the middle. Here’s hoping y’all make good progress on your own goals throughout 2022. Happy new year!
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| tag | instances | approx hrs |
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| #ART | 53 | 96.75 |
| #PAINTING | 6 | 16.00 |
| #BLINDLUKE | 6 | 11.50 |
| #COMMISSION | 13 | 24.00 |
| #DRAWING | 62 | 98.25 |
| #EDHAGOPIAN | 7 | 12.50 |
| #STORYBOARDS | 1 | 0.50 |
| #SKETCHBOOK | 16 | 11.00 |
| #NYDIADIAGRAMS | 1 | 5.00 |
| #INKSCAPE | 1 | 5.00 |
| #INKTOBER | 12 | 29.00 |
| #LINKLE | 2 | 2.50 |
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| #READING | 147 | 123.33 |
| #CORMACMCCARTHY | 11 | 9.75 |
| #DOUGSTANTON | 7 | 11.00 |
| #FLOWERSFORALGERNON | 12 | 9.50 |
| #INFINITEPOWERS | 11 | 9.08 |
| #APROMISEDLAND | 24 | 16.50 |
| #INHARMSWAY | 7 | 11.00 |
| #INTHEHEARTOFTHESEA | 8 | 10.00 |
| #AUDIOBOOK | 3 | 7.50 |
| #HOMODEUS | 3 | 7.50 |
| #MICROBEHUNTERS | 13 | 13.00 |
| #PAULDEKRUIF | 13 | 13.00 |
| #THEROAD | 12 | 11.50 |
| #KIDDER | 5 | 5.00 |
| #THESOULDOFANEWMACHINE | 5 | 5.00 |
| #OBAMA | 24 | 16.50 |
| #PHILBRICK | 8 | 10.00 |
| #STROGATZ | 11 | 9.08 |
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| #COMICS | 46 | 32.50 |
| #BATMAN | 1 | 0.75 |
| #BERSERK | 12 | 4.50 |
| #BRAHMSTOKERSDRACULA | 1 | 1.50 |
| #THEWALKINGDEAD | 29 | 20.75 |
| #MIGNOLA | 2 | 2.25 |
| #GOTHAMBYGASLIGHT | 1 | 0.75 |
| #STEVELICHMAN | 1 | 0.50 |
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| #MATH | 61 | 57.28 |
| #3BLUE1BROWN | 9 | 19.75 |
| #ABSTRACTALGEBRA | 6 | 1.75 |
| #BERTRANDSPARADOX | 1 | 0.75 |
| #BEZIERSPLINES | 1 | 0.50 |
| #CALCULUS | 5 | 2.75 |
| #CALCULUSOFVECTORFUNCTIONS | 3 | 1.50 |
| #COMPLEXDERIVATIVE | 1 | 0.25 |
| #DIFFERENTIALEQUATIONS | 11 | 5.00 |
| #DIFFERENTIALEQUATIONSWITHAPPLICA... | 2 | 0.50 |
| #DOTPRODUCT | 1 | 8.00 |
| #EDDIEWOO | 1 | 0.75 |
| #EIGENCHRIS | 3 | 10.00 |
| #EXPONENTS | 1 | 0.75 |
| #FASTINVERSESQUAREROOT | 1 | 0.75 |
| #ALGEBRA1M | 1 | 1.00 |
| #MATHTRICKS | 1 | 0.25 |
| #MCGRAW-HILLS500QUESTIONSCALCULUS | 1 | 0.25 |
| #L2NORM | 1 | 1.00 |
| #KELLYCRITERION | 3 | 6.50 |
| #GODEL | 1 | 0.25 |
| #JACOBIAN | 1 | 0.50 |
| #IANSTEWART | 1 | 0.25 |
| #INFORMATIONTHEORY | 1 | 0.45 |
| #LINEARALGEBRA | 3 | 7.25 |
| #TENSORS | 3 | 10.00 |
| #TECHNION | 1 | 1.00 |
| #SVD | 2 | 7.00 |
| #QUATERNIONS | 1 | 1.50 |
| #REDUCIBLE | 1 | 0.45 |
| #PROBABILITY | 3 | 6.50 |
| #PBSINFINITESERIES | 1 | 1.00 |
| #FINANCE | 1 | 0.50 |
| #MASTERINGDIFFERENTIALEQUATIONS | 1 | 0.25 |
| #NUMBERPHILE | 1 | 0.75 |
| #REIMANNZETA | 1 | 0.50 |
| #STATQUEST | 1 | 1.00 |
