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relee3:55pm - I missed a couple of On Days this week, but I'm back!
I already did a bit of work before getting in here, so I'm only planning to go to 6pm, though I may continue if I choose.
I think the first order of business is a bit of rubber duck with this journal, because I want to figure out why I've been struggling this week.
It started with a reasonable reason. There was a heat wave, and the new fan I bought turned out to have a non-working part. I wasn't able to work that day, and the next day I got the new fan but I wasn't able to work after setting it up, even though I was feeling better. Yesterday I had the fan and there were plans to go out with my Dad to pick up mail from the U.S. post office box, but that didn't happen, and I ended up diving into video games rather than doing the three hours I kept telling myself to do.
That last day is the one that is particularly bothering me because while the previous two days were misses, they had some sorts of reasons. Yesterday I had time and inclination and never did it.
I hate to say it, but I think the problem was playing video games. I can get really absorbed in games, and when I'm particularly immersed the tasks in the game feel as real as irl tasks, so my judgement of importance gets messed up and I have to remind myself it's just a game, most of them I can save and pause any time and nothing I do in them really matters; I can pick it up again later.
The other part of it though...
I keep saying that the things I do in these three hours are fun, just as good as the fun I do when I'm playing games or doing whatever. That's mostly true? But there's also an element of stress sometimes in what I do during these on-day sessions.
Doing research for community building and that sort of thing is particularly stressful for me, and less fun than coding or writing or sharing or coming up with ideas for social change or artificial intelligence.
4:03pm - With the reasons for that clear, I think I'll know better what to do or not do next time. For now I'm going to focus on that stressful stuff I just mentioned. Maybe I can get it out of the way? I also got a reply from Chocolate Kitsune, so I'll address that first.
4:18pm - The message to Chocolate Kitsune has been sent. Let's see where I was in my research, last time...
4:50pm - During the research, I took about 15 minutes to get a snack and help my Dad by cleaning out the air fryer's pan. It's a bit of work since the fat and grease congeals and then gets in the crevasses in the rotating part of the air fryer, and that needs to be cleaned too. ^.^;;
Back to research.
5:13pm - I have done research. Patreon is still Patreon. Subscribestar looks pretty good. Ko-fi looks better than both, and why didn't I know they did all the things? I thought it was only for straight donations, but they also do subscriptions and other sorts of things on top, and paying them for the service is optional.
I also looked at a more corporate sort of option, Chargebee. It does look like it would work too but I think it would scare off the indie type crowd. XD
One problem is that they all forbid adult content. Even SubscribeStar. I think they are forbidding it on legal grounds and aren't neccesarily actually going to do anything about it? Being required to say something isn't allowed isn't the same as being required to prevent it from happening. I believe there are cases where there are laws for both, demonstrating this.
I know that SubscribeStar has several major adult projects on it. So does Patreon, even. I don't know about Ko-Fi and that means I need to find out.
5:48pm - I ended up asking around, and doing some more research. It looks like Ko-Fi takes it more seriously, and so they'll be a no-go. That's a shame!
It's close to 6pm. I have to decide if I'm going to start another task or call my three hours finished for today.
Now that I've taken a close look at patronage/subscription services, I still need to figure out what I'm going to do for social spaces.
I figure the main thing will be a bridged asynchronous chat system, combining Discord, Matrix, and maybe Slack and Telegram.
I might also set up a web forum, but I'm not sure it's worthwhile these days.
Oh and I do still need to figure out if I can set up a bridged project on Github and their alternatives, which also means I need to look into their alternatives.
I think looking at Github's alternatives will be the least stress and work so I'll use my last four minutes and any bonus time I feel like using to look into that.
6:10pm - Alright, I looked into a couple but they don't seem any better. I wonder about rolling my own in regards to that as well?
Anyways that's going to be my three hours today. Thanks for reading!
I already did a bit of work before getting in here, so I'm only planning to go to 6pm, though I may continue if I choose.
I think the first order of business is a bit of rubber duck with this journal, because I want to figure out why I've been struggling this week.
It started with a reasonable reason. There was a heat wave, and the new fan I bought turned out to have a non-working part. I wasn't able to work that day, and the next day I got the new fan but I wasn't able to work after setting it up, even though I was feeling better. Yesterday I had the fan and there were plans to go out with my Dad to pick up mail from the U.S. post office box, but that didn't happen, and I ended up diving into video games rather than doing the three hours I kept telling myself to do.
That last day is the one that is particularly bothering me because while the previous two days were misses, they had some sorts of reasons. Yesterday I had time and inclination and never did it.
I hate to say it, but I think the problem was playing video games. I can get really absorbed in games, and when I'm particularly immersed the tasks in the game feel as real as irl tasks, so my judgement of importance gets messed up and I have to remind myself it's just a game, most of them I can save and pause any time and nothing I do in them really matters; I can pick it up again later.
The other part of it though...
I keep saying that the things I do in these three hours are fun, just as good as the fun I do when I'm playing games or doing whatever. That's mostly true? But there's also an element of stress sometimes in what I do during these on-day sessions.
Doing research for community building and that sort of thing is particularly stressful for me, and less fun than coding or writing or sharing or coming up with ideas for social change or artificial intelligence.
4:03pm - With the reasons for that clear, I think I'll know better what to do or not do next time. For now I'm going to focus on that stressful stuff I just mentioned. Maybe I can get it out of the way? I also got a reply from Chocolate Kitsune, so I'll address that first.
4:18pm - The message to Chocolate Kitsune has been sent. Let's see where I was in my research, last time...
4:50pm - During the research, I took about 15 minutes to get a snack and help my Dad by cleaning out the air fryer's pan. It's a bit of work since the fat and grease congeals and then gets in the crevasses in the rotating part of the air fryer, and that needs to be cleaned too. ^.^;;
Back to research.
5:13pm - I have done research. Patreon is still Patreon. Subscribestar looks pretty good. Ko-fi looks better than both, and why didn't I know they did all the things? I thought it was only for straight donations, but they also do subscriptions and other sorts of things on top, and paying them for the service is optional.
I also looked at a more corporate sort of option, Chargebee. It does look like it would work too but I think it would scare off the indie type crowd. XD
One problem is that they all forbid adult content. Even SubscribeStar. I think they are forbidding it on legal grounds and aren't neccesarily actually going to do anything about it? Being required to say something isn't allowed isn't the same as being required to prevent it from happening. I believe there are cases where there are laws for both, demonstrating this.
I know that SubscribeStar has several major adult projects on it. So does Patreon, even. I don't know about Ko-Fi and that means I need to find out.
5:48pm - I ended up asking around, and doing some more research. It looks like Ko-Fi takes it more seriously, and so they'll be a no-go. That's a shame!
It's close to 6pm. I have to decide if I'm going to start another task or call my three hours finished for today.
Now that I've taken a close look at patronage/subscription services, I still need to figure out what I'm going to do for social spaces.
I figure the main thing will be a bridged asynchronous chat system, combining Discord, Matrix, and maybe Slack and Telegram.
I might also set up a web forum, but I'm not sure it's worthwhile these days.
Oh and I do still need to figure out if I can set up a bridged project on Github and their alternatives, which also means I need to look into their alternatives.
I think looking at Github's alternatives will be the least stress and work so I'll use my last four minutes and any bonus time I feel like using to look into that.
6:10pm - Alright, I looked into a couple but they don't seem any better. I wonder about rolling my own in regards to that as well?
Anyways that's going to be my three hours today. Thanks for reading!
