Pocket Dispatch from Office of Human Value
Keeping score:
| Task | Value |
|---|---|
| Listen to morning news podcast. | +3 |
| Brew single origin coffee, pour-over method. | +10 |
| Do 40 pushups before shower. | +100 |
| Make and eat wholesome, filling breakfast. | +20 |
| Remember to take anti-depressant. | +500 |
| Remember to take anti-depressant after eating food. | +1 |
| Feed children breakfast, coax them to get dressed and brush teeth and go to the bathroom, then put on shoes in early enough to get to school on time. | +0 |
| Complete school drop-off on time. | +0 |
| Send booking pitch to talent buyer. | +5 |
| Call Mom. | +2 |
| Check Instagram. | -50 |
| Friend is going on tour. | -100 |
| Friend hired mutual friends for touring band. | -200 |
| Spend some available creative time jealously obsessing over the success and popularity of others. | -300 |
| Forget to eat lunch. | -1 |
| Plan upcoming rehearsals. | +30 |
| Edit a demo. | +30 |
| Read novel. | +2 |
| Practice Spanish. | +2 |
| Check Instagram. | -50 |
| Listen to a new album for the third time to get to know it better. | +10 |
| Obsess over success and popularity of the artist. | -12 |
| Read emails. | +1 |
| Plan three dinners, shop for two, cook one, plus a separate one for kids. | +0 |
| Teach music lessons. | +0 |
| Coax kids into eating dinner, cleaning up toys, brushing teeth, putting on pajamas, then read them a book, snuggle them, tuck them in, and close their door only an hour and a half past bedtime. | +0 |
| Spend quality time with partner over a craft cocktail. | +2 |
| Neglect to capture a budding song idea, then forget it. | -1 |
| Realize at bedtime you forgot to actually put in the work on your craft. | -5 |
| Day Score: | -1 |