- COVID-19: 3rd wave in HK. Lock down again. No dine in after 6.
- COVID-19: Globally, 20.6M confirmed cases, 749K deaths.
- COVID-19: US was a complete mess. Shocking. HK did ok.
- HK and China- National Security Law. China is exerting its influence globally, forcefully. Quipping with the Trump US. Messy.
- We have had many years of relative peace. World War ended in 1945, which was 75 years ago.
- Tech rules the world these days- Amazon, Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, Tencent, Alibaba. And they have been targets for antitrust probes, misinformation, and national fights.
- TikTok became the punching bag between the US and China. US said it would ban the app in the US. First ever.
- This year is the election year. Trump is up for his second term. Biden teams up with Kamala Harris.
- HK cancelled its legco election, because of the pandemic. It is annoying because the pan-democratic folks have the momentum to win the majority.
- The NBA paused, and now have resumed. They are inside a bubble in Disneyland.
- 9 year old + 2.5 year old.
- Belcher’s for a year now. Love it. Very grateful.
- New site of our school almost complete. It is beautiful.
- Wife now has a room to work in.
- She could eat and lead better.
- I get to hug her almost every morning.
- ⭐️I still feel very bad about what happened. At the same time, I am forever grateful that she stuck with me. This, is the most vivid reminder of the feeling and power of love.
- I am on my own, running enliven works.
- It has been a failure, which I am ok with at this moment.
- I am on a newsletter binge.
- I have a unified idea of who I am online. I am happy with it.
- I exercise every other day, either at home doing bodyweight workout, or at the gym.
- I have gained 4KG in the last 6 months.
- It was because of a mental health episode – binge eating.
- I am taking 50mg of lamictal and 20 mg of Fluoxetine.
- I am happy with my mental condition. It’s stable at this moment.
- Ups and downs still exist, but in general I have a better handle of it at this moment.
- I am almost done with my dive into philosophy. The feeling of “there is nothing new under the sky” is strong.
- I strongly feel it is time to create.
- I don’t eat as strict anymore. Almost some bread everyday.
- I do recognise and notice how good my life is- healthy immediate family (physically and mentally), mom is alive. I have enough money.
- I am looking for a job, because we are burning 40,000 (second mortgage to support the school) + 40,000 monthly expenses. My own gig doesn’t make enough to support it.
- Job search has been very slow. I felt anxious I still got rejected as often as before. My title at Apple was BD manager. I am looking for VP GM roles in tech, sportswear, lifestyle brands, new tech startups.
- I meditate every day for 20-40 minutes using Sam Harris’ app.
- I have been more aware of the idea of “consciousness and its content” more often.
- I find it very helpful to be less attached to most things.
- I am using theBrain to put my thoughts together.
- The path I am on right now is communication, which I call “Cassandra.”
- I feel I have found something looming. It is around the edges of how we communicate, and then live a better life. It’s broad and vague. But I am seeing an anchor for my otherwise very random thoughts.
- My goal was to be useful in the mental health world by 50.
- My current personal philosophy: be useful, do good work. Becoming clearer, and “oh wow.”
- These are “characteristics” I want to “work diligently” on- compassion, grit (purpose, patience, perseverance), curiosity, humility, appreciation of beauty and excellence.
- I am working on relaxing and taking breaks.
- Overall, I feel grateful. I am in a good place. Thank you.
