Weekly Updates
I got another YouTube video out and nearly another.
The reason the second one is taking a lot longer this time around is because I’m simultaneously building out a prompt architecture to seriously cut down on the time it’ll take me to produce videos going forward.
Normally, it takes me about 6-7 hours to create an entire longform YouTube video, with all of the shorts repurposed from it and everything.
With this new infrastructure that I’ve created, that gets cut down to only 2 hours.
2 hours for over 100 high-quality pieces of content that aren’t AI generated at all.
In fact, the entire system I’ve put together doesn’t once use AI to generate anything itself.
It’s designed to package my insights and deep thinking into content that will perform.
So having made progress on that has been awesome, because it’s an asset that will continue to become more and more valuable over time.
Family vs. Work Dilemma
Just today, actually, I went to visit some family, thinking I’d be there for 2 hours or so, which is all I budgeted in my calendar.
Obviously, things rarely go according to plan at family events, so I ended up being there for nearly 5 hours.
I had a deadline that I had set for myself today, which now I know I’m not going to hit.
On one hand, it’s frustrating since I know for certain that I would’ve met my deadline had I gotten back within the allotted 2 hours.
But on the other hand, this was an instance where I prioritized spending time with my family over a self-imposed deadline, and part of me is glad that I did.
I tell myself that family is more important to me than my work, but today was probably the first time in a while where I’ve really had to choose between the two when both things were important.
And it’s a lot harder than I remember.
It felt as though I was intentionally taking my foot off the gas pedal, even though I was only seconds away from winning the race, and now I’ve come in second place.
That stings.
So my emotional brain doesn’t feel great right now, but my rational brain knows that in the grand scheme of things, missing this deadline won’t really make a difference.
I guess it’s just difficult to accept since I’ve wired myself to be disciplined enough to always hit deadlines, so any time I don’t it can feel like I’ve detracted in terms of my progress.
Still not entirely sure how to deal with these situations, but I’m certain this won’t be the last time.
That’s all I’ve got for this week.
See ya next Sunday 🙂
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