I didn't get as much done on my personal project as I had hoped, but I did continuously exercise. I've made my personal health my primary focus and I'm sticking to that. My energy levels are pretty good due to that commitment.
Personally, I realized that I missed a key component of my overall health, which is my mental health. I do good, but I didn't realize that I missed talking to my best friend. Talking to my best friend was a breath of fresh air (and not because I walked to the grocery store to talk to him). It was something I took for granted. I ended up talking to my best friend over the phone this past week and it gave me a feeling I could never get through witty text messages.
Project Progress
| Project Week | Project Hours |
|---|---|
| Jan 17-23 | 2.5 |
I continued to work on my tutorial on squashing commits. I got all the technical stuff down and know what I want to write about. I started writing about it and then went on a rant about VSS and TFVC, which essentially dates me, because it's old people stuff. I probably did it, because using those version control tools scarred me. Anyways, once I got past the rant, I started writing out my tutorial with examples. I started feeling really good about it, because I was able to write out examples that I felt were silly (even though I wasn't trying to), but still conveyed the technical points that I wanted to get across. It was nice to not have to filter myself. Maybe I will later on, but I think I've found my approach for now. I still need to finish it off. I'm aiming for the end of next week.
Life
I want to talk about this great moment I had this past week, because it was important to me. I have a best friend. If you don't have one, you should seriously consider investing in one, they're priceless. What makes this friend my best friend is that he gets my humour. In fact, he appreciates it more than more most people and understands the little nuances that often get missed. He's also a solid dude. I can pretty much rely on him for anything if I ask him and give him my serious face.
I used to call him before text messaging pretty much took over the way the young and not that old, stay in touch. Before covid, we would get together every now and then and have a grand time. A splendid time, if you will. What I didn't realize is that there are so many things that are missed in text messages. I know this isn't an amazing revelation, because everyone knows this. Calling my best friend rather solidified my belief that hearing someone's voice is paramount to maintaining a healthy connection to someone you care about. Hearing someone laugh is 1000x times better than an "lol" or even the coveted "rotflol". Aside from laughing, the conversation is just more fluid, less planned out, more spontaneous. It's like a nice game of verbal ping pong, where every now and then you can be a jerk and smash the ball in your friends face and laugh about it, right before they do it back to you. Face time is great, but not always practical, but voice time you can pretty much do anywhere. I called my best friend when I went to the grocery store, and he appreciated how I purchased deli meat. Who wouldn't, I was flawless, "400 grams of smoked black forest ham. Sandwich slice, please." I could write endlessly about my best friend, but this post isn't about him. It's about how I realized that keeping in touch with the people I love requires more than a text message.