mini existential crisis + adding in GPS data to current IMU data I've been working with <3
may 16 / 17
what I did both days:
mini existential crisis
finish matlab
Finish Kalman filter video
make a plan for a YouTube video
More on sensor fusion:
I starting to add more sensors as I work. Although its not really a sensor I was looking at ways of incoporating GPS data into this sort of combined system. Adding a GPS can add additional information on position and velocity. Combining it with the current IMU data I’ve been looking at can actually provide much more accurate results.
In terms of the building side of things, not much has changed since a few days ago. I’m spending the 18th doing one of two things
figuring out what I can build with the current fused data
figure out how to incorporate visual data into existing platform
either way I want to play around with adding some extra features
other adventures
work has been great as well! I’ve been learning a lot on both a technical and business front. It feels like such a good mix to have. There isn’t much I can say about this, butttttt if you look at my commit history you will be able to tell we are indeed cooking haha
Outside of work
this update isn’t super technical, wanted to also share a few thoughts I’ve been having and would love to have discussions with people!
I think overall this week wasn’t amazing haha. Which is totally cool and normal. When everything feels like its going wrong I find that its good to try to find something you can ground yourself in and just trust that everything will be okay. If you know me, you know I always say inshallah and that’s my way of stepping back and trusting things will work out haha (I’m not super religious but it calms me down)
Where I’m at right now in my life, everything is optimized for career and achieving more and more, but I found that when you put such a heavy emphasis on one area of your life two things happen
you lose things from other areas of your life you didn’t realize were as important to you as they are. (friendships, health, etc.)
if the slightest thing goes wrong in the area that you heavily focus on, you can feel like your world is ending.
Both of these realizations hit me this week and it kind of sucked. I don’t know that I have an “action item“ or huge revelation and takeaway to give, I guess I’m just ranting lol, but something I have been saying is I think its important to have a structured unbalanced life, which is something I’m really trying to work towards. Strucutred so you have time to lock in and also time to spend with family and friends and recharge (I don’t care who you are you can’t just go go go all the time you will burn out, maybe not in a year or two but you might see huge consequences 10 years down the line)
I tend to get super obsessed with the things I do, if I find something I think is cool or want to build something, I will spend every waking moment working on it, but then I burn myself out, and I get exhausted and question what I’m doing in my life lol, its like a little cycle of producing amazing work super super fast, then getting tired and just questioning if I should just drop out and move open up a potateo farm in idahom (which would be dope asf btw). So I think my two solutions to this problem are as follows:
Trying to better understand what actually makes me super happy and not work solely to impress people and create a lifestyle where I force myself to slow down a bit so its more sustainable for longer times
Embrace this feature of mine and figure out how to time things and use the time that craziness is turned on to produce the best work I can.
Also as I’m about to post this my gut is telling me not to be so raw with my emotions to so many people haha. I think it stems from always wanting people to think of me as cracked or impressive…. but I’m human so here are my flaws LOL enjoy <3
also this is my favourite top I bought a couple of weeks ago. rawr. toronto is an amazing place to shop its very dangerous for me and my bank account
I am really glad that you are enjoying your job. It sounds fascinating and we both love your new blouse that you were modeling. Looks great. Hope you have a nice holiday weekend.