Going through your calendar

• January
  

  Hah, discussing with Nine that grasshopper integration shit that never happened was going to fablab a lot with morgan? and doing the cnc class was paying emily to do admin assist had started GTD system in earnest oh we had fubu! and took him to the bath apparently i think i checked out some shitty psychologist for ritalin around this time apparently i went to cowork at jesse sum's place… i vaguely remember that, trading keyboards lol. showed off my wpm and they were blown away. I guess i am pretty fast we had a "memory ride" as well, no idea what that means that might be the ride i went on with [BROKEN LINK: c6bd1850-ab29-473b-93ba-ca3be0825a96] was having conversations around restaurant app [BROKEN LINK: 2cf2c061-a630-44bf-aa8f-5a37490e877a] to [BROKEN LINK: 247af58b-1e05-491c-b498-4f7574252049] with [BROKEN LINK: 3a965fa3-6283-45c1-ba9d-e8ffbf5e9f6f] got some sort of tea with soft cracker in it [BROKEN LINK: 44a6e736-7a9c-4eac-ac6b-309c4ee376d9] to [BROKEN LINK: b288ac26-c20b-4741-9be4-71b8c40ffa82] with [BROKEN LINK: b37392b0-8c28-4bf0-b733-bddd77ca7f57] and met [BROKEN LINK: 3a965fa3-6283-45c1-ba9d-e8ffbf5e9f6f] there that was when we met that ntu english scifi teacher dadaocheng with [BROKEN LINK: d017e115-bd65-48cd-b5c4-1d3fd00bef80] and [BROKEN LINK: 7529e8b1-a7a6-42f1-be39-aec54ec4e145] cowork with [BROKEN LINK: d017e115-bd65-48cd-b5c4-1d3fd00bef80] at dirty [BROKEN LINK: 67f27215-7311-42bf-92e4-35c9fd1fc9b9] [BROKEN LINK: bcf618a2-ab3e-4927-a337-e4176f2fcaf2] salmon for [BROKEN LINK: d017e115-bd65-48cd-b5c4-1d3fd00bef80] and [BROKEN LINK: e5facb81-e3c5-424a-825e-6d99f66e9edf] and [BROKEN LINK: b37392b0-8c28-4bf0-b733-bddd77ca7f57] [BROKEN LINK: f5a2b9bd-5553-4afb-8ce3-ee89e6d2fe80] [BROKEN LINK: b34435be-7e01-43da-a191-d626e4380261] with [BROKEN LINK: b93686f7-e237-4670-b7b4-612d1c63fdbf] and [BROKEN LINK: d017e115-bd65-48cd-b5c4-1d3fd00bef80] and [BROKEN LINK: d9766ab3-58ba-47da-81cd-4030a35da77d] and [BROKEN LINK: 3a965fa3-6283-45c1-ba9d-e8ffbf5e9f6f] lots of talk about figuring out move so i can host we got dinner with [BROKEN LINK: fe640480-fa41-419e-b79a-9d648547a6bc] at addiction aquatic, is that the time we took it to the roof? No that's when his girlfriend came and we did the standing sushi bar and it was absolutely phenomenal, i think thomas was there too dinner with [BROKEN LINK: a96fabd2-9e2f-4276-94c4-0e06be7ee46f] people ice cream maker for tammy tammy and i scoped out a tea place with craig for potential parent visit segment implementation stuff for cofactr was happening now was in personal therapy still hosted [BROKEN LINK: 07338842-0cdc-4ccc-99b6-648654074a47] cooking party with [BROKEN LINK: 4fae3d98-8141-49cc-bbca-dec78dc1f7ea], [BROKEN LINK: 9642828f-ce05-4bef-8f1c-e924ac922cab], [BROKEN LINK: 3a965fa3-6283-45c1-ba9d-e8ffbf5e9f6f], [BROKEN LINK: e5facb81-e3c5-424a-825e-6d99f66e9edf] in prep for my family visiting i started doing mandarin lessons every day, that was tiring and starting on the 29th my parents visited??? wow so early was working on [BROKEN LINK: 3bcb5316-adc7-4d1e-9647-a3d0eee4b928] contract for a bit playing lots of [BROKEN LINK: 8ee6b64f-c72d-4289-b7a2-826fb495f94a]

• February
  
  • still parent's trip
    
    • KTV with friends birthday
      
    • picnic with friends
      
  • tammy and i went to nice spa post-parents
    
  • interview with drift - who?
    
