Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #151

• My girlfriend noticed that on Instagram I saw her story but did not “like” it. Long ago, I’ve deleted Instagram and replaced it with DFinsta (DF stands for distraction-free) and I don’t see stories on my home screen. I only see stories among the people I’m messaging in the messenger page. I think checking who saw your story and who liked it is toxic. It’s exactly one of the things I hate about Instagram. I feel like, if you post something, you shouldn’t be able to know who saw it or who liked it, and you should only see comments. That’s the way YouTube works. You don’t see who liked it or who saw it, you only see comments. There’s so much more peace of mind because then it doesn’t matter who saw it or who “liked” it.

• Cal Newport, the author of Deep Work and other bestsellers, said not to waste time on interacting with posts from your friends. Don’t hit that like button. Instead, reach out to your close friends for a call or quality in-person time. In fact, better not to see any posts from your friends at all and just hear about it directly from them.

• My uncle said that social media is a useful tool for keeping in touch with tertiary friends. Friends that you’re not super close with but friends that you’re on good terms with and hardly see. You can see what they’ve been up to (although you can’t really tell how they’re doing because you have no idea what’s going on inside of a person regardless of outward happy appearances). My question is, is it even worth keeping “in touch” with tertiary friends? I haven’t done that and I’m just fine, meeting a few friends in person once in a while is all I’ve needed.

Based on stream of consciousness writing #125

A friend said she found and read my blog. I hadn’t checked or posted on it for months, so I asked what she thought of it. She said she found it inspiring. This prompted me to revisit my blog for the first time in a while. When I started skimming through, I realized that my blog is super valuable, perhaps most to me. It’s a collection of my thoughts and lessons I’ve learned, and it’s worth revisiting on a regular basis. This made me want to start blogging again.

Having even considered whether I should get rid of this blog because of the monthly and yearly costs, just reading it myself now and having a friend tell me it’s inspiring shows me that the cost is totally worth it. Even if hardly anyone else reads it, it’s worth it just for myself. So here’s to getting back into blogging and continuing it.

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #119

• It’s been almost a month since my last stream-of-consciousness writing. The reason I’m writing this is because Austin Kleon in the book Keep Going said he handwrites journals every morning and he also said to read them regularly to see what you pay attention to.

• Started livestream vlogging yesterday, partly because I miss having a record of daily videos I can look back on and partly because of what Austin Kleon said that I mentioned above. One thing I’ll miss is that there’s no Mochi the dog and Tigger the cat montage at the end. Maybe I’ll watch them on my screen at the end to show them?

• I don’t think I’ll monetize livestream vlogs. People hate ads, Nicolas Cole said in his book, The Art and Business of Online Writing. Plus my vlogs will hardly get any views anyways.

• Am I going to write online? I mean not just on my blog but on some social media platform. I don’t know if it’s worth the extra time when my focus is YouTube.

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #117

• I’ve been shitty at texting girls. I don’t text that often and I don’t know what to text, so many interactions have ended because of that. After asking her, one girl gave me feedback on my shitty texting. The following is what she said:

• If you’re interested in me, you’d think about me and be excited to talk to me, but you’re not so. Why can’t you initiate a conversation? If you like me, show me. Check up on me. No need to play games. There’s no such thing as boring texts if someone likes you and you like them. Be interested in what I do, how my day’s going, update me on whatever you’re doing. Why do you only want to text me at night? There’s no such thing as boring questions. I feel more appreciated if you text me often. Actions speak louder than words.

• That was super valuable to hear. Even with girls I’ve been interested in my texting has been so shitty. Time to learn from this feedback.

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #114

• Yesterday’s 20,000 steps were miserable by the end. It was Day 5 of my 7-day challenge. My feet were hurting and I was tired of walking. Even while listening to Dr. K, by the end it felt like too much walking.

• My Samsung Galaxy Fit 3 smart fitness band/watch arrived yesterday. We’ll see how long I use it.

• It’s a constant struggle to get myself to schedule my whole day.

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #113

• Yesterday was Day 3 of 20,000 steps. Last night I fell asleep within 20 minutes even though I went to bed an hour earlier than the night before at 10 pm instead of 11 pm. Seems like walking 20,000 steps is definitely helping with falling asleep quickly.

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #111

• Jon Jon checked that I earned a cumulative $19 up to yesterday from AdSense. My videos are making me money.

• Chase is right. YouTube is no longer a hobby for me. It’s my job. I’m actually getting paid to make videos now. Okay, I better not slack off like I have been for the last week. Let’s work hard and it’ll pay off big time eventually. LET’S DO THIS

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #108

• I didn’t realize that walking 20,000 steps takes 3 hours. I thought it takes like 2 hours, but no. 3 fucking hours. Do I really want to do this challenge?

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #107

• I think I’m going to go for the 20,000 steps a day challenge for seven days. I’m in a bit of a rut and I need the thing that’ll get me out of this. Okay, I have my why. To lose a bit of weight and to get out of a rut. I might want to split it up into morning walk and later walk instead of doing it all at once. I’m getting excited for this. LET’S ACTUALLY DO THIS!!! Time to get my shit together.

• Will schedule my whole day now, previous days I only scheduled one or two things but time to fill in all the blanks. Thanks for reminding me, Niels.