Blog idea: Urban exploration
Sometimes I like to spitball ideas for things I’d like to see out in the wild. Bear in mind, I’ve done absolutely no prior research on this topic, so for all I know, this niche has already been fulfilled. The concept is google earth lite: the blog, or google maps street view with a more human touch. The gist of the blog is to document the walk between two random destinations – say, from Read More
On sleep
Sleep is great – I never regret the extra time I spend sleeping. On the other side of the coin, I often regret not going to sleep earlier. I always function at a lesser capacity when I don’t get enough sleep. It’s unfortunate that I do stay up past my bed time, because it’s usually the case that whatever I’m doing isn’t as important as getting enough rest, and I Read More
On Hobbies and Finding Your Passion
I like the idea of being passionate about something. Having said that, I don’t really have a passion. I do have hobbies, though. For me, hobbies are something that improve the quality of my life in some way – something I can derive satisfaction from, or gain physical or mental benefits. However, they’re optional. I can do without them pretty easily, but they’re nice to have. Is it good to Read More
Rubber Duck Blogging
I have many inspirations for blogging, but I think the biggest impetus for me was this post by Steve Yegge: https://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/you-should-write-blogs The post goes on to state the various benefits of blogging, but the one I want to focus on is the concept of rubber duck blogging. For those unfamiliar with the concept, rubber duck programming is something done when a programmer is stuck on their project and unsure of how Read More
Sportsball
When I was younger, I didn’t like sports. However, over time, my opinion changed from outright dislike to grudging acceptance of sports, to genuine enthusiasm for sports of all kind. I don’t usually go out of my way to watch it if it’s on TV, but I do like going to live games. Actually, much of my enjoyment of sports are due to reasons tangential to the sport itself. Watching Read More
On The Benefits of Blogging: Total Recall
One benefit of blogging that I’m looking forward to is improved memory recall. While I don’t know if my overall memory will be improved, I will be able to better recall the memories that I’ve written in blog posts, because I’ve spent time wiring them deeper in my brain by examining them in further detail. I had a friend who would write about the food he ate in restaurants to Read More
My First Setback!
I broke my posting streak – I think it’s been two days since I wrote my last blog post. I’m actually writing this blog post at 2:00AM. I had plenty of opportunity to write up my blog post for the previous day, but I kept putting it off because I figured I had plenty of time to do it later. That’s an important takeaway from this – don’t put things Read More
On the Benefits of Blogging: Self Reflection
I’ve skimmed through the expected benefits of daily blogging, but I haven’t gone too in depth on what I’ll gain from it. After all, there’s very little reason to do something without expecting something out of it – whether it be self satisfaction from exploring hobbies, or physical improvement from exercise, and so forth. This entry will focus on one aspect – self reflection. I leave the option to follow Read More
The Theory Behind the Flywheel
As mentioned in my about page, I’m trying to build a virtuous cycle of constant improvement by writing a blog entry a day. Some of the benefits I hope to gain: Improved vocabulary Better at conveying my thoughts through text A minimum amount of time every day for self reflection There are two immediate motivators I have in mind to sustain the flywheel: The first motivator I have in mind is Read More
Placeholder for Planet of the Apes review
I was supposed to post my review for Planet of the Apes yesterday, but the scope of the article kinda grew way beyond what I was expecting, so it’s going to be delayed until I deem it ready. I’m still counting this post for Sunday, because I definitely wrote something – it’s just going to take a while. I’ll update this post with the review when it’s finished. ***Dec 19 Read More