  • whiskey thing with boys
    
  • birthday picnic for emily
    
  • cool hackernews meetup, maybe the mapping one
    
  • cooking party with amos
    
  • raohe with emily/jesse
    
  • doggy meetup with nick at draftland
    
  • wow i have basically no journal entries all of february from org-roam
    

    unacceptable lol

• March
  
  • woobar afternoon tea?
    

    who was there?

  • RAW
    

    with michael and lydia? so delicious

  • emily/jesse hangout
    
  • met up with jason that weird polish guy
    

    prolly talked about cryptocurrency bullshit

  • hotpot dinner
    
  • cooking class with minerva university
    

    charles was there, took some pictures that i think i never really uploaded or anything

  • kbbq?
    
  • porter robison with thomas i think
    
  • took fubu to dog park
    

    oh the nearby dog park, and i go to a cafe after

  • the insulting interview where they said i don't know react
    
  • tea at charles' weird tea bar thing he did at his house
    
  • went to yilan for whiskey tour with jesse nick
    

    artist jesse dipped at the last second

  • got some more ritalin
    
  • zero proof hn meetup where i met eric or whatever
    
  • started trying to flashcardify things
    

    after reading article about it

  • japan covid PCR test where i skipped
    

    got mad about them needing so much bullshit from me became extremely anarchist and decided fuck it

  • dinner with jason
    

    the weird polish guy

  • coffee with charlie!
    
  • plant workshop with shawnee
    
  • dinner with shawn and shawnee at ms shumai
    
  • cherry blossom trip to japan with tammy
    
    • dinner at esterre
      
    • yay a journaled this a ton
      
    • met with brandon kase here
      
  • still have fubu, boarding him during trips
    
  • nadine revolver birthday where i met aurelian
    
  • dermatology appointment for mole
    

    it randomly scabbed so i was worried it was bad

  • charles food jam with charlie
    

    where chicken biscuit first happened?

  • more emily/jesse hangouts
    
  • burning man camping thing
    
• April
  
  • still [BROKEN LINK: 8c7f18e4-abd1-44b2-a347-585a869d3f2c] [BROKEN LINK: 33528ed5-7b0d-4c2e-a380-8de6eda9fa87] thing
    

    the one where i was gonna motorcycle between that and the music thing lol and fubu came!

    • the falling out of hammock knife incident
      
  • more coworking at charles'
    
  • g0v hackathon
    
  • maureen bday picnic
    
  • dinner with nadine, i think we cooked
    
  • dinner at amos' where he cooked for us
    

    actually fucking amazing

  • met with owlysearch people
    
  • taiwan plus group interview thing
    
  • reptile expo at yuanshan with tammy and richard!
    
  • got my mole cut off
    

    the doctor was so nice

  • taught shawnee how to ride a scooter
    
  • an afternoon tea… with who?
    
  • proposed to tammy at yehliu
    
  • cooking party?
    
  • pizza with jesse and emily
    
• May
  
  • tammy had barcelona trip
    

    that i'm still jealous of but i did a ton of going out and hanging with nadine and aurelian and etc

  • got my mole stitches out, it's not cancer
    
  • coworking thing at our house where charlie makes biscuits for everyone
    
  • lots of just going out and partying
    
  • movie night with irene
    
  • charlie and aurelian at geography bar
    
  • aurelian crashes at mine
    
  • went to a new bloom event
    
  • another urbandoggy date
    
  • korea trip with tammy's family!
    

    [BROKEN LINK: ddcdf018-7a2b-43e4-8b2c-1d6e2f13d11f] [BROKEN LINK: a1cf1a8b-2502-47af-b59e-d4d97b002a51] [BROKEN LINK: 02b90dab-3c59-4ded-928e-ea2c1270aee4] [BROKEN LINK: ec9dc268-1df6-46aa-8314-3ff9a4ed0934]

  • first meetings with chris adventurecow
    
  • LAN party at thomas', mostly played AOE
    
  • hang out at maureen's i think for hotpot
    

    with jesse as well

  • an emily/jesse hangout
    
  • did nadine's language exchanges start around now?
    
