Week Notes – Nov 18 to Dec 02 2025
✏️ I completed the 750 Words November Challenge of private journaling. I wrote at least 750 words for 30 days in a stream of consciousness fashion. This exercise made me slow down and I felt so much more relaxed overall! It worked as a great emotional regulator and I felt more content and sure of myself.
🤗 I learned that daily private writing creates space for processing rather than just documenting. I would never be genuinely honest with myself if I was writing my unfiltered thoughts publicly.
🎧 I've been listening to a lot of symphonic metal and it actually has had a therapeutic effect on me. It's like a pocket of emotional restoration, I've been feeling that youth excitement of discovering new things. I had no idea music was so restorative to me!
♒ I am loving my Aquafitness classes! I go every Saturday morning at 7:30am and I can feel my body feeling less achy overall.
💪 I've been fairly consistent going to the gym 2-3 times per week, now that it's too cold for me to go run outside.
💉 I took my Flu and COVID-19 vaccines.
🤘 I listened 6 Epica albums, out of 9 official releases in total. I really like the first 3 albums the most, but the other ones have cool songs as well.
🧩 We worked a bit on our current puzzle, which was a bit abandoned the past few months. The “Starry Night” is not an easy puzzle, and that makes it even better. It’s going slow and steady.
📺Movies and Videos
- I watched the movie “Escape from New York” by John Carpenter from 1981. I was inspired by a discussion we had on my local Bookclub about Neuromancer and and how William Gibson cited this movie as his inspiration for the aesthetics in his book. It was a fun watch and it's interesting to see the cyberpunk elements in it.
- I watched the documentary “Soaring Highs and Brutal Lows: The Voices of Women in Metal” from 2015. Interesting interview with different generations of women in metal and their personal experiences. Super cool! Floor Jansen (Nightwish) and Simone Simons (Epica) are there, among others.
📌 Cool reads:
- Virtual Reality Is Sexist: But It Does Not Have to Be – PMC : Scientific article discussing how VR may work differently for women.
- If everyone read everywhere by Joel: I love imagining a world where people stared at books instead of phones!
- Archive or delete? – Email is good. : A nice little guide to use as a decision about deleting or archiving emails. I delete a lot of them everyday!
- Escaping my phone – Jana's cozy corner: It’s always interesting to see how people deal with any type of dependence on their phones. And the only way to find out is to do some experiments to actually see the difference. I also have some things I only do on the computer, like interacting with Discord groups and Mastodon.
- RE: Escaping my phone by Joel: Oh, there was a response and various other posts discussing the topic above.
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By Noisy Deadlines Minimalist in progress, nerdy, introvert, skeptic. I don't leave without my e-reader.