Wednesday Thoughts 08
In my post yesterday I gave 3 updates at the end of the post, concluding with the thought that I was perhaps overthinking my cronjob setup. It turns out: yes, I was overthinking it. For whatever reason I thought that I needed the script to append my weekly review file at the end of the day, when in fact it doesn't really matter - I don't touch the weekly review note until it's time to review the week. So who cares when I append the file?
I edited the crontab and changed the timing to run at 15:00 UTC. Why that time? I didn't want to run into the chance that linking to a document that doesn't exist yet creates that document (I don't know if this is how Obsidian works), so waiting until midday sometime is reasonable to assume that I have created said daily note.
There is a high chance I'm still overthinking this, but it's taken care of now and unless it fails again I don't need to think about it anymore. And hey - good news, it worked just fine!
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I thought I had Cashew figured out in terms of importing CSV files. I exported CSV data so I could just copy/paste information, just change dates. I edited it in Notepad, because Excel was modifying the date format and therefore messing up the import dates.
But when I went to import the CSV I created - I still received errors! Some of them worked but not all. Look, I'm just trying to make it easier on myself to enter data in bulk when I'm behind a few days.
The good news is through reading their FAQ, I found out some different settings to change that solve some annoyances I have with the app involving recurring transactions.
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I got a notice from the library that game I placed on hold - Spider-Man (PS4) - is available for pick-up. I ran out of time to play it last month and couldn't renew it, and figured there were so many people ahead of me that I'd have a break of a couple of months before picking it up again. Well...that break was shorter than I thought.
The pressure is back on to finish the game! (I probably won't finish it this time, but I have definitely enjoyed playing it.)
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Last night I had a dream that I was interviewing for a job (I think), though I'm not sure where it was. It's possible it was sports-related. I showed up an hour late for the interview, but it didn't matter because the people I was meeting were themselves late - so in fact I turned up on time.
The person I checked in with recognized my name, telling me that they enjoyed reading my writing and that they thought I wrote very well. I remember in my dream feeling thankful and surprised they read my stuff.
I don't derive any meaning from this dream, at least not on the job interview part. I don't plan on changing jobs any time soon. But maybe the bit about my writing - is that my subconscious mind telling me that I'm doing fine, keep it up?
Food for thought.
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