  • interview at bytedetection
    
  • still on ritalin
    
  • dinner with emily
    
  • met chris from adventurecow, gave contract to sam
    
  • lan party with thomas and tammy, played aoe2
    
  • tammy and charlie and i met with KC about designing the ji spot
    
  • another maureen visit, perhaps just before her move
    
  • chalmers bytedetect interview
    
  • supposed to be green island trip, not sure that actually happened
    
  • biscuit experiments
    
  • hot pot with emily and jesse
    
  • charlie and i went to hot people bar down the road
    
  • not on buproprion
    
  • got off [BROKEN LINK: e8d725ba-f7d9-4f5a-8f5e-7dbcf20f8c26] 5/24
    
  • back on [BROKEN LINK: 30914691-9e47-42a7-891d-83e6c8782bee] 5/25
    
  • neighbor zach brought dog for fubu playdate
    
  • bbq at amos' where i accidentally made nadine cry
    
• June
  
  • Riley and Hannah's wedding!
    
  • and hang at riley's place
    
  • fubu gone
    
  • met the italian with the dope apartment
    
  • switch to small phone
    
  • also some time in the bay area, visit wedding venue
    
  • also a houston visit
    
    • with devin townsen concert
      
    • and bbq at paren'ts house with rachel and rosa gamblin and nine
      
  • moonlight physicians contact was happening
    
  • started touring places with charlie for restaurant
    
  • spiderman in imax
    

    fuck that was good

  • dinner with shawn and shawnee at vegan place
    
  • heating cabinet for the ji spot market
    
  • motorcycle to jiufen and hang with amos and nish
    
  • bike to danshui on a fasting day lol
    
  • "the sandal incident"
    
• July
  
  • cooking party with amos and crew
    
  • ji spot market the same weekend
    
  • chaofan with angie and friends
    
  • megan's house party
    
  • reveal jesse's art at our apartment
    
  • went to long dong?
    
  • emily art opening at red room
    
  • 711 crawl with all hands taiwan
    
  • raohe with janice and her bf
    
  • nish birthday party
    
  • viewed some apartments and almost moved
    
  • sushi with thomas
    
  • lots of ji spot storefront tours
    
  • peking duck with angela and marcin and them
    
  • call with po burning man
    
  • start government taidong trip
    
• August
  
  • more storefront viewing for the ji spot
    
  • tainan southern crossing huandao with jade and paul
    
    • HELLA typhoon vibes
      
  • breaking mud fest concert with michael
    
  • signed lease for the ji spot
    
  • A Point dinner with tammy, the place near our house
    
  • wulai with nadine jesse artist charlie tammy
    
    • it rained and nadine swam in her thong lol
      
  • sausage party with amos that turned out to be a scam
    
  • pedestrian protest
    
  • more job interviews
    
  • penghu trip with michael jesse and the forgettable german
    
    • the garlic shot incident
      
  • vr escape room with angie and viktor and the hispanic guy
    
    • alice in wonderland, we won at last second
      
  • super dope restaurant near liuzhangli with tammy, taou
    
  • flight to SF for abby tim wedding
    
  • nadine's language excahnge
    
  • moonlander self interview
    
  • lent ruskin xe2 and went on photoshoot, then to weird cigar bar
    
  • biscuit tests
    
  • under the bridge pizza with amos and then games after
    
• September
  
  • in SF for abby / tim wedding
    
  • league of legends regional finals
    
  • pinglin with charlie, lora, qing, tomas
    
  • talking with michael about joining 508
    
  • bar mood date with tammy, fast
    
  • kickoff meeting with 508 / favorited
    
  • dinner with angie and her visiting friends
    
  • split the sweet potato ride to the south
    
  • taidong digital nomads trip
    
  • tammy comes to taidong as well
    
  • charlie in italy
    
  • emily's painting showing at red room
    
  • interviews at seam
    
• October
  
  • FInish off lanter burn tickets, drama with amos
    
  • bbq at amos' i think
    
  • dinner with kevin, talk about ecommerce
    
  • night market with simon, elisa's brother
    
  • ji spot photoshoot
    
  • burning man with amos
    

    was so stressed taking on all the work for this

  • israeli war
    
  • straight to wisconsin after burning man
    
    • hang with family and aunt sara, wisconsin road trip
      
    • see grandma
      
    • convince trenton to come last second
      
  • a night in chicago, not bad, and a morning on the way back
    
  • dinner at avec
    
  • rechao with nick andhis friends
    
  • thomas breir birthday and picnic and rechao
    
  • dinner with lillian, how was it meeting the president?
    
