Going through your calendar

• January
  
  • 1st had a covid test had to do tons of those for flight to taiwan
  • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, tons more covid tests
  • 5th had to checkin to a southwest flight? oh that's right, we spent a day in san francisco for some reason???? that's right, we went to new england lobster co, i totally forgot
  • 6th flight to taiwan i vaguely remember it being a bit stressful in the airport and then on the flight was when we got news of the insurrection i never did refund that wifi i paid for lots of notes in diary about mask compliance, that's right, we were hella stressed about getting covid on flight in. god america is stressful. Constantly worried about my responsibility to scold maskless individuals also lots of notes about weight. Had to get down that luggage weight. Wonder what happened to that still missing steam controller haha i was sitll playing chess against tim and we wer still doing duolingo and playing hades!
  • 7th landed i have a diary entry about unnamed luggage i think we just waited for our luggage and then saw it was already out started quarantine
  • 8th had a meeting with colt for curative yeah that turned out amazing took ages to onboard but i still work for them now and am allegedly going to be fulltime soon best job ever i remember at the time i wasn't planning to work at all

  9th dr cohen meeting forgot i was still doing those at the time, what a hoot. way too expensive when uninsured 10th curative tech interview i have no memory of how that went 11th preply meeting, nice i was still doing those! 8am allegedly dnd, don't know if that actually happened? based on diary looks like i was kinda down and depressed also was when i was doing thta cool ableton + unreal engine stuff oh that's right i was on unemployment lol talking about my year compass, don't think i ever finished that one 13th looks like i got my resume as a website, nice oh yeah got a monitor, came right away, that was nice 16th did a zoom with family looks like i was gromp and feeling worried about my abilities an engineer looking at codemiko videos and stuff i mean i still kinda feel that way 22nd out of quarantine we were supposed to go to dansui or something, i think we saw the mrt was too full and skipped 23rd lots of apartment viewings 24th more apartment viewings 26th signed for our apartment! 27th picked up my gold card! 29th looks like we rented bikes? 30th tammy booked us la palai for my birthday :)

• Februrary
  

  4th we hung with stephanie at that dope bar, that was pretty fun, others from the bar scene there looks like i was settling in to curative 9th we had hotpot at the W? oh that was the rooftop one potentially hosted by filecoin girl that was pretty cool ah yes, this is after the GME fuckup by me, i was tilted about that for nearly the entire year i mean i'm still kinda salty, what a collosal fuckup 10th there was a teapot mountain hike that i skipped i think because of curative or something 11th i got coffee with craig, and talked about his business? that night met tammy and zak at beitou walked around lots, nice this is when we met vik and vicky oh and all the restaurants were closed b/c of chinese new year so we had this dope ass charcoal hotpot dinner 12th we saw the cherry blossoms at night and i was grumpy for some reason gold side mountain poop emergency also we did a dope din tai fung dinner that night also we did a motorcycle ride to cherry blossom temple, and sometime around this had a ride with irish! after that ride had the exhausting dropoff of the bikes followed by a walk through raohe

  17th we saw erik's dj show at 23 music room met some other people we hadn't had a chance to yet sometime around now went to dmv for healthcheckup etc for getting license 19th was jay's bday party where i baked cookies. we bought an oven for this. it was really fun. zak just hid in the corner programming. i thought about this is what it takes to be great 21st look like i got some monitors. havne't done much production since then lol we also had dinner with dalina and lucas. man we really didn't get to hang out withthem all tha tmuch 22nd we had a hike and dinner with thomas? wow he was in taiwan already huh 24th i think this was thomas' hotpot dinner 26th was the masquerade party, it was ok 27th DK's going away party, also o k 28th tea thing and omni? no idea

