Brain Dump | Morning Musings

Majority of people don’t care about who you are. They only care about what you have to say.

That was what some internet marketers said about making viral content. It’s interesting how back in the day we’re always asked to introduce ourselves but these days who we are doesn't seem to matter at first. What matters is how we can capture people’s attention that are now pretty rare. I am one of those people who believe that we have evolved to have the attention span of goldfish. If you can’t really hook anyone even in the first sentence, you’re done for.

Welcome to my brain dump, it’s morning and when I am able to sit down, sipping a cup of coffee while contemplating about life and emptying it out a little.

Okay, so back to that idea of marketing. I think that holds true especially if you want to capture a big part of people’s attention these days. But at the same time, that also restored my faith in humanity that ideas and what we have to say matters more than who we know/our connection. I don’t necessarily think that connection doesn’t matter but at large scale, seeing how ideas are valued just restores my faith.

It's the holiday season where I am at and this time, it feels a lot different. When my grandma was still alive, the house would be a lot more lively. But now, it loses its warmth and that spirit of holiday. At the same time, we’ve received big news that Ray is going to have a baby & he’s no longer with us too. He’s with his new family and waiting for the baby to be born. So, the house missed two important people. Then, I started thinking lately, what would I do if both of my parents passed away too? While I hope for them to be around much longer, those kinds of thoughts bother me a lot these days. Perhaps, it was just the momentum that I was in the middle of grieving and so are the family.

Get some sun!

I used to hate how my bedroom faces east & how I can even see the sun from the balcony. Sometimes, it feels like I can even reach the sun with my own hands. I used to hate all of that up until recently. It’s so funny that I supplement myself with Vitamin D while it literally is in front of my doorstep. I can just open the door and sunbathe free of charge. I noticed a huge difference when I was sitting facing the sun for more than 10 minutes and then went back. It somehow brightens my day and lifts my mood. It’s why I’ve been doing it almost daily now except when it rains the whole day.

Obviously, sometimes I don’t do it because I was caught up with some unimportant stuff. It’s something that I have had difficulty to do lately, sticking to a damn routine.

Speaking of routine, I remember something that I came across years ago when it comes to self-help. The idea is that what you look like represent your routine and habits. For example, if you’re overweight/obese, that could mean you almost rarely working out and doesn’t really eat clean. If you look unkempt, that could mean you’re pretty lazy and rarely does any cleaning. While the idea is fairly simplistic and sounds a bit shallow, I honestly believe that. For me, because I was lazy working out and rarely did that, coupled with unbalanced eating, I literally could balloon to more than 200 pounds. So, I am trying my best to stick to some healthy routine without having some type of burnout or breaking my bank account too. Since I think there are parts of eating healthy that can be expensive, such as proteins. I know there are cheaper alternatives but I need to limit anything that has soy.

Clean and Aesthetic doesn’t have to be expensive.

Don’t you just love it when you see a place with matching colors and organized drawers?

I was one of those people that enjoyed watching aesthetic content. I think when you arrange things neatly and pleasant to look at, it just wants us to be in there for long. It’s also why I love staying in cafes because they are optimized to be clutter free and pleasant to look at. However, when you look at the things needed to achieve some type of aesthetic, they can cost and arm and leg. That's why these days I believe in restoration and cleaning rather than buying new items to beautify a space. More often than not, cleaning is all it needs to keep a place comfortable and liveable.

I am taking an example of my own space. They are not necessarily bad. In fact, the size of it makes everything a little daunting to clean. When I timed the amount to clean everything, it took about 2 hours and that only covers the first floor area. The second floor would take another hour. The other day, my mom decided to clean out half of the second floor and she transformed the place into a cleaner spot and almost unrecognizable. The place used to be so dirty that I couldn't even move around. She took about half a day cleaning it and she didn't even ask for my help. She just cleaned and when I woke up, it was pristine clean.

This gets dragged on for too long. I guess that’s about today's dump. It’s my time to soak in sunlight. See you next morning!

	𝘔𝘢𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳 . 𝘈 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘈 𝘳𝘦-𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰.