Jim Lunsford

Kelly and I went to see the 50th anniversary screening of Rocky tonight.

There was no way I was passing up the chance to see one of my all-time favorite movies on the big screen.

The Rocky and Creed movies have always meant a lot more to me than just entertainment. Whenever life gets rough, those are the movies I turn to. I've watched them through some difficult stretches, and no matter how many times I've seen them, I keep coming back.

There's something about those stories of getting knocked down, finding a reason to keep fighting, and refusing to quit that has always connected with me.

Getting to experience the original Rocky in a theater with Kelly tonight was pretty damn special.

Yesterday turned into a 17.5-hour workday between the jail and working security for Blue October at the Brown County Music Center.

The fans had a great time. Blue October isn't really my style of music, but I'll give them credit. They weren't bad.

Now I've got two days off, and after yesterday, I'm in absolutely no hurry to do anything this morning.

I might head to the theater tonight to catch the 50th anniversary screening of Rocky.

After spending 17.5 hours on my feet yesterday, spending a couple of hours sitting on my ass watching a movie sounds pretty damn good.

Day three of three at the jail, and as usual, my brain is turning into mush.

I work at a small jail in a small Indiana county. We don't have a lot of criminal activity around here, which is a good thing. Unfortunately, it also means the shifts can be painfully slow.

And slow days drag like hell.

Combine that with getting very little sleep between 12-hour shifts, and by day three, my brain is pretty well cooked.

Today is going to be even longer than usual. When I clock out at the jail, I'm heading straight to the Brown County Music Center to work security for tonight's Blue October show.

My brain might be done, but apparently my work schedule isn't.

Day two of three at the jail, and things are moving about as fast as usual.

The upside is that I get to spend the downtime working on Only Empowerment. I'm trying to get this thing across the finish line today.

The problem? After burning through so much ChatGPT and Claude usage yesterday, I'm running dangerously low on AI allowance.

I've got plenty of work I want to do and plenty of motivation to do it.

Apparently, the only thing running out of energy around here is my AI subscription.

I think I have a problem.

Today I burned through two weekly usage resets on ChatGPT and completely exhausted my weekly Claude allowance, with no resets left.

Some people binge-watch television. Apparently, I binge-build software.

I love creating. I love building. I can lose myself for hours working on something, finding problems, fixing them, and making it better.

At this point, the AI usage limits are having a harder time keeping up with me than I am with them.

Recovery is supposed to rebuild your life.

At some point, you have to recognize when that work has done its job.

You can keep growing without treating yourself like a permanent repair project.

You are allowed to move beyond fixing what was broken and start living what you built.

Know when the work is done.

https://jimlunsford.com/recovery-standard-know-when-the-work-is-done/

Back in jail today. Thankfully, I'm on the right side of the bars. 😂

It's been a pretty slow shift, so naturally I'm taking advantage of the downtime to work on my personal projects.

I'm still grinding away on the Bonumark Stream Admin redesign, while Legend of the Green Dragon: Resurrection is getting a security audit.

Not exactly what most people picture when they think of a day at the jail, but it's one of the perks of the job.

When things are quiet, I get to keep building.

Made a lot of progress on my projects today. Nothing is quite ready to ship yet, but it felt damn good to spend the day building and moving things forward.

Now I've traded project work for family time.

My oldest grandson has two basketball games tonight, and we're getting ready for game two.

Tomorrow it's back to reality. Three days at the jail, with a security shift at the Brown County Music Center on the third day.

I'm glad I got today to work on the things I enjoy, but right now I've got a basketball game to watch and a grandson to cheer on.

After getting everybody where they needed to go this morning, I grabbed a cup of coffee, fired up the laptop, and got back to my virtual projects.

My Claude usage reset, so Legend of the Green Dragon: Resurrection is moving again. We're now adding visuals to the game.

Bonumark Stream got updated to v0.8.3 to fix an RSS and sitemap bug, and now I'm working on redesigning its backend.

Only Empowerment is getting close to completion. I'm tweaking the visuals and putting it through a final review.

No hauling stone, building fences, or other home improvement projects today. Just me, coffee, and a laptop.

Milo, my usual supervisor, is off doing Milo things instead of overseeing my work.

Apparently, management decided to take the morning off.

Yep, I’ve been pretty quiet when it comes to posting publicly lately. Not because nothing is happening, but because every free minute I have at home has been going into projects around the house.

Yesterday and today, I hauled and laid down two tons of stone for what will eventually be our new backyard fire pit area.

Heavy work. Dirty work. The kind of stuff some people would probably find boring as hell.

Me? I love it.

There's something satisfying about stepping back after a long day and actually seeing what you've built.

And right now, that's exactly how I want to be spending my free time.