Restarting again
I’ve not blogged for over a couple of months and need to break out of stasis. My personal goal is to blog something fairly meaningful around life, tech, broad social events or any interesting topic around once a month. I typically start drafts around topics of interest. My monthly target helps me close on at least one topic since otherwise it is easy to mull over ideas or drift away doing other things. This is effectively the trap I’ve fallen into. Lots of minor events happening in personal, professional and broadly the world that have caused change and also a ton of thoughts. But instead of articulating on one topic, I’ve been thinking about many at the same time. Writing a blog also helps me immensely since I do actually drain my thoughts on a topic and hence gain some closure. The good news is that the events (minor events in the grand scheme of things really) in my life are reaching closure and so I think I can now close on some thoughts and start making progress again.
In modern life (and definitely in the technology industry) we tend to over index on personal productivity. While I do follow some techniques to achieve goals and targets, I’m not too hard on myself when the environment changes. We do have limited control in the broad scheme of things. Be human. Reset or adapt every now and then. Be nice to yourself and start simple when you need to. There are seasons when you thrive and some when you’ve got to sustain. Here is a picture from our backyard patch this late spring in California with many sprouts taking root.
