Becoming a Superhuman In 10 days of Isolation: Day 1

adiletD — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 06:51:08 +0000

It is funny but I did not report the day 1 on time. I did not complete my part starting from the day 1.

At this moment I dont even know how it is possible to regain your trust, my dear audience of few people whose interest I appreciate a lot.

Basically, I was quite productive the whole first part of the Day 1 and following is the stuff I was able to complete:

I woke up on time and even before the planned time and had a shower
Made changes to the technolgy being used for the authentification of one of my websites. I did decide so after having a talk with my fellow programmer friend.
Attended a university online lecture of 2 hours and skipped the tutorial session that followed it
I started my search for Dev community in Hong Kong by asking around in different group chats and people that I even barely know
I moved forward on my application for an exchange university in one of european countries. Had several questions which I addressed to their coordinators and my own department
Registered for a social entrepreneurship training with a competition part
Started my search for part time jobs by asking the people who had experience and turns out I might already be capable for a position
Did gym

But the sad thing is my productivity flow stopped at around 3 pm and I just was doing something, but that something is not even worth mentioning. So ineffective and irresponsible.

Will it be a lesson for me?
Definitely yes.

Will I learn to be productive for the whole day?
Man, I struggle with it

By the way I wrinting it on the morning of Day 2, so wish me luck with it.

I decided that I have to state what I will be doing on the next day at the end of each daily report. Here goes the tasks I want to complete by tonight:

Complete the authentication on my govt website project
- finalize the technology being used
- find useful links and documentation
- search for tutorials
Wire the admin panel to the database and the website
- create a simple UI for admin
- wire the post and delete routes
Integrate the tinyMce onto the admin panel
- read the documentation
- find the part needed
- integrate it to the admin panel page
Launch the news section of the website
- even if I do not finish the backend part launch news section by todays night
- get all the last news and publish them on the website
Start working on my third planned full stack project
- decide what the project is going to look like
Make the current version of CV on overleaf

I will update you tonight on how it went and what I was able to accomplish. I will be a real beast if I am able to finish all the tasks. It will also be a boost for my confidence, so I will do my utmost.

Have a nice Saturday

Becoming a Superhuman In 10 days of Isolation: Day 0

adiletD — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:59:46 +0000

It is now 10:45 pm of September 24th and day 2 of my personal Quarantine Hack challenge. Though I achieved so much in these 2 days that "Day 0" is closer to reality title.

Basically:

I am in the hotel quarantining for 14 days
I completed 4 days
Want to spend my most effective 10 days in my life starting today

My goals:

complete 3 projects (2 in progress)
prepare final version of CV
apply for parttime jobs in Hong Kong
apply for internships for summer 2021

The rest of my quarantine period I will be sharing every single day here in this cozy place, which would create extra pressure and responsibility for me.

My 2 days ago manifesto to an imaginary audience (me and my demons) looked like this:

It is not really possible to completely change the world in 12 days, but i think if i work to my full potential I will at least know what I am capable of and will probably acheive something significant. I will also build up a way to better self for the rest of the year.

After 3 days it sounds funny. Turns out imaginary audience has to pressure on me and my unproductive soul.

I will make plan of the day the day before that day. Each task has timeslot and duration. These are the punishment-reward system

If I wake up more than 10 mins later than the planned time I take a cold shower
If I am not able to finish the task within the planned timeslot I will: move on to the next task and take a note on what I was able to finish
If I take a phone while completing a task (even though it will be needed)I will do: the wasted amount of minutes x 5 pushups
If I do something else and not the planned task I will do: the wasted amount of minutes x 10 pushups
If I feel sleepy or tired I will do 40 pushups, take a cold shower again and resume the task

General plan:

First 5 days focus on the projects
Last 5 days focus on the cv and interview

I am using:

Google Calendar for planning the work and the tasks to complete
Evernote to take notes on what is going on and keeping a general list of items

In fact, it is just interesting how it will turn out in the end. Will become a whole new upgraded monster whom nothing can stop? Will I prove to myself that I am a balloon that blows off on a little pressure?

I am not sure why it has to be interesting for someone to read but the most important thing I think is that I will be reporting the things I am trying to make with someone else. I will write about the struggles and discoveries and will share interesting ideas in mind of a 20-year-old person about SWE, life, and everyday stuff.

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