The problem with labelling

Labelling is a powerful tool to try to understand something that you can't seem to understand. Like fear. Give a name to your fear, and that name will help you set bounds to that fear. And once you realize that that fear has bounds, you begin to realize that it

Piano practice plan for 2020

I wasn't ready for a practice plan at the beginning of the year. But I think now is the right time. Kind of remembered to do this because of Aimee [https://www.aimeenolte.com/]'s recent video, a video worth watching: I unfortunately can't commit enough time everyday to finish

Sometimes you still lose

Spoiler Alert: Contains Watch_Dogs 1 game storyline spoilers.

Hope is the last to die

Today was a beautiful day. Got lots of work done. People seem to be talking about their new work from home experiences — I've been living it for the last 5 years! I love it. I've always been meaning to read this book by Halina Birenbaum called Hope is the last

Faerie’s Aire and Death Waltz

"Words and Music by John Stump. Arranged by Accident."

Little daily efforts go a long way

There's something about following a routine. For instance, it's more efficient to have a study routine than to only study when one feels like it. When I was still learning the keyboard, I once saw someone play really fast arpeggio-runs on TV and I knew what he was doing, but

On clever people

I just finished reading a comedy play that had a little discourse about clever people. So much has been said about cleverness. Even Jesus praised a dishonest manager for his shrewdness. (More on that on Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Unjust_Steward].) But nothing can cut

Gonna be off social media for longer

I've done this several times, starting March 2013 when Facebook was still a thing, and can't think of a single instance when it failed to do me any good. For the most of 2019 I'd check WhatsApp during weekends only, check Instagram only when I had to, and only used

Dorian's first love

I've been reading The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde the past few days. This is my first "story" book of this kind, and I was drawn to Oscar's prose, and then to his ability to describe conversations with detail, and then to Harry's character. I don't agreed to

There are many people just like you (sic)

Now we know where Mark Manson gets content for his book from 😁