A less productive day

Despite my wishes to be productive all the time, I found my third day challenging. I could feel m motivation had taken a dip. Not specifically about the week, but from the experiment. I was putting in intense days of focus, and pushing myself to explore unknown areas. I enjoyed this but day in day out without a break was catching up with me. I ended up starting my day late and taking it easy over the next few hours.

I signed up for a Slack community channel through GFI and followed many alternative protein pages on LinkedIn. Months later I am glad I spent time to do this, as my LinkedIn acts as a reliable source of news for the space.

I worked my way through an extensive resource provided by scientists Elliot Swartz on cultivated meat production. It is easily the most comprehensive public available document I have read on the science of cultivated meat.

Addressing a problem

One random challenge I spent time on that afternoon was to look at the more widely known problems to solve involving plant based and cultivated meat, and see if I could brainstorm anything for one of them.

This may seem like a futile task, or perhaps a poor use of time. But I found it quite helpful as it pushed me to think analytically about the fields. I became more open to information and to questioning what I was reading. To notice discrepancies. While the challenge did not lead to anything, it did help me brainstorm and extend myself.

My thoughts for the day

Slower, tired and less motivated. That was all I felt by the end. I made sure to take the night off and detach from the deep dive until the next morning.