• Previously on [[2023-08-07]]
  • Yeah, my brain just need more recharge as back to school nears, apologies.
• God damnit, my autistic brain is currently having a field day about [[Lackadaisy]], especially about [[Freckle]].
• Exploring [[gather.town]] as I hoped to [[@vera]]‘s virtual space

• Previously on [[2023-08-07]]
  • Yeah, my brain just need more recharge as back to school nears, apologies.
• God damnit, my autistic brain is currently having a field day about [[Lackadaisy]], especially about [[Freckle]].
• Exploring [[gather.town]] as I hoped to [[@vera]]‘s virtual space

• Tuesday, 08/08/23 ** 15:18 What have I learned about planning vacations?

Like refactoring - carefully limit the number of variables you’re working with. I was playing a weighted interval scheduling problem - collecting all of these different ideas, determining what might fit in the schedule and what might not, evaluating budgetary constraints - but I hadn’t pinned anything down.

1. Establish constraints. What’s the vacation budget? Are there any must-see events? When are those happening? How much time do I have off of work? Solidify any plans with friends; you have to be in X place at time Y.
2. Use hard constraints to make a first decision. Book the first thing chronologically - train trip, hostel, flight, etc. Months in advance if possible.
3. Dedicate time every day to booking a couple more things. Taking a break to think about the decision is healthy - take one step at a time. Time spent per place doesn’t really matter as long as it fits in your constraints - you can find things to do almost anywhere in the world at any time, really. You can spend those extra days however you’d like. Being rushed is cool too - you can see a city in a couple hours with the right mode of transportation - and can always go back!

Don’t stress. Impossible to plan fun things when planning the thing isn’t a fun experience - you can’t imagine yourself interested when you’re stressed about it. Plan a couple of things a day and chill. Don’t disrupt your daily routine for it. ** 18:03 Things I need to think about when taking photos:

• Space. For a photo to ‘tell a clear message, have a clear story’, whatever - for that photo to fit my style, whatever that style is - the photo needs lots of negative space. Subjects need room to breathe.
• Honest expression. I don’t want to catch people off-guard, but it’s important that people are not posing, or poised, or acted. To take a good photo of someone, I have to talk to them for at least an hour - enough for them to become comfortable with their environment. That’s the only way to see someone honestly.
• What’s the third one?

• I think I caught a stomach bug or something
• I’ve been reading a chapter a day of the miracle of mindfulness
• Everyone here is really optimistic that I’ll find housing
• I’ve been hanging out with a friend and I’m not sure if we’re dating because I don’t wanna ruin our friendship because I’m literally crazy
• I filed online for my military service record today. I hve a confirmation number that I check status. I’ll check back in a week or so and see how it’s going
  • hopefully I can use my veteran status to get out of homelessness quicker
• they clean the main area of the shelter between 3:30 and 4:30 so you have to leave or stay in your room. I started taking this time to go on a walk and take care of daily tasks outside since I have a tendency to hole up once I find a place and not leave