• March
  

  1st, tuga, fancy dinner? 2nd coworking thing at vegan restaurant i think that's when we met asian erik that's angry libertarian turtleburn planning is happening around now also bought red wing boots lol 5th we had the pineapple party! Back when we were allowed to throw fuckin parties on the roof ugh apparently we did ktv after, i think we all just wandered ther 6th we did a yuanzui mountain hike with irisH? 7th allegedly watch shopping with john? i think that happened on another day, one where i had a mandarin lesson, and ended up being late for 11th we had l'age dinner, i don't remember well 12th was the kavalan trip? that was fun 13th was apparently "perfect ride home to taipei" ? oh i think that's when the bus schedules all aligned perfectly 14th a ride with yoyo, but also a ride with tammy that afternoon? 20th was g0v hackathoN! i think this was my first, and i met the disfactory people. really fun 22nd was "possible start of japan trip" for my 30th birthday lmao RIP logi happened sometime around now? 26th was 7-11 tier list party, also dope, still don't have the blog post for that 28th was kbbq, i think that's when the guy with the daytona was there 29th le blanc steakhouse dinner? we might have done that commercial thing around then? sometime around now is when tammy got her offer, maybe started her job? 30th joyce potluck, i also don't remember

• April
  

  1st through 5th turtle burn! This was dope i journaled that it was "exhausting" haha 6th michael goodbye karaoke 7th was that nutritional supplement commercial i could do a fair few pushups then 8th i met with those iron forge people i think whatever happened with those guys 9th i met with nick from phase, that guy really thought engineers are paid a lot here 11th debbie birthday dinner? whatever happened to that girl 17th we had a rooftop potluck, man we had more parties up there htna i thought 18th was firefly viewing, i was really tired for some reason, thats' when we stopped hanging with jenny lol rip 20th i started looking into ritalin i think we also got dinner with alex and his gf, the empress hot sauce people 22nd was our trip to penghu! I went first, grabbed tammy the next day i think 25th was spencer's going away party, we felt kinda alienated i remember, i wish i knew who those people were and where they worked now 30th some sort of long weekend started? to wherE? tainan? that was a dope trip lots of loud fireworks very hot many massages and shrimp rolls

• May
  

  3rd i had my scooter test! Passed first try damn 5th craig's going away bbq where i got in a fight debate with that eric guy sometime around now switched to ritalin oh and the beginning of the drama with the rooftop sometime around now must have been max's dumbshit roof party super cryptocurrency obsessed during this time apparently and merged captec? 7th tammy and i's anniversary dinner, got pho and then got high af and wandered around sogo listening to music oh right the great curative exodus, when chris maddox left journals are very depressive around this time 8th was joe's 7-11 bday crawl, think we lost him at the start 10th was a rental and ride to pingxi with those girls 11th wulai ride lots of journal entries around this time about feeling useless, wasting time, not contributing to relationshipo 12th a snowball meeting, that still hasn't come out to much 15th was supposed to be jay's massive bbq, but it got cancelled cause the outbreak had just started 16th park hangout with emily jessie looks like i was fasting this month, like doing the no food till 4 thing looks like still doing dr cohen this month

• June
  

  2nd met with zoe from crossroads about that hackathon they wanted to do, that's right, what happened with that? Nothing? 5th was another emily/jessie hangout, i think this is when we got food and then got in trouble for eating it outside near the mrt cause of covid rules around now got my computer chair lol 10th started doing that calendar diary thing again apparently and we were watching we bear bear haha before that we tried watching that terrible and depressing startup show where all the characters sucked looks like aroundnow i set up personal password manager oh and bicycle along river with thomas and tammy? ah right to a hike? 12th motorcycle shopping! looks like tammy and i had rented the shit bikes around this time this is when i rented the cbr 250 rrrrr road with yoyo to yanmingshan with tammmy on the back returned the shit bikes this day to jeremy 13th was that boys ride i made a video about, yoyo and lucas oh yeah and wulai was closed lmao chewing through books at this time and tammy and i were watching sweet tooth lots of self hosting type stuff, like calibre, org anki 15h first book club meeting? and when tammy and i played the videogame guessing game! 16th zelda e3 lol around now is when i started listening to that philosophy podcast and found cheese.club 19th was snowball hackathon, i barely remember it 21st i set up jellyfin 26th online g0v hackathon where i talk vaxx.tw stuff, but mr lobster comes and takes all my time oh and we go see the mt07! looks like i ended dr cohen around now

