Context: My current ERE focus is on getting my system stitched together in such a way that I maximize (optimize?) time spent under intrinsic motivation/stoke. I don't have any singular 'project', rather the level of focus is in how to tie it all together. That said, some current projects or areas of focus are:
- .Getting my physical infrastructure here at Ft Dirtbag tightened up. Heating systems, some door flashing, seismic retrofits, an outdoor shower, etc. I've been making steady progress on this.
- .Getting a system for income generation set up now that I'm back in one place.
- .Dialing in a daily routine that strikes the right balance between structure and openness, direction and wander-time.
I recorded a podcast episode with a forumite. I'm editing it now, should be ready to drop by early next week. The conversation was really fun, and I'm really excited to publish it. I'm also excited to record more episodes with forumites and ERE-adjacent people. I've decided to make my podcast conversation-only, to cut down on the writing intensity of it and, honestly, I suspect my monologues were better suited to other formats.
I shifted my morning writing time from nonfiction to fiction. I have two fiction projects I'm working on. I'll say more about those later. For the moment, blogging and writing here just gets done whenever I feel like it, outside of my formal structure. I almost never miss a morning writing session.
...but I haven't nailed consistency with studying yet. I study less than half of days. I'm considering moving it to the morning, just after my writing session. The earlier in the day I plan on doing things, the less likely I am to let something else come up.
I signed up for the PCT next year. Not the whole thing. I selected a trailhead just before the Sierras, with an end point in Canada. I doubt I'll actually walk all the way to Canada. Walking for 2-3 months sounds about right, so my real target might be Bend, OR, where I have friends and could from there get over to see @mooretrees.
I've had some anxiety around my two PV projects. The issue was that I was giving too much of my time to the neighborhood handyman gig, because I thought it was just temporary. Turns out, the neighbor has infinite projects. So I renegotiated that to 3 days/wk, 9 hours a week, which works out to 1.25xCoL. Having that structure and expectation managed completely deflated my stress, and I've gotten back into the swing of the PV projects. About to order $15,000 worth of panels and batteries and solar charge controllers. I'm stoked to break into the 5kW Club...
I built a tiny radiant floor. heh.
Thinking about ERE2.0 self-authoring around a central theme of 'solarpunk polymath'.
Next week I'm going up north to swap bikes with a forumite, hang out with my builder/occultist bestie, help another friend with some house projects and learn how to brew b33r. I may or may not ride the new-to-me bike back home. Anyone in the Bay want to meet up next week? Let me know!
Life is good.
eta: Oh, the Nate Hagens podcast with Schmachtenberger #4 blew my mind a bit the other day. Connected some stuff that I hadn't connected before (aka the 'unit' of humanity that responds to selection pressures is no longer genomic, but involves the holon of social/group coordination + the group's tech stack + their 'superstructure' which I think means something like shared paradigm, with the consequence that humanity gained the unique ability to destroy biosphere and thus has a responsibility/imperative to figure out how not to).