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January 30, 2025

I had some success writing blog posts since my last update in September 2024. I installed Linux on a spare MacBook, and learnt a lot just from setting that up! I was able to maintain a weekly-ish cadence throughout September, but again found myself struggling to keep up in October.

I travelled for the first time in six years for a family wedding in November, and it was the much needed reset I needed. I realized how much I’d gotten stuck in a loop with certain habits, and traveling helped me break through those. The biggest shift I made was to step outside at least once almost every day, and that has been helping a ton.

I also started thinking of ways of establishing a good blogging routine, and I saw a tweet from a fellow Recurser, Nolen who was joining another batch at the Recurse Center. I tend to be extremely low on motivation in the winter months, so I thought another batch might provide the structure I was looking for.

I’m currently 4 weeks into batch, and I’m working on the things I’d started working on in September, but figuring out how to scope them better this time. One thing I worked on that I’m really proud of is ZulipFS, a blog post about which should be out pretty soon!