• July
  

  still doing that google calendar diary thing, nice 2nd the cockroach incident on the roof with tammy and thomas post night market 5th pick up motorcycle! i was excited he put basck on the stock pedals 6th morning motorcycle ride, was supposed to be with mr lobster but he dipped 10th we have an yilan trip, that one where that lady took our picture and we had the sketch hotel we switched for the black one 12th interview with jeremy oliver? about what? 13th i published that fuckhuge emacs blog post 16th tammy and i went to that cool fine arts museum, with the red string exhibit, see emily too 19th test mic meeting? is this cause i got that microphone and tammy wanted ot use it for her AWS thing? haha around now is when i was playing crowfall with those aussies and riley 29 meant to have an interview with chaterbate, never happens 30th had a cardiologist appointment, i went, i don't think anything ever came of it though

• August
  

  4th our A cut reserveration, i guess that's the weekend we went to Taizhong? Did we ride down yeah? It was rainy the whole time. A cut was awesome though. 13th circle pasta with emily and jessie, this is when we really started hanging with them 15th we went to chope chope, this after we went to the chef's michelin restaurant in taizhong, tammy was totally obsessed. Fun dinner 21st hoh shit this is the weekend we moved! downstairs 23rd when i got vaccinated with medigen, awesome 28th was kristy's bday picnic, i'm getting to be where i'm about to move to the states, met those two foreigners that just film sometimes, cool guys, i should hit them up some more 31st another dinner with emily and jessie huh

• September
  

  3rd was the double hospital trip for covid test, little skittish cause it has to be done perfectly to be able to fly that night tammy and i have that night dinner in the hotel basement thing, with the vaccine discount also apparently a prosper meeting that night? oh riiight i was doing the prosper contract, what a headache 5th my flight out, dark taoyuan airport with like nothing open for food 6th to 12th was my time in SF, hanging with kristin. Tim finnigan came down, got brunch with colton, whole kit and keboodle awesome. Ah, went down to mountain view for lunch with the eletric imp crew 13th to 21st was houston, just hanging with the family, that really shitty night with daniel where he went full covid denialism 16th a google chat, hah 18th a call with kristin about offloading some of the game dev work, 21st to 26th was puerto rico, a pretty good trip, hanging with the boys. thicc booties 27th to 2nd was new york city and then riley's house in upstate, that was an awesome part of the trip. I think back to that time all the time, just the best, so casual and chill and right. Getting bagels with homie in the morning. or at his property just fuckin chillin watching survivor right before i left for train to dc i got to meet up with craig as well, i remember he launched into a philosophical conversation straight off the bat

• October
  

  2nd was my train to DC, walking around museums all day with christa, and the next day as well 4th or whenever was flight to houston, one last hurrah with fam. this might have been when the daniel hangout happen 7th was when the gamblin gartman hangout happened! what a nice night. Going to hermann park for food, taiwan snacks that i had forgotten to bring to puerto rico, then walking around rice and the library. A refound appreciation for schools and libraries 8th or 9th i flew back to taiwan, started quarantine in hsinchu i remember the flight being empty but so, so long lots of playing VR that weird staff that still messages me weird messages to this day not so bad though, worked on that ocremix project that for some reason cost me nearly 300 in google cloud billing 19th was the gold card interview, that was really fun, got featured in an article about it, the american engineer incident 25th out of quarantine! straight to taipei, really weird to see tammy again, really appreciative of her, need to maintain that, she even noticed 31st we do an apartment hangoug with emily and jessie, dunno what we did that night