  • sean shawnee dinner
    
  • start of australia new zealand trip
    
  • dropping ball already on favorited contract
    
  • the bad meeting with favorited david
    
• November
  
  • on the cruise to australia
    
  • hanging in australia, sydney and melbourne, with tammy
    
    • she's so sick the whole time :(
      
    • crazy good spa in australia
      
  • met the commies
    
  • bought a steam deck oled, and i think a framework as well around this time?
    
  • did a weekend market for the ji spot
    
  • met kc at his bar, some cool people, the politics guy
    
  • thanksgiving dinner at david's way down in xindian
    
  • angie / viktor suprise bday dinner, everyone has kids now lmao
    
  • final pizza dinner with emily / jesse?
    
  • 508 meeting where we increased cut from 1% to 5% lol
    
• December
  
  • gin and tonic party at the ji spot
    
  • tech gold and friends social
    
    • met some cool people including youtube cofounder guy steve chen
      
  • chat with red room guy
    
  • useless retro with zach
    
  • leni joins 508
    
  • copyright for the ji spot settled
    
  • meet with tom fifield about international talent taiwan
    
  • that random taiwanese dude's digital nomad meetup
    
  • gold card christmas potluck party
    
  • the teddy interview goes live, start meeting with endless new 508 members
    
  • houston trip
    
  • new years party at the ji spot
    

    so exhausted, landed 6am that day back in taiwan, had 100lbs of flour lol

this is what my last year was about

• Personal life, family
  
  • visiting houston and the usa and aunt sara many times
    
  • tammy and i going through some rough patches but seemingly resolving them
    
  • aunt sara's cancer diagnoses
    
  • my family visiting taiwan
    
  • my mom talking about moving here and interviewing with KC
    
  • having fubu, then not having fubu
    
• Career, studies
  
  • some interviews that i didn't get the job from, maybe because market is bad this year
    
    • layoffs in gaming and software
      
  • cofactr really being my big thing like the year before
    
  • looking at some other contracts, like favorited, and failing favorited
    
  • 508 popping off towards end of year
    
  • starting a restaurant
    
  • stayed on top of mandarin even if not fluent
    
    • brief period of daily lessons
      
  • switching completely to manjaro
    
• friends, community
  
  • qing killing herself
    
  • visiting riley and hannah and their wedding
    
  • brief clubbing period which kicked off me really getting into photography
    
  • burning man, meeting burning man JP people
    
  • meeting nadine and doing tons of hangouts
    
• relaxation, hobbies, creativity
  
  • cruise with tammy
    
  • digging deep into photography, getting xt5 or did I have it already?
    
  • good huandao, and the scooter one too
    
  • solidifying my self hosting thing
    
  • lots of cooking parties
    
  • read SHITLOAD of books
    
• physical health, fitness
  
  • nothing of note, failed to lose weight
    
  • a couple long bicycle rides
    
  • going to gym with marcin briefly towards the end
    
  • tons of stretching
    
  • almost no jogging lol
    
  • was fasting for a long time, didn't really work
    
• mental health, self-knowledge
  
  • getting off ritalin, and back on buproprion
    
  • seeing therapist, then switching to couple's therapy
    
  • an ok amount of meditation
    
• habits that define you
  
  • getting into GTD
    
• a better tomorrow
  
  • pedestrian rights protest
    
  • 508 becoming more real
    
  • my interview with teddy
    
  • more anarchist than ever
    

six sentences about my past year

• the wisest decision i made….
  
• biggest lesson i learned
  

  probably sticking with tammy? jeez idk if i made many wise decisions i'll probably be very grateful i did so many visits to aunt sara

• the biggest risk I took…
  
  • opening a restaurant
    
  • leaning in to the co-op
    
• the biggest surprise of the year
  
  • aunt sara getting sick
    
  • starting a restaurant
    
  • qing's death
    
  • enjoying wisconsin
    
• the most important thing i did for others
  
  • visiting family and aunt sara?
    
  • leading my family around taiwan?
    
  • inspiring people at 508?
    
• the biggest thing i completed
  
  • the favorited contract?
    
  • the parent's trip blog post?
    
  • the taidong trip blog post?
    
  • the split the sweet potato huandao?
    

six questions about my past year

• what are you most proud of?
  
  • visiting aunt sara a couple times despite people pushing back on me
    
  • leading food camp at burning man
    
  • starting a restaurant
    
  • getting lots of people into the co-op
    
  • doing a ton of stuff last year
    
  • biking to danshui on no food
    
• Who are the three people who influenced you the most?
  
