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Jeffrey Florek, Jr.

Mechanical engineer, nerdy generalist. Currently working in the Building Automation industry.

2024s

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    Currently reading: Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection by Brandon Sanderson 📚

    I’m on a Brandon Sanderson kick right now, I think I’ll try something new after this so I don’t burn out!

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    My Goals for Q1 2024

    For 2024, I’ve decided to break my year into quarters for goal-setting and planning purposes. This method is popularly described in The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington. I can’t say I’m doing this the way they describe it in the book, but I got the idea from them. For the first quarter of 2024, I’ve set five objectives, two related to my day job and three personal:

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    Finished reading: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson 📚

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    I’ve decided to be extra about this D&D campaign and keep an in-character journal. My first entry was over 1,300 words… I can’t remember the last time I wrote that much.

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    As much as like the idea of snow and real winter weather, it does make my morning runs quite a bit less enjoyable. I guess I’m training mental endurance as well as physical!

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    Currently reading: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson 📚

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    I wanted to get out of the apartment today, so I went to the Queens County Farm Museum. I imagine the farm really shines in the warmer months or harvest season, but it was still nice to see something like this in the middle of Queens!

    Photograph of a blue tractor with a bright orange trailer attached. In the background there are high rise apartment buildings.A sheep standing in a shelter with a basket of hay hanging on the wall above it's head.A very large white pig walking through a leaf-strewn field.A close up photo of large black and white pig.A white goat laying on a wooden cart and looking at the camera.A large quantity of hens gathering in the corner of their fenced-in area. They think I have food for them.A brown cow standing in a field with row houses/apartments in the background.

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    I’ve been playing around with “side quests” as a way to add a bit of color to my weekly to-do’s. This week is “visit a local museum.” Thankfully I won’t have any trouble finding one in NYC, but picking which one might prove difficult!

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    Finished reading: Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson 📚

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    Working on my character journal for the new campaign my friends are starting!

    An image of an open binder with a role-playing game character sheet. On the left, there's an image of a nonbinary character with dark hair and glasses, surrounded by information like ancestry (Changeling, Half-Elf) and background (Sage). The character's alignment, "Chaotic Good," is noted below. The right page, meant for the character's backstory and traits, is blank. A pencil, a roll of double sided tape, and an eraser lie on the desk (which is a horrible mess just out of frame).
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    📝 Writing never been a strength of mine and I’d like to work on that this year. I also want to have more of a public presence/record of my work. And as such, here I am!

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    Year in books for 2023

    Here are the books I finished reading in 2023… kind of. I wasn’t very good about updating my bookshelf on Micro.blog last year. At the very least this list should have Dracula, Carmilla, Never Let Me Go, and a lot of Brandon Sanderson on it.
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