• November
  

  1st l'atelier de joel robuchon fucking AMAZING lunch that afternoon we take richard to his first vet appointment, that's right, we got richard while i was still in the usa 2nd is my first going to of the sunflower people book club with thomas, that was pretty good learnin 6th was jam night with tiffany's crew, where we first met charles, lol my calendar note for it is snippy 7th was the under the bridge picnic celebrating being out of quarantine 10th we went out for dinner for tammy's birthday to that green whatever restaurant that was ok, the sour mango dessert 11th tammy was inspired / frustrated after the music jam thing, so we went shopping with dennis and got a guitar and water drum 12th was hanging out at kc's apartment with lisa and his sister, kc didn't come till super late, we played with their birds, that was awesome, lisa and kc's sister are redpilled 13th was tammy's debauched birthday ktv, after videogames with yoyo and dennis, that was when yoyo was a sloppy loud mess in our alley 17th we get light dinner dan bing with emily, and soy ice cream, i was a little whiny that night, but good night 18th i go to my first crossroads meeting, they've been good fun 19th another richard appointment :( that night was denni's going away jazz thing, so sometime before this was when i went to that weird underground jazz jam thing in a corporate office building after we have cocktails and videogames at yoyo's, i kick everyone's ass at duck game or whatever it's called, chicken horse 21st that massive custom motorcycle show, that was lit 25th through 28th was the hella awesome and exhausting thanksgiving rental in yilan. 29th lucas and dalina going away hotpot, so much food that weeken

• December
  

  3rd another richard appointment :( that night we go to xmas market with a shitload of people, steakhouse, i think that night is when the pub crawl happens too with jarvis and jessie and keeeevin watch guy? what a day 5th we see dune in imax and it is fucking awesome. still wanna see it in imax again 7th was sushi dinner jay and angela where we walk around after and jay tells me about the door gods i'm getting it in my head around now that i wanna do nighttime walks instead of just bars 8th is 1001 night persian buffet with jade and paul and their new childborn english teacher friend, that was fuckin delish so sometime before now is when we met little bear, oh right we met him at the airbnb we got after i got out of quarantine, the cool library one where i bought the chocolate book, and wanted to get the nytimes no recipe recipe book, great weekend. Also the quiet new york kid from book club. So then also before now is the night on pier 17 or whatever with the ferrets. 9th is dinner with bubble and chia, i remember blitzing around that day, maybe mailing my taxes or something, and having to get ingredients to cook with. great night, they're so cool, planning on hanging with them agian this weekend i think 11th is off menu taipei which is delicious, but i ruin slightly by getting mad when i don't understand some mandarin 12th i start my huandao and trip to taidong for crossroads lots of great riding, night in hualien where i buy shoes and go to night market then dawu was a trip, lots of drunken food thing, village guy comes and wakes me up at night like wtf then huandao after with yoyo, occassionally frustrated by speed cause i was supposed to be working, but otherwise awesome 16th i'm back, 17th another richard appointment then dinner with emily and jesse, i think we just did food court at eslite or something? 18th was lunch at jk studio with jay and angela, that was a good dinner that afternoon is building owners meeting where old guy said shitty thing about foreigners, dalina lucas moving out the same time that night is christmas potluck where i finally meet tom fiefield, great night then was the super fancy cocktail bar with jay's friends, including that shitty girl 24th christmas comedy roast, so before was dinner with maureen and her friends, all quite cool, new jessie is an artist, comedy show hilarious, bump into turtle burn guy i walways forget 25th christmas morning dim sum with a huge crew, that was super fun and delicious after i think we just blorb with videogames that night we do family christmas zoom funny, our packages only just arrived today, jan 5. dropped the ball there 26th was christmas airbnb, where more people showed than we expected, lots of videogames and movies. watched don't look up twice in this period, hard movie 28th yoyo bday dinner, i need to talk to vlad more 29th farquaad dinner at that funky taiwanese joint, did i add them to beacons of gondor yet? they're so cool, and so young lol 30th crossroads debreif hangout, chatting with chris about gaming and graphics cards and streaming, play with oculus quest 2 dope, good time that night omakase dinner with thomas other tammy and jessifer, great dinner 31st we make the cool lamp, lots of convos with the laser cutter guy all day hang with jessie emily windwaker that night rooftop fireworks, really cool, dial in family and riley then walk around the closed streets, cyberpunk taipei

