June 11, 2025Jun 11 Author 16 hours ago, Ameissen said: Ah yes. There it is. The fractured foot -- loneliness, you mentioned having felt like relapsing. Makes total sense. Have friends you can call up? Like, for hours, enjoying long conversations. If not one friend in a deep convo (which is the most satisfying in my opinion), then across multiple friends. If not, consider a (respected) app where you phone call a random stranger. I've done that before during COVID, talked to like 30+ people, it was a lot of fun. Thank you for your recommendation. At the moment I'm using HelloTalk to socialize. Although, sometimes I'm afraid that they don't reply so I start conversations with a lot of different people and sometimes I'm too afraid to check my notifications.
June 13, 2025Jun 13 Author Friday 13th Day 25: No Gaming Day 5: Meditate 10 minutes Day 9: Avoid sleeping in the afternoon for over 30 minutes 3 Things I Did Well, No Matter How Small Called gas company to fix our gas regulator, was on call for 40 minutes trying to get it fixed. Studied three new Chinese words for yoga class on anatomy Practised singing 1 Thing I Could Do Better Spend 50% of time on marketing and 50% on the product quality. At the moment I am spending around 90% on marketing and 10% on the actual product. Yin: 3 days (darkness, pessimism, addiction) Yan: 3 days (Optimism, hope, happiness)
June 14, 2025Jun 14 Author Saturday 14th Day 26: No Gaming Day 6: Meditate 10 minutes Day 10: Avoid sleeping in the afternoon for over 30 minutes Day 2: Wake up before 10 a.m. 3 Things I Did Well, No Matter How Small Studied new languages for 25 minutes Practised singing for 30 minutes Meditated 10 minutes 1 Thing I Could Do Better I could start a drawing habit. Yin: 4 days (darkness, pessimism, addiction) Yan: 4 days (Optimism, hope, happiness)
June 15, 2025Jun 15 Author Sunday 15th Day 27: No Gaming Day 7: Meditate 10 minutes Day 11: Avoid sleeping in the afternoon for over 30 minutes Day 3: Wake up before 10 a.m. 3 Things I Did Well, No Matter How Small Studied Violin Pedagogy for 50 minutes Finally booked a session on FocusMate Worked out my upper body for 30 minutes -- First time since after my foot fracture injury 1 Thing I Could Do Better I could set a SMART goal for drawing and schedule it in my calendar / trello Yin: 4 days (darkness, pessimism, addiction) Yan: 5 days (Optimism, hope, happiness)
June 16, 2025Jun 16 Author Monday 16th Day 28: No Gaming Day 8: Meditate 10 minutes Day 12: Avoid sleeping in the afternoon for over 30 minutes Day 4: Wake up before 10 a.m. 3 Things I Did Well, No Matter How Small Did 2 concentrated work units Didn't play games Meditated for 10 minutes 1 Thing I Could Do Better Reply to people on HelloTalk Yin: 5 days (darkness, pessimism, addiction) Yan: 5 days (Optimism, hope, happiness)
June 17, 2025Jun 17 Author Tuesday 17th Day 29: No Gaming Day 9: Meditate 10 minutes Day 13: Avoid sleeping in the afternoon for over 30 minutes Day 5: Wake up before 10 a.m. 3 Things I Did Well, No Matter How Small Practised violin for 25 minutes Ate vegetarian Saw my doctor regarding my foot fracture 1 Thing I Could Do Better Walk more slowly to avoid aggravating the fracture Yin: 6 days (darkness, pessimism, addiction) Yan: 5 days (Optimism, hope, happiness)
June 18, 2025Jun 18 Author Wednesday 18th Day 30: No Gaming Day 10: Meditate 10 minutes Day 14: Avoid sleeping in the afternoon for over 30 minutes Day 0: Wake up before 10 a.m. 3 Things I Did Well, No Matter How Small Played violin for 25 minutes, almost learnt the fast passage Animated for 25 minutes, didn't accomplish much but still a good effort Studied Chinese for 60 minutes with my teacher 1 Thing I Could Do Better Wow, 30 days of no gaming. I felt I was a lot more productive and felt less "scarcity" mindset as I didn't have the constant feeling of needing to do my dailies everyday haunting my mind. 60 days more to go until I decide if I want to continue on this journey. I could honestly be kinder to myself that I don't need to be productive all the time to be happy. Yin: 6 days (darkness, pessimism, addiction) Yan: 6 days (Optimism, hope, happiness)
June 19, 2025Jun 19 Author Thursday 19th Day 31: No Gaming Day 11: Meditate 10 minutes Day 15: Avoid sleeping in the afternoon for over 30 minutes Day 1: Wake up before 10 a.m. 3 Things I Did Well, No Matter How Small Recorded some violin audio Saw physiotherapist Did some rehab workouts 1 Thing I Could Do Better Don't agree to do things Iｃａｎｎｏｔ ｄｏ Yin: ７ days (darkness, pessimism, addiction) Yan: 6 days (Optimism, hope, happiness)
June 20, 2025Jun 20 Author Friday 20th Day 32: No Gaming Day 12: Meditate 10 minutes Day 16: Avoid sleeping in the afternoon for over 30 minutes Day 2: Wake up before 10 a.m. 3 Things I Did Well, No Matter How Small Did 5 concentrated work units today Did some yoga for 1 minute Ate lots of different types of fruit in a fruit smoothie 1 Thing I Could Do Better I could play the violin at least for 1 concentrated work unit Yin: ７days (darkness, pessimism, addiction) Yan: 7 days (Optimism, hope, happiness)
June 22, 2025Jun 22 On 6/11/2025 at 11:33 AM, allanjchiang said: Wednesday 11th Day 23: No Gaming Day 3: Meditate 10 minutes 3 Things I Did Well, No Matter How Small Talked to some friends on HelloTalk Had a video call conversation class with a Chinese teacher for 1 hour Studied new Chinese words 1 Thing I Could Do Better I seem to quit work/study quite early in the day when I could be doing more. I feel like I could be kinder to myself and let myself be able to relax sometimes. I think maybe I could call a helpline too. Yin: 3 days (darkness, pessimism, addiction) Yan: 2 day (Optimism, hope, happiness) Hey! What is the red and green count for? 🙂
November 18, 2025Nov 18 Author Tuesday 18thDay 1: No GamingDay 1: Meditate >3 minutesDay 4: Avoid sleeping in the afternoon for over 30 minutesDay 1: Wake up before 11 a.m.3 Things I Did Well, No Matter How SmallPlayed violin for 1 hourAir fried kumara chips mostly by myselfDrank a healthy strawberry protein powder smoothie with flaxseeds, yeast, chia seeds and nuts and went to the gym to work out lower body1 Thing I Could Do BetterWake up a bit earlierYin: 1 day (darkness, pessimism, addiction)Yan: 0 days (Optimism, hope, happiness)
November 18, 2025Nov 18 Author On 6/23/2025 at 8:11 AM, Yan said:Hey! What is the red and green count for? 🙂The red means I felt mostly negativity that day and green means I felt more positive about the day in general.
