Long day today1. I thought I got nothing much done, until I wrote this post.
So, more incentive to keep writing these.


Python

  • Learning about how to make keyword arguments stick.
  • And how to think about structuring programs

Devops

  • Deep dive into how to add prow job listings to the dashboard and viceversa; how to go about looking for the job from the dashboard

Urdu / French

  • Lots of practice with vowels and the ‘jiim’ group of letters. Since I know Hindi, Urdu progress is much, much, much faster than French. I think that is because, I am forcing my English grammar / vocabulary on another Romance language that has Germanic influences. This is leading to a lot of cognitive dissonance and slow progress.
    Much of my Urdu vocabulary comes from Hindi, which I learnt as a kid, and I definitely did not go looking for the “right” way to speak it. Better to just do French similarly as well. While I cannot do immersion, I can do what I want to do with French. Begin reading what I want to. Whether I understand it or not. I realise this will take me a lot longer than Urdu or Hindi, but that’s ok. Émilie du Châtelet, Montaigne and Dumas are not going anywhere, and neither am I :)
  • My frame of learning now, after doing these two languages, as well as the rest of the stuff I am doing, is to just begin doing2. And figure out / learn the rules, the grammar, the conventions as you go.

Physical Activity

  • They call it chest and arm day. I presume, the exercises are meant to strengthen them. Right now, it’s just a stiff, painful mess.
  • I cannot wait for this phase to be over.

Books / Reading

  • Finished reading, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. It’s a hauntingly, beautiful book. A spiritual successor to the Little Prince and a Lindy book for sure.


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  1. I hate the gym ↩︎

  2. Priyanka, Pradhvan, Rahul and Kushal be like, We told you so! ↩︎