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Tag: f1

  • productivity on F1 days

    Today’s a specific topic, just to give myself a bit more time to think about what I want to say about my Vietnam holiday. It’s actually F1 race season, and last weekend at this time, I was watching some of the craziest practice races on the Baku circuit. On Sunday, after arriving in Vietnam, I actually burst my data roaming watching the Grand Prix. Despite the consistently crazy practice races, and the sprint race as well, the actual race had no red flags. This means that through the entire race, there was no stop because of a crash or another. The teams were hoping that there would be a crash of some sort, but nothing happened, and instead, two teams reached the end of the race before sending their cars in for the required pit stop by FIA.

    This week in Miami looks completely different, in terms of the circuit itself. It looks super fun and relaxing, and maybe it is, but I finally understand that Miami colorway that so many keyboards have applied on their colors.

    But I digress. The point of today’s blog is about how I keep myself productive, while being glued to the screen, watching every single lap that the sports channel gives me. I actually don’t do anything else but watch F1 for the hour or so. It’s one of my most focused times, and I find myself being having laser focus throughout. It’s exciting and I enjoy it.

    After the race is over, I become this sort of super productive person. I feel like every second matters, because I’ve just watched multi million dollars worth of automobiles circle laps for literally milliseconds off each other’s timing. If that doesn’t teach you the value of money, I don’t know what else would.

    As I say this, I’m also aware of the amount of time I do waste. I’ve been having mornings scrolling through social media, just browsing, and in the name of researching trends and culture. My strategy to record things fall through, and for those moments, I just drop off for a bit. I come back to my work with this distracted mind, and sometimes I don’t come back. I end up whiling hours away, watching something on YouTube (recently NewJeans), or Netflix (recently Blacklist).

    Perhaps my research needs to actually come to some limits, and perhaps like an F1 race, I ought to give myself some very strict rules, so that every second counts. Because that’s the truth of it: every second does actually count.

  • New Hobbies: F1, Chess

    I have to be upfront about it somewhere, so maybe this is it…

    Drive to Survive really got some new people into the world of F1, and I was definitely sunk in after watching it during the COVID Pandemic lockdowns. It gave me something to look forward to, and it was just outright exciting.

    As I write this, I’m waiting for the Jeddah Grand Prix to start. I am spending some part of my month allowances just to watch this every month, with a race somewhere or another. It’s a small cost, but it’s quite a good few hours of entertainment.

    In some part of my mind, I’m really thinking about how I managed to spend so much on my keyboards in the past few years. It’s crazy to consider the amount of switches, keycaps, and boards. I really like all of the setups that I’ve come to, and it’s really been a great experience. Now I’m making the setups work for me in the long run.

    In comparison, I spend about 12 bucks a month for 4 races, and there’s all the other information and hype that I can join in. It’s quite a thrill!

    Also, being me, I really considered getting Grand Prix tickets for Singapore, but it’s a bit too expensive. I think my days of spending a few hundred at a go are gone. But then again, it might be too soon to say?

    I’ve also gotten into chess! Not because of the Queen’s Gambit, but more because my wife really wanted to play. We got ourselves a small set to just get started, but it’s really enjoyable. I keep playing online and losing terribly. My patience is poor, and I’m too lazy to remember openings too well. The worst part is that my endgame sight is so poor! I keep missing winning moves. It’s terrible.

    But I still really enjoy playing, and it’s just a fun mess to go through.

    I hope I get to draw or make something with respect to these two things! Really fun interests that cost so much less than keyboards, but with that high level of intensity that I think I enjoy tremendously.