this is what my last year was about

• Personal life, family
  

  Getting to see the family again was nice Oh, right, of course, discovering paul was i guess a big deal the move to taiwan happened this year, that counts lots of philosophy stuff tammy and i's relationship developing more strongly, moving in together two moves actually and getting pets together, richard and the fish

• Career, studies
  

  I did a good deal of studying this year, like machine learning, some wee bit of math, some wee bit of computer science i question whether i want to continue now though career, well curative those two contracting gigs, that was always a huge goal of mine studying mandarin is ramped super up, i'm definitely better than i ever was

• friends, community
  

  lots of new friends here in taiwan, more than i ever dreamed of, that constantly goes amazingly beacons of gondor, etc in the trip to the usa, reflecting on how i have friends all over, so many places to stay etc, so many good friends joining g0v and crossroads pretty good

• relaxation, hobbies, creativity
  

  getting lots of meditation in, and getting pretty good at it i guess i dabbled with drawabox for a bit, that was relaxing and fun, wanna do it more we got the guitar and the water drum, that's kinda fun not too much music production, did a bit with thomas and tiffany, went to some jazz shows did a long streak of lots of media consumption during lockdown getting a motorcycle has been amazing, lots of that wee bit of baking here and there, getting the oven towards the start was nice, going to jay's birthday party and baking, baking at turtle burn camping at turtle burn too, having our camping gear sent down, picking up more when i was there got to do a huandao, dope shitloads of reading, though was it books i'd already read? I started the new stormlight book i guess… huh did i read fall: dodge in hell this year? lots of streaming game setup stuff some fallout, mass effect, etc litle bit of gamingwith people back home some of that online board game night stuff that was fun didn't really go out drinking all that much though

• physical health, fitness
  

  did pretty good the first part of taiwan, but from us trip on it fell apart that was cool doing all the bodyweight fitness on the roof though, that was special got a bicycle right at the end there hanging with craig

• mental health, self-knowledge
  

  shitloads of meditation, that was good still struggling with death anxiety started working through books like krotopkin etc posting on /r/death lots of struggles during covid lockdown but so many new friends too and traveling giving me an appreciation for the people who matter, and what matters hanging with riley, not needing to go out or whatever, just chilling hanging with tammy, enjoying that time, better at it than ever getting better at not being such a grouch, something i've journaled about since i was a kid going through old journals was fun

• habits that define you
  

  org mode learning stuff motorcycling playing with tech blogging videos i guess? not really music yet, nor photography nor writing hanging out with people, organizing people

  habits, though. my daily meditation and stretching? i tend to be able to wake up early when i put my mind to it we really got that cleaning habit going, especially towards the end there taking care of richard lol watering the plants

  nice shaving - new razor haha. plus all the shaving soaps gaming, i guess. i really like setting up the streaming gaming stuff yeah, playing with tech, installing new tech, etc eating amazing food baking for sure cooking reading

  talking about topics like philosophy, learning philosophy, anthropology

  communism, leftism activism

• a better tomorrow
  
  • what did you do this year to leave the world in a better shape than you found it?