November 19, 2025Nov 19 Author Wednesday 19thDay 2: No GamingDay 2: Meditate >3 minutesDay 5: Avoid sleeping in the afternoon for over 30 minutesDay 0: Wake up before 11 a.m.3 Things I Did Well, No Matter How SmallPlayed violin for 1 hourExercised at home for 20 minutes using dumbbellsTook a 1 hour Japanese lesson1 Thing I Could Do BetterEat more healthy because the stuff I ate this evening made me feel awfulYin: 2 days (darkness, pessimism, addiction)Yan: 0 days (Optimism, hope, happiness)
November 20, 2025Nov 20 Author Thursday 20thDay 3: No GamingDay 0: Meditate >3 minutesDay 6: Avoid sleeping in the afternoon for over 30 minutesDay 1: Wake up before 11 a.m.3 Things I Did Well, No Matter How SmallScheduled a violin lesson with a new student (I'm teaching)Woke up earlier at around 10:10 a.m. compared to 1 p.m.Had a catch up with a friend1 Thing I Could Do BetterBe more assertive with my friend and tell him how I truly feel when he demonizes everythingYin: 2 days (darkness, pessimism, addiction)Yan: 1 days (Optimism, hope, happiness)
November 21, 2025Nov 21 Author Friday 21stDay 4: No GamingDay 1: Meditate >3 minutes (Meditated 16 minutes)Day 7: Avoid sleeping in the afternoon for over 30 minutesDay 2: Wake up before 11 a.m.3 Things I Did Well, No Matter How SmallWoke up earlyDrank a fruit protein smoothieWent to the gym for 30 minutes1 Thing I Could Do BetterPlay more violinYin: 2 days (darkness, pessimism, addiction)Yan: 2 days (Optimism, hope, happiness)
November 21, 2025Nov 21 On 11/19/2025 at 9:12 AM, allanjchiang said:Wednesday 19thDay 2: No GamingDay 2: Meditate >3 minutesDay 5: Avoid sleeping in the afternoon for over 30 minutesDay 0: Wake up before 11 a.m.3 Things I Did Well, No Matter How SmallPlayed violin for 1 hourExercised at home for 20 minutes using dumbbellsTook a 1 hour Japanese lesson1 Thing I Could Do BetterEat more healthy because the stuff I ate this evening made me feel awfulYin: 2 days (darkness, pessimism, addiction)Yan: 0 days (Optimism, hope, happiness)Your 3 things done well, and one thing to be done better this day seem like an amazing bunch to me. Focus on nutrition is very important in my opinion. And the progress you make in the other areas also seems very cool. It might be though that you're a bit scattered, because maybe it would be better to do for example 2 hours of either Japanese or violin rather than both. But that's just a thought from the first shallow look. I might be very wrong. If those are the two things you want to focus all your attention on it might be okay. But I guess you also have work that you want to focus on, so those are already 4 things. Just throwing my thoughts here in written form. Let me know what you think :)
November 22, 2025Nov 22 Author 23 hours ago, Yan said:Your 3 things done well, and one thing to be done better this day seem like an amazing bunch to me. Focus on nutrition is very important in my opinion. And the progress you make in the other areas also seems very cool. It might be though that you're a bit scattered, because maybe it would be better to do for example 2 hours of either Japanese or violin rather than both. But that's just a thought from the first shallow look. I might be very wrong. If those are the two things you want to focus all your attention on it might be okay. But I guess you also have work that you want to focus on, so those are already 4 things. Just throwing my thoughts here in written form. Let me know what you think :)Thank you for sharing your perspective.
November 22, 2025Nov 22 Author Saturday 22ndDay 5: No GamingDay 2: Meditate >3 minutes (Meditated 16 minutes)Day 8: Avoid sleeping in the afternoon for over 30 minutesDay 3: Wake up before 11 a.m.3 Things I Did Well, No Matter How SmallPlayed violin for an hour playing the song, "Hikigane" by Goodbye SetsunaDrank a fruit protein smoothieWoke up earlier1 Thing I Could Do BetterPlay violin even if I only have time for 20 minutes before another activityYin: 2 days (darkness, pessimism, addiction)Yan: 3 days (Optimism, hope, happiness)
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