Hi, my name is Toni

It’s been a tough (very) week, but I made it through!

If you’ve somehow managed to gamify building good habits and your approach is at least a little unconventional, can you let me know what your system is like? I’m really struggling here.

I’ve mostly been playing League of Legends, and I am not happy about it. It’s a great game where at any given moment things can go in a million different directions. It’s also the biggest source of dopamine (and cortisol?) I have right now. But it takes up a lot of my time and it just is NOT a joyful or satisfying experience. I quote I stumbled across this week that’s etched itself onto the back of my eyelids: ...

I own a Korg Nanokey Studio and use it (infrequently) as my main midi controller when making music. One of the coolest features about this thing (besides WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY) is that it has a “scale” mode. Because I’m tired of constantly looking up which key corresponds to which scale, I thought I’d make myself this cheatsheet to use instead. And obviously, gotta share it with the world! Scale modes There are two main scale modes: ...

I’m struggling to figure out how to make my book about ‘one person dealing with #Issues’ instead of a global conspiracy that’s beyond what one person can deal with.

It’s been a tough week. Mostly because it’s the start of a new month and that is always a stressful time at work. Also — because russia launched over 800 drones and 10+ rockets on Saturday night, and whatever “rest” I experienced went right out the window. But, there are good news, too. Work I passed my trial period at work. I’m “officially” an employee (still a contractor, legally) and that means vacation time, health insurance, and some other (minor but appreciated) workplace perks. Healthcare in Ukraine is pretty good and cheap/free, but it’s good to know that if something happens to me, I’ve got insurance to foot the bill. ...

This is Eddy. We got him from the shelter. Still not 100% sure he’ll be staying with us, but I will love him forever.

Not being able to post to my blog from my phone is one of the many reasons I bring up when I try to justify to myself why I publish here so infrequently. Well, the part of me that wants to eliminate dumb excuses has gotten down to business and figured out a convoluted (yet simple!) way to fix that for me. The Apps Drafts for writing and drafting the posts. It always starts with Drafts. ...

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