Written 2025-05-09 (w2370d5).
I've finished reading Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman and took almost 200 sentences worth of notes, so I'll sift through them and post a review in the near future.
I'm taking a little time between books to sift through my glossary of ideas and incorporate what I've learned from "Four Thousand Weeks" into it, as well as tidy up the glossary itself.
I've made a weight goal I've worked towards for a while through eating one meal a day for 2-4 days a week over the past five weeks, and I want to see how much more weight I can lose through that method. I'm still 30 pounds above the top of my ideal weight range, so I've got some more work to do. I've been there before, so I can get there again.
Written 2025-05-02 (w2369d5).
I'm taking in information from my ascetic experiments last month and deciding if I want to continue them.
I'm feeling gratitude for the renewed interest in The Calm After the Storm, which I attribute to visitors from Neocities after relaunching this website. I hope those that listened enjoyed the piece, or it at least helped them find some calm. I can also recommend Twilight Surf as a calming piece that I created.
I'm reading Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman and am about 100 pages into it. I've also taken over 100 sentences of notes from it, so I anticipate I'll have a review of it posted within the next few weeks. Without diving into it, I've highly enjoyed my time with the book.
Written 2025-04-22 (w2368d2).
I'm rebuilding this website, hopefully for one last time (though I've said that many times before). The many times I rebuilt it before was with "look at me!" as the focus, whereas this time I'm aiming for "how can I help?"
I'm practicing ascetic ideas, such as only eating once a day a few times a week. Part of it is for weight loss, part of it is to save money, and part of it is for the clarity that comes with giving my digestive system a break.
I'm taking long walks in nature at least once a week to clear my head and generate ideas that bring peace of mind.
I'm taking a break from the relentless call of information gathering and sitting in the moment with myself, occasionally perusing the information I've collected and sorted. It's a time to pause and listen to myself before moving on to the next step, whatever that may be.
Music calls again, yet music uses silence as a canvas, and silence is the well I want to draw understanding from.