Everything I Could Fit in 1 Hour

How did I get absolutely nothing done this weekend? That is the question that plagued me all day today so when I got back from the gym I sat down again and did a little analysis of where I am spending my time, and where I can fit in everything I want to it in. As with everyone, I have absolutely no time unless I stop sleeping. Even with leaving work at 6:00 sharp if I can... with the exception of two weekends ago I have been pretty good at getting out before 7:00. I have to start working harder so I can get that last hour too.

Anyway, based on my analyses, that is the only place I can really get any extra time. One thing I discovered (but already knew) is that I was getting to addicted to NPR. I justified it by practicing my drawing while I listen, since I can't really do anything else and still pay attention, but 2-3 hours of that a day is way too much. I have trimmed that down now to 5 hours a week while drawing (and hopefully painting if I can get a chance to get to the art shop), and of course I can listen during the one hour I have each weekend to do my laundry and clean my apartment... so long as I don't vacuum because I can't hear the radio over the vacuum.

The one thing I am protecting is my hour a night to update the Bastish Net. This doesn't include time however for site upgrades, such as fixing the login function... stuff like that I have thrown into the project box that is filled up with enough for the next 3 years considering that I can only allocate 13 hours a week for working on them, and most of them are big projects that will wind up taking 2 months each at that rate.

Looking at the schedule, I realize I can only get to the gym 3 days a week, since I have the art class on three Fridays a month (there was none last week which is why I did not update the Art Progress page), and the hash is every Wednesday. The weekends are no good for the gym because it is so far away.

I figure with the 35 minutes of train time I have each day I can tackle all the books on my reading list in about 4 years.

My topic list for study doesn't seem to fit into the 4 hours /week I have for it. I am torn, not knowing if I should be studying work related topics (XML, Java, Perl, CSS, Photoshop) which I unfortunately don't get a chance to study or improve at work, or should I be working on that GRE exam that has been on the list for the past 3 years? Let's not forget about my Japanese which has been slowly eroding since I started working at my current company and began spending more time with the computer than communicating in Japanese...

Then there is all the left-overs, like the Kayak sitting in the middle of the room, the guitar which I haven't really practiced for three years... I know a lot of people have this problem, but I don't know how they solve it. I guess the only thing I can do is to buy a Sega and just stop being interested in anything else.

I did manage to get some work done on the site over the weekend. It's nothing any of the readers wil probably notice, (I'm not talking about the new colors) but it makes me really a really happy boy. Someday I will reveal the results of my efforts.

Speaking of the new colors and the new photo, I just want to remind you that all photos I use on the site are taken by ME. I didn't steal that from anywere and I'm darn proud. Sometimes I can get some nice shots if I take hundreds of pictures. Tomoe and I had that orange for breakfast while we were mountain biking last summer... I don't really remember where though...

A magazine came in the mail last week with an interview with myself and a couple other foreigners working in Japan. I'll put that on the list of things I want to write about, comparing the other peoples views and ideas of what work is. I'll wait with that though until I can scan the page and put a photo up here too.

I caught the World Cup final with the usual group of French, English, and Japanese folk yesterday. It's so sad to see the World Cup finish. I don't know if I can wait another four years! But seriously, I did have a good time watching the games here in Japan since I am always around people of so many different nationalities, it really helps to make the game more interesting. No matter how well America did, it wouldn't be enough to make me watch more than a game and a half if I had not been in Japan.