  • did a bit of that g0v work, not bad coaching morgan

    listening to christa talk about her obsession? talk to some people in /r/death

    some trash pickup at the park that one time

    help that lady after her scooter crashed, though that might have been after the new year… yeah

    did all my reddit and youtube comments really count for much? meh i guess my youtube videos were pretty nice, showing off taiwan

    the thanksgiving trip was really cool for people

    some of my blog posts probably help people apparently owen liked the ctrl+2 for clsoing a tab

    did i help out nestor a couple times? we did those english coaching calls for a hot second

six sentences about my past year

• the wisest decision i made….
  

  moving to taiwan , or, meditating every day

• biggest lesson i learned
  

  my capabilities don't seem to be hardcoded (i can do math)

• the biggest risk I took…
  

  well, other than the move to taiwan? perhaps the trip back to the USA? the buying of the motorcycle? the full commital to the move, perhaps? or, the taking of the game dev contract maybe!

• the biggest surprise of the year
  

  i really can just do contracting i really can just do math, and enjoy it, i can stay focused, and on task, and do hard work for long periods of time how awesome people are in taiwan?

• the most important thing i did for others
  

  the various trip organizations? taking out jessie on that motorcycle trip?

• the biggest thing i completed
  

  either that quarantine ocremix game project or the emacs blog post lol

six questions about my past year

• what are you most proud of?
  

  The ocremix project for sure. Maintaining the contracting gigs. Doing so many dope activities. All the meditation and other habit stuff. Making and maintaining friends. My shift towards keeping the house clean.

• Who are the three people who influenced you the most?
  

  Tammy, her saddness pressured me into becoming a better boyfriend, contributing more, less lazy, less blorb, maintaining a better, cleaner space. Perhaps craig? With the job, and his ridiculous discipline and fitness. Yoyo maybe, huandao, crossroads, motorcycling, engineering stuff. Maybe riley too with the pet stuff, and engineering chats. Dennis and tiffany a bit with the music.

• Who are three people you influenced the most?
  

  Well thomas I guess, we convinced him to move here lol, and then hooked him up with other tammy. I suppose as always tammy, i hope positively. Perhaps Jessie? he liked that i spoke mandarin. Or perhaps morgan, with the engineering coaching.

• What were you not able to accomplish?
  

  The level of math, science, computer science learning I wanted to. Same for engineering, and engineering projects. Machine learning, AI. The musical accomplishments I wanted. Obviously my fitness goals lol My mandarin objective? I think i wanted fluency in a year or something. ALl the video editing i wanted to do. And the playing with msuic + unreal engine. The being like that one twitch streamer. lol i even tried streaming a bit.

• What is the best thing you have discovered about yourself?
  

  That i can do stuff i didn't think i was good at, like math, art, music kinda. That i can love and feel happiness truly

• What are you most grateful for?
  

  Tammy, and my friends and family. My priveleges that give me the freedom to do basically whatever the fuck i want all day long. Taiwan and its environment, its freedom, its beauty and opportunity. That i have friends that are down to do stuff, public transit to get them there, low costs to make it easy. The parks. and trains. Friends like jay and yoyo and kc that are willing to help us figure this shit out. COVID vaccine taking off the stress of covid.

the best moments

Three of my biggest accomplishments

• list your three greatest accomplishments from the last year here
  
  1. Integrating pretty well into taiwan
  2. Maintaining a life for myself as a contractor
  3. Thanksgiving airbnb
• What did you do to achieve these?
  
  1. We've been studying mandarin, digging deep into fear to just do shit, to fully commit. Sticking to habits, sticking to studying, putting myself out there and making friends. Not like just staying in and playing videogames, letting the ease of my life turn me to mush.
  2. I suppose just keep working, as well as maintain a friendship with zach, keep up my portfolio perhaps?
  3. Lots of planning, the desire to do it, just getting shit done. Organizing everything with spreadsheets, asking for help with airbnbs etc. Having the ambition to do it. My desire for a commune lol.
• Who helped you ahcieve these successes? How?
  
  1. Tammy, with everything, finding the apartment etc. Mr lobster for tons of motorcycle stuff. Thomas for figuring out covid and vaccine stuff. Anybody that recommended a restaurant or bar.
  2. Zach helped me by putting me in that chat. Other curative people by keeping me in the know, like aidan, rachel, maddox, mert, colton. Ian. Craig with the stuff for captec.
  3. Jay helped find the airbnb. Everyone that helped cook and clean. Thomas, emily, tiffany, charles, that samsung fold guy robert? jade and paul

Three of my biggest challenges

• List your three biggest challenges from last year here.
  
