Some folks call it 'self care' -- it's very important. Keep doing the awesome work, but most importantly, keep doing what nourishes you intellectually, emotionally, and personally. That's the key to productivity -- enjoying all the things /around/ the work.
On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 11:13 AM Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> wrote: > My sabbatical has been a great success. It has freed me from the endless > grind of feature requests and bugs. I can explore what I want for as long > as I like. Why not continue the "sabbatical attitude" indefinitely? > > My mantra for Leo now is, "There's no rush. It will wait." Yes, Leo can be > improved, but there is no great urgency. For the first time, I see that Leo > is fundamentally complete as it is. Right now. > > > *Priorities and schedule* > > At present, my priorities for projects are, from highest to lowest: > > - Fixes for recently-introduced bugs. > - Fixes for bugs discussed in recent conversations. > - Supporting leoInteg (Leo for vs-code) > - Improving the newbie experience. > - (Maybe) Supporting Leo in Jupyter. > - Cleaning Leo's code base for future devs. > - General exploration and background learning. > > Balance: I'll devote a few days every week to bugs and easy feature > requests. The rest of the week will be for exploration. > > I have started to allocate larger blocks of time to music and exercise. > Those breaks help me to improve Leo, so the new balance is pure gain. > > *Summary* > > The sabbatical has created a new appreciation for balance in my life. The > result has been new priorities and a substantial *increase* in my > productivity. I'll likely retain those new priorities for the rest of my > life. > > The result could be called a permanent sabbatical. All comments welcome. > Edward > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/5caac480-fcba-432d-8a0f-a4ac40ff4595n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/5caac480-fcba-432d-8a0f-a4ac40ff4595n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/CAJ1i%2BSYfQQCQHWzPXALaj%3DnY6EwiLpjRwU%3D%2B2FAJXNroRG3Hjg%40mail.gmail.com.
