How are you doing today? If you're reading this, here's your sign to check-in with yourself.

Here's my own self-conducted vibe check:

How am I feeling?

I feel okay. I had 6-7 hours' worth of commitments today. Given a waking day is around 16 hours long, I had the majority of my day to study. Yet, it felt like I had little time to sit down and work. I am trying to resist the urge to fixate on where I went wrong and which hours of my day could have been better used.

One task I planned to do today took much longer than anticipated. The software itself was slow but I also miscalculated the time it would take for me to overcome the learning curve. I feel a little disappointed that I still have so much work I have to push onto tomorrow's to-do list, albeit I am well aware that this setback won't affect me in the long term.

I really do struggle with separating my feelings of self-worth from my productivity. I think that's part of the reason I try to resist productivity porn and hustle culture so much. I know what it's like to become engrossed in it, and I recall how awful it made me feel about myself.

Other than that, my day was pretty okay. I made myself an unnecessarily elaborate lunch and bought myself a Tim Hortons cookie too. It was also my best friend's birthday! (Happy birthday, Irene bean, if you are reading this).

Finally, it's getting late and I feel physically and mentally ready for bed. Before I leave you, here's a tweet I came across recently, in case you needed it like I did today:

https://twitter.com/joynessthebrave/status/1371094545803452417?s=20