Journal

2020 has been a year of books for me. Though I missed the year-goal, I did read 18 books — way more than I've ever read in a single year. This did mean I spent less time on the piano. And ever lesser time on hobby projects. (I did

Me trying to understand why I do not burn out that easily.

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

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's recent video, a video worth watching: I unfortunately can't commit enough time everyday to

Spoiler Alert: Contains Watch_Dogs 1 game storyline spoilers.

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

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

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

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.) But nothing can cut close enough to this: ... Jack: Is that clever? Algernon: It

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