| #PINTER | 6 | 1.75 |
| #TENENBAUMANDPOLLARD | 3 | 2.75 |
| #NEURALNETWORKS | 2 | 3.00 |
| #PACOVIDEOLECTURES | 1 | 1.00 |
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| #PROGRAMMING | 10 | 14.00 |
| #PYTHON | 6 | 9.50 |
| #JIRA | 1 | 2.00 |
| #CARDRL | 2 | 2.50 |
| #ELISP | 2 | 3.25 |
| #EMACS | 1 | 0.50 |
| #NOZERODAYSANALYSIS | 1 | 3.00 |
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| #VIDEOGAMES | 136 | 332.75 |
| #BLOODBORNE | 1 | 1.25 |
| #BREATHOFTHEWILD | 24 | 65.75 |
| #DIABLO2 | 4 | 11.00 |
| #DIABLO2RESURRECTED | 4 | 11.00 |
| #ELDERSCROLLSONLINE | 2 | 4.00 |
| #FALLOUT4VR | 2 | 4.00 |
| #MERCENARIES | 1 | 1.50 |
| #ZELDA | 24 | 65.75 |
| #WITCHER3 | 1 | 1.50 |
| #VALHEIM | 70 | 183.00 |
| #VR | 2 | 4.00 |
| #QUICKBAND | 2 | 3.00 |
| #RISKOFRAIN2 | 1 | 0.75 |
| #ROGUELIKES | 2 | 3.00 |
| #SWITCH | 20 | 36.75 |
| #HEROESOFMIGHTANDMAGIC3 | 1 | 1.00 |
| #REDDEADREDEMPTION2 | 6 | 15.50 |
| #REDDEADREDEMPTION2ONLINE | 3 | 6.00 |
| #SHIRENTHEWANDERER | 19 | 36.00 |
| #NOMANSSKY | 2 | 4.50 |
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| #BOARDGAMES | 8 | 14.50 |
| #HORRIFIED | 1 | 1.50 |
| #MANHATTANPROJECT | 4 | 7.00 |
| #ACHOIR | 1 | 4.00 |
| #ACQUIRE | 1 | 4.00 |
| #BACKGAMMON | 3 | 7.00 |
| #PROSPEROHALL | 1 | 1.50 |
| #INIS | 2 | 5.00 |
| #THECREW | 2 | 1.00 |
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| #TABLETOPRPG | 13 | 39.00 |
| #FORBIDDENLANDS | 1 | 1.00 |
| #SOLORPG | 7 | 6.25 |
| #THEADVENTURER | 7 | 6.25 |
| #BASICFANTASY | 2 | 1.50 |
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| #MOVIES | 5 | 10.00 |
| #LUCA | 1 | 1.75 |
| #TREASUREPLANET | 1 | 1.50 |
| #BLADERUNNER2049 | 1 | 2.50 |
| #DUNE | 1 | 2.50 |
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| #GAMEDEV | 5 | 11.00 |
| #GAMEDESIGN | 24 | 68.50 |
| #PITCH | 2 | 3.00 |
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| #DESKTOPPUBLISHING | 6 | 9.50 |
| #ZINE | 10 | 36.50 |
| #AFFINITYPUBLISHER | 6 | 9.50 |
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| #WRITING | 18 | 22.25 |
| #BRAINSTORM | 6 | 6.50 |
| #CONCEPTWRITING | 2 | 4.50 |
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| #WEBSITE | 2 | 24.00 |
| #WEBDEV | 2 | 24.00 |
| #BLOG | 2 | 24.00 |
| #PERSONALBLOG | 3 | 1.50 |
| #HUGO | 2 | 24.00 |
| #STATICSITEGENERATOR | 2 | 24.00 |
| #MARKDOMOWICZCOM | 2 | 24.00 |
| #NIKOLA | 2 | 24.00 |
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| #SPANISH | 4 | 1.00 |
| #PARALLELTEXT | 4 | 1.00 |
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| #SELFIMPROVEMENT | 1 | 0.50 |
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