Goals: (in 4 categories - areas I’m working on!), -Health/selfcare -Economy/optimization -Creative/practise -Education/work Motivation:, My main motivation and focus: “to optimize my mental, social and

source This was such a strange, bleak, and poignant exploration of human existence. Kafka explains very little. Kafka simply presents it: this happened. That lack of explanation becomes part of the story's

this morning's workout felt solid. Push focus, so I did some kettlebell overhead press, pushups, clubbell casts, and tricep press. Then just one set each of rows, squats, deadlifts, curls, crunches and

source I finished this a week ago, but only typing up my thoughts now. This was the second time I've read this book, and what struck me the most was that...Merricat is likely autistic. She has rigid routines

source I've actually lost my mind - am I really curious enough to read the rest of these books? I was mostly intrigued by how well I rated the first one- the combination of a surprisingly flawed, troubled

I've been brainstorming a way to refine the push/pull/leg split to meet my needs. I find that because I can only do one session of each per week (to allow for recovery, mostly), the group of muscles that

source After my random run-in with Anne Tyler a few months ago I have been generally interested in reading more of her work so here I am. And it's a book about an old guy? I love books about old guys!

Noticed that last time I time-blocked myself, i received good result and success even though it was unpaid WFH internship. (It finished) This time I will time-block myself to finish a project. I will write

source I loved this book but it did play with my feelings. I feel a bit of grieve towards the older gendarme Odile but at the same time I'm happy that she got out of her misery. By dying yes, but also

To know how my free-time in the morning is spent, I actually see what my ideal day looks like. And to see what my ideal day looks like, I know what I wake up to every day. I have a vivid vision of how

source It took me a long time to finish this one which is strange because the story itself isn't too difficult to parse or navigate. I wondered if it was a case of fatigue because I read a lot of stories

I like to do this regularly and I thought I would share today's here. Any time I feel like I'm clinging to being right. I like to write myself a note using ChatGPT from the frame of someone who sees things

source I'm not a particularly politically savvy person so, especially in the policy info dump chapters, I found myself needing to do side research to understand what was going on and even then, I didn't

source I'll just begin with my thoughts on writing cuz I loved it! The prose felt lyrical and immersive without ever tipping into being overly flowery. There’s a poetic quality to the way the writer captures

For last Week's Goals Goal for the week 2/52 Learn programming for 3 hours evryday Workout everyday except Sunday Sucess or failure?: Failure Proof I worked out everyday and studied some day. What went

My session at the gym this morning was pull focused: seated cable rows, lat pulldowns, bicep curls, and tacked on some back extensions because my lower back absolutely loves them. I only did 2 sets of

source Spoiler-free review: A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking is about Mona getting unknowingly involved into some serious trouble when she comes across a body and we see her try to figure out things

source I want to beat up Mona Awad for doing this to me AGAIN, why must she consistently have decent ideas that are pulled off in the most asinine, long-winded and pretentious ways? I genuinely think that

source Finished. I can see how others found it to be a slow read. After Hamnet died, I was surprised how much of the book was left, to spend so much on mostly plotless grieving. But ending with Agnes seeing

I was eating a LOT of processed foods, feeling hungry 24/7, and I was just not feeling well and I was gaining a LOT of weight. I started eating whole foods, trying to eat clean, cutting out pasta and bread