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Last updated 2020-09-11. (See also my [Paths Forward doc](pf.md).)
-Posting daily since 2019-10-12. (~366 days without a gap!)
+Posting daily since 2019-10-12. (~356 days without a gap!)
Note: By "FI post" I mean a message sent to a private or [public](http://fallibleideas.com/discussion) Fallible Ideas discussion list or a comment posted to [curi.us](http://curi.us).
@@ 11,15 11,17 @@ Note: By "FI post" I mean a message sent
## Spend enough time on FI
-I intend to spend 2 hours per day on FI at least one day per week. On each of the other days, I intend to average 30-60 minutes on FI. I will track how much time I spend on FI so I can see how I'm doing at this. Once I get this under my belt, I may further increase the amount of time I intend to spend on FI.
+I want to spend more time posting to FI.
-2020-09-11 update: From 2020-07-07 through 2020-09-10, I averaged slightly over 30 minutes per day total (computed with the average() function in the Google Sheet where I track my time). My time tracking is sometimes estimated (I don't always use a stopwatch), so it could be less than 30 minutes. I only had 3 days in that period (computed with sum() and if()) where I spent at least 2 hours on FI. If I were on track with my goal, I would have had at least 9 such days. I think I should change either my goal or my approach for achieving my goal.
+From 2020-07-07 through 2020-10-02, I averaged slightly over 30 (estimated) minutes per day writing FI posts (computed with the AVERAGE function in the Google Sheet where I track my time). Since 2020-09-11, I've been using a clock to track my time most days. My average amount of time per day spent writing FI posts as measured by the clock is 22 minutes. I think my next goal is to try to spend at least 30 minutes per day writing FI posts as measured by the clock.
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+Note: The total amount of time I spend on FI is more than what's counted above, because I keep up with FI list, the curi.us comments, and the FI newsletter.
## Practice free-writing
-Every day, with 50% probability, I will start off by free-writing for 5 minutes. At the end of my time, whether I started with free-writing or not, I will evaluate and record how the time went. I will periodically review these records to see if I can come up with any theories about whether free-writing helps my FI sessions.
+Plan for now: Every day, my goal is to free-write for 1 minute.
-2020-09-11 update: I have never started off with free-writing. I think I should change either my goal or my approach for achieving my goal.
+Plan for later: Every day, with 50% probability, I will start off by free-writing for 5 minutes. At the end of my time, whether I started with free-writing or not, I will evaluate and record how the time went. I will periodically review these records to see if I can come up with any theories about whether free-writing helps my FI sessions.
## Post to FI every day
@@ 57,6 59,7 @@ Postmortems I've posted to FI:
- [Postmortem: a second mistake with clauses](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/fallible-ideas/jTdIqbzgKfc/YBgcfcnfAQAJ) (2020-07-02). Lesson: There's something wrong with the way I think about postmortems or mistakes or learning.
- [Postmortem: a third mistake with clauses](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/fallible-ideas/_yDGK0Oumj4/WfVahhquAgAJ) (2020-08-01). Lesson: Learn to identify phrases and clauses with full confidence.
- [Postmortem: math error](http://curi.us/2204-alisa-discussion#17410) (2020-08-14). Lesson: Sanity-check all math calculations.
+- [Postmortem: non sequitur (didn't respond to the main point)](http://curi.us/comments/show/18173) (2020-09-29). Lesson: be able to state what I think is the central point of whatever I'm replying to.
## Update this document often enough
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- [Unwelcome Tenant short story](https://groups.google.com/g/fallible-ideas/c/lZKXPRg7h6s/m/s8q04cfqBQAJ): I posted this on 2019-12-31. I meant to reply with some of my comments on it.
- [Discussion w/anon of whether a used bookseller's comment "rekt" Amazon](http://curi.us/comments/show/16577): On 2020-05-25, anon asked me what my goal in the conversation was.
- [Discussion w/curi about the space of ideas being initially sparse](http://curi.us/comments/show/16384): On 2020-04-18, curi replied to me.
-- [Discussion about why I shared a meme mocking "incels"](http://curi.us/comments/show/16504): On 2020-05-09, qqbb replied to me with some comments about honest introspection and how attempting to avoid false statements could interfere with my attempts at honest introspection.
- [YESNO check your understanding question: "What's wrong with arguments having an amount of strength?"](https://groups.google.com/g/fallible-ideas/c/iSJI00UfYno/m/M8kBEHBqAQAJ): On 2020-06-20, curi replied to me with some criticisms of my answer to this question.