  • tammy
    
    • lots of questioning of myself and what i'm trying to do with my life
      
  • aunt sara
    
    • by nature of her mortality
      
  • amos, oddly enough
    
  • charlie
    
  • riley
    
  • some anarchistss
    
  • that guy on the boat that hit me with the triple knockout of conservatism
    
• Who are three people you influenced the most?
  
  • tammy
    
  • my mom
    
  • sam?
    
  • zach?
    
• What were you not able to accomplish?
  
  • losing weight
    
  • mandarin fluency
    
  • journaling as much as I want
    
  • meditating as much as I want
    
  • reading as much non fiction as i'd prefer
    
  • wasting any time on timewasting stuff like reddit/youtube
    
  • business success
    
  • as much involvement in g0v as i'd like
    
  • as much new engineering skills as i'd like
    
  • as many blog posts as i'd like
    
  • learning lots of philosophy
    
  • learning math
    
  • as much motorcycling as i'd have liked
    
• What is the best thing you have discovered about yourself?
  
  • i do have creativity, in photography. I might have discovered that the year before
    
  • i can handle a restaurant i guess?
    
  • i can handle enormous amounts of pressure and organization of people
    
  • i can remember things and people, so long as i practice
    
• What are you most grateful for?
  
  • tammy patience
    
  • riley becoming a pretty chill cool emotionally healthy guy
    
  • friends like amos, craig, yun, emily and jesse, thomas, kc, shawnee
    
  • photography existing
    
  • motorcycles existing
    
  • open source software
    
  • taiwan being an option for me
    
  • good keyboard
    
  • videogames
    
  • books
    
  • anarchists
    

the best moments

• hanging with craig drinking tea, just relaxing and talking about aunt sara
  
• being on the boat with tammy, relaxing in tub
  
• motorcycling through the mountains, documenting bugs and plants with inaturalist
  
• gaming with riley playing that group challenge game, or minecraft
  
• most of the meetups and networking events were quite joyful
  
• relaxing spa with tammy after parent's visit
  
• scootering with the family
  
• kicking the corn in the corn maze that my dad planted
  
  • cold, autumn
    
  • dad, mom, colette, natalie
    
• breakfast at hannah and riley's
  
• just vibing in korea
  
• sushi with tammy, most of the times lol
  
• standing paddle board on the taidong trip
  

Three of my biggest accomplishments

• list your three greatest accomplishments from the last year here
  
  • a successful parent's trip
    
  • expanding the co-op
    
  • food camp burning man
    
• What did you do to achieve these?
  
  • tons of planning, spreadsheets
    
  • constantly putting myself out there
    
• Who helped you achieve these successes? How?
  
  • amos for burning man i guess
    
  • tammy for the parent's trip, a ton
    
    • and my neighbor matthew for the scooter
      
    • as well as friends that came to my birthday ktv and picnic
      
      • like emily and jesse
        
  • sam with the co-op
    
    • and michael and zach a bit
      
    • nestor for sure
      

Three of my biggest challenges

• List your three biggest challenges from last year here.
  
  • the parent's trip planning was super stressful i remember
    
  • the food camp was overwhelmingly stressful, combined with USA trip right after
    
  • the restaurant was nuts, combined with several trips i had to take
    
  • the favorited contract, nightmare. managing zach
    
  • the relationship and figuring out what we were doing
    
• Who or what helped you overcome these challenges?
  
  • tammy helps a lot with the restaurant
    
  • delegating helped with 508 and the food camp once i got a hold of people
    
  • talking to friends
    
• What have you learned about yourself by overcoming these challenges?
  
  • my capacity for organizing, management, and keeping a good head on my shoulders is phenomenal
    
  • i really don't crack under pressure anymore
    
  • i'm a good leader
    
  • i've grown a lot, can listen now
    
  • off ritalin, i do need to work very hard at staying on task and focused
    

Forgiveness

• very angry i dind't lose weight, not really about forgiveness, just need to do it
  
• same for mandarin
  
• maybe grouchiness over lack of help with burning man?
  
• maybe grouchiness at zach for fucking up the favorited contract?
  