  1. The prosper game contract
  2. the captec game contract
  3. organizing thanksgiving
• Who or what helped you overcome these challenges?
  
  1. self affirmations helped me stay focused. riley may have helped a bit talking about some game stuff. the various game dev discords and forums lol.
  2. Craig and other captec people.
  3. Jay finding the place. Thomas with rental suggestion. Everyone that helped cook and clean.
• What have you learned about yourself by overcoming these challenges?
  

  That i can learn quickly and implement what needs to be implemented in spaces outside my comfort zone. That I'm really good at organizing people and food based things lol. That others regarding engineering think more highly of me than I think. That I need to speak quickly about things that look wrong, like the prosper artists not slicing out stuff from the layers. That focus is one of my biggest obstacles, but it can be overcome.

Forgiveness

Letting go

The past year in three words

• challenging
  
• exciting
  
• fulfilling
  

The book of my past year

• Forming the Perfect Life in Taiwan
  

Goodbye to your last year

dare to dream big

This is what my next year will be about

• personal life, family
  

  My family gets to visit, and i show them all over taiwan. I chat many times with them and colette Tammy and I deeply further our relationship with therapy, serious marriage talks etc

• career, studies
  

  Make something of my own business explore new types of businesses and behaviors Learn tons new things, particularly in math, machine learning, ai, hardware engineering / prototyping, philosophy, and philosophy of mind Maintain at minimum what i've had going with curative Work with a taiwanese person on something get conversational in mandarin

• friends, community
  

  at minimum as much activity as i've done this year with friends far more g0v involvement, getting lots of work done on disfactory at least, other projects too would be nice to do a park cleanup make some new friends solidify my current friendships have friends visit and show off taiwan do good things for taiwan and my building find some more volunteer opportunities other than just g0v and crossroads

• relaxation, hobbies, creativity
  

  further my music skills in production explore visual arts a bit more much more exploration of photography and videography find a way to make editing enjoyable? or at least productive learn actual things about photography creativity a theme this year perhaps, though bias cause i'm reading that creativity book right now high creative output explore writing again? much more creative app development, learning through building lots more reading, higher volume than last year.. i think i only finished like two books last year? bro. and the other ones were all books i'd already read try to avoid too much youtube way less netflix than mid last year avoid reddit and twitter entirely, and any other internet argue places that try to suck me in get blog posts out

• physical health, fitness
  

  today's the year man, finally hit good goals of low body fat. at least return to like 2018 levels keep up not missing workout dates, cardio keep up getting to bed on time, at least waking up on time reduce morning blorb time find some sports to do, fencing, badminton

• mental health, self-knowledge
  

  read lots of philosophy keep up the constant meditation increase meditation time mothafuckin levitate increase attitude improvement. feel the same way about this year, next year, as I do about last year this year regarding attitude and priorities manage death anxiety

• habits that define you
  

  oooh lots of motorcycling this year, some good videos wait habits stick to that meditation lots and lots of reading really good journaling really good organization, note taking, time tracking some fun cafe days out maintaining the cleanest space ever keeping my pets in good health solid, regular mandarin study avoidance of negative habits - snacking, reddit / twitter, super duper long showers, though that hasn't been such an issue lately. ending too much morning blorb staying off phone when necessary stay on top of stretching

• a better tomorrow*
  

  • What will you do next year to leave the world in a better shape than you found it?

    contribute significantly to g0v create fun things and get togethers for my friends find more opportunities to help individuals like with morgan share all that i learn be good to people fight capitalism

Magical triplets for the year ahead

• I will love these three things about myself.
  
  1. My tenacity to my habits
  2. my strength of focus
  3. my ability to organize and plan events with people
• I am ready to let go of these three things.
  
