👍: cooked both lunch and dinner, gymmed, had a good mentor call, did focused work, and reached out to friends for help with a gathering.

😕: was productive working till late, but shouldn't make it a habit

small happy things: cooked a new recipe for dinner, and made strawberry lime soda :D

tried doing a zone 2 run, it felt pretty comfortable and v slow already but turns out my heart rate was still too high. annoying but I guess that means there's much room for improvement!

oops forgot to post the last few days. good day today, felt good to wake up and get out of bed feeling purposeful instead of lazing in bed after snoozing my alarm

tough choice upcoming on whether to continue working on startup, take a job that is related to startup problem space, or look for a regular swe job...

had a great weekend but maybe it was a bit too much activity/interaction, felt v tired and unmotivated to do anything yesterday and today :/

today: was confident taking a call with a stranger (friend of a friend). did a rough organization of my notes in obsidian using ACE system

super gloomy day today, was cloudy and raining the whole day D: good that I had a 10.30am call to force me to get up

today was a good day!
- posted on insta to ask if anyone wants to join me for a course. a friend responded!
- had a focused working session in the afternoon, learning to use AI to code effectively
- did interval runs which felt good

yesterday: decided to give the startup idea another shot, thanks to an unexpected opportunity that came up over lunch with a friend. also did my gym workout at night even though it was late and I was pretty tired

yesterday: set up calendar for better management of daily life. I'm using fastmail and android phone, it's annoying that google calendar doesn't support adding calendars via CalDAV 👎

yesterday's win: went for a class that I'm interested in on my own cos no friends were interested >< asked a friend for advice on validating my new idea. also did my knee strengthening exercises at night even though I already exercised in the daytime!

win: managed to share my 2024 takeaways and talk about my emotions over tea without tearing up

happy birthday to me! had a wonderful day yesterday with my husband and family, plus birthday wishes from friends. left me feeling recharged and loved :)

Happy New Year

today's thing- went up to 2 strangers at h&m to ask them if they'd be willing to buy my gift card at a discount. got rejected both times 😅 but at least I tried!

realised that I need to take more ownership of my life, to get to know and love myself better and intentionally work towards being who I want to be. so I'm starting this experiment to write a post every day- can be something I did that I'm proud of, something I learnt, or just thoughts along the way

hello 2025! last year was an intense one, filled with

- change: got married, moved out, got laid off
- adventure: visited India, Maldives, New Zealand (experienced vanlife), New York for the first time, + Indo (Lake Toba) and Msia (KL)
- uncertainty: worked on 2 startup ideas, both not successful