Letting go

• i don't think i've really processed qing yet
  

The past year in three words

• death
  
• stress
  
• growth
  
• travel
  
• friends
  
• family
  

The book of my past year

• what is even going on
  

Goodbye to your last year

dare to dream big

• well hopefully [BROKEN LINK: e33cf8fa-f040-4352-ba8d-872d7abb6448] will be profitable and off our fucking backs
  
• [BROKEN LINK: c0116db1-543f-498a-9f6f-4f5a39750fbc] will expand and keep pulling [BROKEN LINK: 520f6d84-4e26-40f1-8c90-2179d1477291] faster than i can keep track of, become a well oiled machine
  
• i get to code and make some [BROKEN LINK: 5b6f4703-9e5c-437b-bce1-a67446940e2c] and explore new programming languages
  
• i casually chat in [BROKEN LINK: 5693032b-8714-4cee-a8b6-927322b5f786] with people
  
• i'm [BROKEN LINK: ff430d2b-e443-4ad5-8128-5662e41965ca], no more belly. pull up my shirt and be happy about it. clothes shopping without issue
  
• i have money again and can [BROKEN LINK: 8ee60c31-fe5e-4f11-a7da-14265b92a2b4] stress free
  
• some or all of my family moves here!
  
• i get to take [BROKEN LINK: 99213bf7-2fe6-457f-bfd5-600fbcdcdda4] in really cool places
  

This is what my next year will be about

• personal life, family
  
  • [BROKEN LINK: b37392b0-8c28-4bf0-b733-bddd77ca7f57] and i figure out what our plan for the future is, are we getting [BROKEN LINK: 3d1ca9c3-204a-4875-b2ed-f870d4bdfdeb] etc
    
  • i get some family out here
    
  • i'm more organized than ever
    
  • i keep my house managed well
    
• career, studies
  
  • i get to do a little [BROKEN LINK: 5b6f4703-9e5c-437b-bce1-a67446940e2c]
    
  • i learn a new programming language
    
  • my [BROKEN LINK: 1d30eaad-f2a8-400b-8218-b5880903ef81] skills are good
    
  • my [BROKEN LINK: 8cd0c83b-a47b-46f9-a748-0e0f62a90085] skills are good
    
  • [BROKEN LINK: c0116db1-543f-498a-9f6f-4f5a39750fbc] grows big, we're making good money and can keep people employed
    
  • i study some [BROKEN LINK: e7fe6314-ffc0-41d9-9574-0220d33468c3] and make some [BROKEN LINK: de6cb9c0-cb90-4d05-b8a5-16a6cdec677a]
    
• friends, community
  
  • i keep up lots of friend hangouts, making new friends, solidify my current ones
    
  • i develop myself in the tech scene here, help it grow
    
  • g0v actually does stuff
    
• relaxation, hobbies, creativity
  
  • some more [BROKEN LINK: 99213bf7-2fe6-457f-bfd5-600fbcdcdda4]
    
  • find way to relax that are joyful, not just like, feeding the bad habbit adhd robot in me
    
  • explore a new creativity, either cooking or drawing or game making or music making or something
    
  • find healthy relaxation
    
• physical health, fitness
  
  • defcon 5 for weight loss. If I don't hit 89 by july, keto.
    
  • actually go to the gym again
    
  • actually regularly do cardio
    
• mental health, self-knowledge
  
  • more meditation than last year
    
• habits that define you
  
  • stretching
    
  • meditation
    
  • weighing self
    
  • daily flashcards, mandarin
    
  • checking my year compass
    
  • journaling
    
  • reading
    
  • taking tammy on dates
    
  • avoiding time wasting activities
    
• a better tomorrow
  
  • do some shit for pedestrian rights, video, blog post, something
    
  • get some gigs for people through 508
    
  • do some anarchistic shit
    

Magical triplets for the year ahead

• I will love these three things about myself.
  
  • my ability to deep focus
    
  • my leadership ability
    
  • my organizational skills
    
  • my coding ability
    
  • my photography
    
  • my healthy realationships
    
• I am ready to let go of these three things.
  
  • time wasting brain shutoff dep vibes.
    
    • relaxation should be mindful, practiced, considered
      
  • don't let myself be controlled by distractions
    
    • like rage bait, the online attention sucking machine
      
  • not being hungry
    
    • i need to do whatever it takes to lose weight
      
  • my right to have comfort at night or in the morning
    

    if what it takes to get to the gym is going to bed earlier than i want or waking up tired, so be it

  • buying toys and spending money
    

    i have everything i need to accomplish my goals today there's absolutely no reason to get new steam games considering the size of my library lol i can't even fit them on my harddrive anymore

• I want to achieve these three things the most.
  