  1. reddit
  2. twitter
  3. anger over american situation
• I want to achieve these three things the most.
  
  1. fulfillment
  2. mandarin fluency
  3. integration in taiwan culture / society / notoriety
• These three people will be my pillars during rough times.
  
  1. tammy
  2. riley
  3. yoyo?
• I will dare to discover these three things.
  
  1. my ability to tackle entirely new topics, like hardware engineering
  2. my creative potential in visual arts such as photography, or musical arts, production
  3. my potential in business ventures
• I will have the power to say no to these three things.
  
  1. timewasters like reddit, twitter, youtube
  2. engaging in drama and angerbait
  3. snacks and binging, laziness around working out
• I will make my surroundings cozy with these three things.
  
  1. a clean and reset environment
  2. a happy girlfriend
  3. art
• I will do these three things every morning.
  
  1. meditate and self affirmation
  2. stretch
  3. some kind of exercise
• I will pamper myself with these three things regularly.
  
  1. good music
  2. playing with toys / tech / gadgets
  3. walks
• I will visit these three places.
  
  1. an uncomfortable situation
  2. a camping location
  3. somewhere remote in taiwan
• I will connect with my loved ones in these three ways.
  
  1. message regularly
  2. send them more cards, gifts
  3. pay attention and massage more / give more intimacy lol
• I will reward my successes with these three presents.
  
  1. some dope new speakers / headphones?
  2. op-1??? other toys/gadgets?
  3. watches??

Six sentences about my next year

• This year I will not procrastinate any more over…
  

  Physical fitness the building of apps the editing of photos and videos my fuckign taxes

• This year I will draw the most energy from…
  

  my girlfriend my friends walks meditation

• This year, I will be bravest when…
  

  It's time to speak mandarin i don't wanna do a habit i really wanna eat something i shouldn't i don't wanna go out i'm in a conversation about a topic i don't know much about, but want to i'm talking to someone that knows things i don't, but want to

• This year I will say yes when…
  

  people ask if i wanna hang people ask if i wanna try building / making something i think of an idea to try tammy asks for my time someone asks to do sportland sports

• This year I advise myself to…
  

  Maintain the positive and wholesome attitude developed and fostered during last year stick to the habits stay focused trust the structures and systems document as much as i can - photograph, journal pay attention to tammy, take care of her build build build don't blorb too much make it as easy as possible to do what you wanna do don't make it hard for no reason (don't leave cake in the house)

• This year will be special for me because…
  

  I have so much freedom to explore, i have so much privilege, and urgency from not knowing the fate of our world. I have the gift of a good income and savings a great job I have tons of opportunity here in taiwan, my mandarin is improving I have much better emotional control and focus i have lots of tools at my disposal basically i have a motorycle, friends to ride with i have a massive groupchat with tons of friends willing to hang out and do stuff covid is potentially slowing down? maybe people can visit? the "hard" year is over, 30 came and went, now starts my decade of being 30 i have an awesome girlfriend, she even wants to play smash bros sometimes i have all the tools i need to explore my hobbies

My word for the year ahead

• creativity
  

Secret wish

• list your three greatest accomplishments from the last year here
  
  1. Integrating pretty well into taiwan
  2. Maintaining a life for myself as a contractor
  3. Thanksgiving airbnb
• What did you do to achieve these?
  
  1. We've been studying mandarin, digging deep into fear to just do shit, to fully commit. Sticking to habits, sticking to studying, putting myself out there and making friends. Not like just staying in and playing videogames, letting the ease of my life turn me to mush.
  2. I suppose just keep working, as well as maintain a friendship with zach, keep up my portfolio perhaps?
  3. Lots of planning, the desire to do it, just getting shit done. Organizing everything with spreadsheets, asking for help with airbnbs etc. Having the ambition to do it. My desire for a commune lol.
• Who helped you ahcieve these successes? How?