Back to it!

It’s Monday again, a new week! Lately I’ve woken up thinking about Factorio, and before I know it it’s lunch time and I’ve done no schoolwork. Yeah, basically I’ve had another rotten week. This morning was similar, but after lunch I did reading and a quiz, so I’m feeling too productive to return to my slothful ways.

My new laptop didn’t come last week. I had to order another one, as this one was refunded without explanation. We played a new board game called Spontuneous on Saturday night, where you have to think of a song that uses a word which another player has come up with. It was interesting, though I imagine that it’s better with more people.

SCHOOLWORK
Last week I clocked about 11.5 hours on schoolwork. Considering I got most of the work done, that’s impressive efficiency. However, nearly half of that time was on Sunday, and the last assignment would have been much better had I been able to spend another hour on it. So, I’m not going to repeat that this week! Although, it should be easier this week anyway because I only have two creative assignments, and neither of them seem as daunting as those that I’ve done before. I’m going to aim for at least four sessions a day, two for each class.

EXERCISE
I helped move gravel on Saturday and I’m still a bit sore from that. I’ve done some weightlifting and at least one plank a day, but on the whole I’ve been lazy. I still haven’t established the routine of planking in the morning, but I am consistent about planking before I turn in for bed. Today I’m definitely going to dance and try out the floor protector mat.

VIOLIN
I haven’t done anything except order a bluetooth transmitter, which will allow me to play my electric violin out of almost any speaker in the house. The transmitter should come today, so if we don’t play a game tonight I’ll probably practice, and if we do I’ll still give it a test run.

SPANISH
I set up Alexa in my room to default to Spanish. I asked her a few questions, like “what is the tallest mountain in the world” and “how do you say pajaro in English?” It’s great practice I think because it forces me to speak clearly, loudly, and with reasonable speed. I’m still looking for other resources though. I need to set up a system.

RUBIK’S CUBE
The only thing on which I’ve made decent progress. I’ve found training to be too much of a hassle, but I can do all the algorithms with little hesitation. However, I have difficulty matching the algorithm to the cube state to which it should be applied. I’m practicing it by using one on a solved cube, and then applying the proper algorithm to the result. I think if I continue this practice for a week, I should be able to use it in a timely manner. My F2L is really slow, though. After this week, I will work on improving it.

MEMORIZATION
I haven’t worked on this since Wednesday.

BIBLE READING AND PRAYER
I did this two more days since Thursday, but I’m still inconsistent. I think that I made a conscious decision not to do it, though, which shows that I’m thinking of it at the right time even if I’m making bad decisions.