Quarantine — Day 2
Significant reduction on news exposure. Lesson learned.
This post is part of an ongoing series in which I document my journey through the COVID-19 quarantine. See Day 1 for full context.
Quick update
My highlight for this day: read much less news than I was reading on previous days. I felt like I missed nothing, though. Family and friends over WhatsApp are the only source of reliable news I got for the moment, and I feel ok about it.
I feel like I have a lot to read, a lot to learn, a lot of ideas yet to jot down, that I can’t really feel bored. If it wasn’t for my wife I’d be writing code all day - but I’m thankful she’s keeping my mental sanity on track.
Overall feeling good. This is just getting started.
Data Report
Time management
I put a lot of time on my Saturday to work on this blog. It was totally worth it as I’d been working in the redesign for quite a few months - finally launched.
I spent no more than 15 mins reading news on Twitter and that was enough. I learned nothing new besides reading rants against the president. Later on the day my wife told me the quarantine was extended. That’s a important piece of news and I’m glad I got family keeping me up to date - that’s enough for me.
Overall, I feel pretty good about this day.
Highlights
- Avoid news: No
- Write blog: Yes
- Personal growth: Yes. Kept reading Before you know it - John Bargh.
- Wake up 5:00 am: Yes
- Workout: No
- Help someone: Yes
- Time wasted < 90 mins: Yes
Finances
- Spent: 20 USD
- Stocks Portfolio (24h): 0% (weekend)
- Stocks Portfolio (since day 0): -2.81%
- Cryptofolio (24h): -3.2%
- Cryptofolio (since day 0): -6.1%
Stay tuned.
I'm Carlos Roso. I'm a Software Engineer at Meta. Former SDE at Amazon. Ex digital nomad at Toptal and Crossover. In love with open source and design.
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