For some time I have been neglecting this website, as updates have been sparse and infrequent, and those few updates involved uploading images. While lethargy and laziness account for a substantial part for the lack of updates, lack of time and energy due to a prolonged period of tiredness — whose cause is not yet determined — has also been a big factor.
There are things I could write about, a lot of which would not be particularly interesting, illuminating, or for that matter printable, as I am a grumpy middle-aged man utterly lost in a world that has seemingly gone mad. Having thought, or hoped, the end of the Covid pandemic would herald better times, it is fair to say that I am a little disappointed, as social, economic, and political divisions are to my eyes much deeper and nastier than say a decade or two ago. I have also zoned out of following the news, as it has become all too depressing and rather pointless: what purpose is there to fret and worry over things that I have no power, control, or influence?
I am not sure what to write or gripe, but given I have this platform, I might as well use it. However much I would like to be in denial, I am becoming even more forgetful, and perhaps it is the awareness of such decline that has prompted me to this resolution. The question is: how do I combat akrasia and procrastination? Given that I am a type of person who has to keep deadlines for wok, I have come up with a plan, which is to update this site regularly, namely once a week on Fridays. If everything goes well, I will get used to the rhythm and structure of creating content each week. It remains to be seen if I can hold myself to such self-imposed deadlines.