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Hello, Brain-Nook.  Is Anything in There?

Hello, Brain-Nook.  Is Anything in There?

Or, really, the title of this post should probably be ‘Stop Expecting to be Creative When You’re Sick, Anna’. I’ve been sick for the past two weeks.  I think I’m starting to get better, or at least I can now sometimes go a half-hour at a stretch without coughing, versus the two-minute stretches that were the best I was managing half-a-week ago.  Huzza for progress! So, mostly for the past two weeks I’ve been working a little bit, sleeping a…

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fly-by-posting: 2024/09/25

fly-by-posting: 2024/09/25

My brain is like a bureaucracy. Sometimes it can take a very long time for new or unexpected inputs to work their way through the system. Not because they’re not important, but because there may be bureaucratic structural reorganization that needs to happen before movement can occur. And then ditto if you want some action output.

My Brain is Nauseous* – Can I Go Home Now?

My Brain is Nauseous* – Can I Go Home Now?

(*) Well, dang.  It looks like mental fatigue is a beast I still haven’t licked yet. That’s the thought that crossed my mind last year after I’d been hammering away at assembling a formal code update and found myself (once again) feeling extremely mentally rundown. Except that ‘mental fatigue’ and ‘run down’ really don’t cover what it feels like, and, taking another look at that sentiment from this perspective of a year later, there’s also this whole extra layer of…

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