  • weight loss
    
  • mandarin
    
  • successful 508
    
• These three people will be my pillars during rough times.
  
  • tammy
    
  • craig?
    
  • mom
    
  • riley
    
  • sam
    
• I will dare to discover these three things.
  
  • what's it like if i can't distract my brain with something during downtime?
    

    if i'm not reading a book in the shower if i'm not on the couch after lunch with a secondary snack and videos to watch?

  • what's it take to be a good partner and friend?
    
  • perhaps start thinking about the hard questions around mortality and the rest of my life
    
• I will have the power to say no to these three things.
  
  • more calories than i need in a day
    
  • time wasting activities
    
    • reddit, twitter, hacker news
      

      already been doing very good with this towards the end of the year

    • youtube
      

      need to cancel sub. been using my little server and that's been ok

    • excessive meme viewing
      
  • sleeping in and staying up late for things that don't help me accomplish my goals
    
  • rabbithole distractions
    

    even wikipedia can be one

  • conservatives trying to say some unhinged shit. from now on i challenge
    
  • the bad side of me
    
    • the side that plays planet crafter when i should be working
      
• I will make my surroundings cozy with these three things.
  
  • low calorie warm drinks?
    
  • friends that are comfortable
    
  • cleansliness
    
• I will do these three things every morning.
  
  • flashcards
    
  • stretch
    
  • meditate
    
• I will pamper myself with these three things regularly.
  
  • long showers are still ok
    
  • good fiction
    
  • photography time
    
• I will visit these three places.
  
  • somewhere great to take photos, maybe japan or similar
    
  • deep taiwanese mountain
    
  • a country i haven't been to yet
    
• I will connect with my loved ones in these three ways.
  
  • messaging them frequently
    
  • paying attention, looking them in the eye, listening
    
  • reaching out unprompted
    
• I will reward my successes with these three presents.
  
  • a photo trip
    
  • new clothes when i lose weight
    
  • bragging rights if i learn mandarin
    
  • game coding locked away time
    
  • ROM machine
    

Six sentences about my next year

• This year I will not procrastinate any more over…
  
  • weight loss, including the sleep schedule necessary to achieve it
    
  • my fuckhuge todo list
    
  • getting an eye exam lol
    
  • solidifying mandarin
    
  • learning some new programming stuff
    
  • making flashcards for the things i learn
    
  • making flashcards after mandarin lessons
    
  • keeping the house clean
    
• This year I will draw the most energy from…
  
  • my faith in creating a better life and future for myself
    

    my knowledge of my extraordinary capability and my fear at wasting this capability

  • my general faith in humanity
    

    they do want to be liberated, and they are good

  • my belief that a better future is possibile
    

    and that i'm right about things like the co-op

  • simple habits?
    
  • my vision of my ideal self
    

    fit and can speak mandarin and knows philosophy

  • other people's faith in me and inspiration
    
• This year, I will be bravest when…
  
  • i really want to do a time wasting activity, i feel that itch
    
  • i'm hungry, or tired
    
  • i want to pretend like i'm not hurting myself
    

    such as when staying up late

  • facing down bad values irl
    
  • facing down my own arrogance
    
  • intimacy
    
  • task list is daunting
    
• This year I will say yes when…
  
  • continue saying yes to networking events and hangouts, that's going well
    
  • friends want to be closer to me, i still keep them all at a distance
    
  • tammy wants to be intimate with me and engage with me
    

    she should be more important to me than videogame time

  • contracting opportunity for the co-op
    
  • opportunities to relax, especially with friends, present themselves
    
  • opportunities to do something physical, especially with friends, present themselves
    
• This year I advise myself to…
  
  • keep an eye on tammy and regularly go on dates and connect with her
    
  • take the procrastination and focus thing seriously
    

    this is a major obstacle to many things such as good calorie tracking

  • don't give up by caving to bad habit desires
    
  • try to stay happy, do your morning happy routine
    
• This year will be special for me because…
  
  • my co-op is really expanding
    
  • i'll get to do something fun with coding
    
  • i'm actualizing my presence in taiwan
    
  • family and friends might come to taiwan
    
  • i'm growing into a new phase of my relationship with tammy
    

My word for the year ahead

• Attention
  

Secret wish