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Gas Tank with a Hole
I feel disrespected when you cancel on me last minute. It feels like you don’t value my time. I could go to dinner with someone else or do something else fun, but I reject everyone else and end up spending the night by myself. I feel a lack of security in the relationship. You are hot and cold. This feels like a lack of commitment. It’s interesting to me that you leave exactly when I could use your love and support the most. Is it related? I often feel like no one cares about me; I feel like I'm insignificant to my partner, just like I was to my parents; and I’m afraid of being used just like my family uses me. My parents didn’t want me and it hurt so much knowing that my whole life. There will always be a hole in my heart that can’t be filled up 100%, like a gas tank with a hole in it. And when I start to get to E, I start breaking down. Are you afraid to go on a trip with me?
Old v. New
Expression is really important to us when we are young. People that express a lot are emotionally behind people that are not very expressive.
What's Not Working
People liking you is not doing anything for you..
Archive
Am I Living Up to Who I Want to Be?
My Aunt Tiabeh told me I was her favorite because I remind her of her husband — a man whose kids are close with him and love him because he dedicated his life to his family. She juxtaposed that with my father, who never did. She said she was sorry I had to grow up like that, and that she's proud of me for "building my life around my family." Her comment made me wonder: how often do I actually ask myself if I'm living up to the person I want to be? Not in a self-critical way — more like a compass check. Am I pointed in the right direction? The moments that matter most to me aren't business wins or financial milestones. They're the ones where someone who's known me my whole life looks at me and says, "you turned out good."
Intentional Experiences
- Listening to an entire album front-to-back is so much better than radio/shuffle, but I never remember that until I do it - Putting something on to listen to via AirPods while doing chores transforms the experience, but I forget that too - There are these small upgrades to everyday moments that I've discovered before, loved, and then completely lost - Why does my brain default back to the lower-effort version every time? - It's like I keep rediscovering the same life hacks over and over — the friction of being intentional resets to zero - Maybe the answer is a system: a short list of "things I already know make life better" that I actually see regularly
What needs to happen in order to move faster?
- You can’t use AI in “yolo” mode! Something bad might happen. Slow down and do it right. - I have backups so that I can move fast. - The question shouldn’t be how do we get there safely? It should be what needs to happen in order to move faster? - You need to have backups in place. Now, you can move faster.
You need to start coding EVERYTHING
- Keep making n8n’s - Get into the weeds of the code and figure out all the ways something can be done - Then, use those ways to find better automation and workflows for biz
Forced WiFi
There should be a profile that gets pushed out at venues (like Opera), that disable phones and set them to dim clocks.
Buy Businesses and Build Them
- You were meant to do this - Buy a Business - Create Value - Fix Things - Sell It Quickly - Repeat
Becoming Your Better Self
When I want to change, I just pretend to be the version of myself that I want. Next, I just become that person and never look back.
What was I thinking?
Working on home projects is so much fun. I’ve just accomplished a few great ones: - NUTS on all necessary servers - New Sonos - Converted IoT to Rack Switch - Ansible Semaphore - Move to HAProxy This makes me feel very fulfilled and satisfied. You need to do this way, way more often.
Albums are much better than the radios
You don’t hear the hits you want to hear and usually the album is more interesting
Improve motion in 3D art
You just have to add an AI algorithm taught on human motion on video, then overlay the approximation from motion capture. 50/50 might look really good.
The Best Gift for My Sisters
The best gift that I can give my sisters is a brother. Show up more and give your time.
We Share This in Common
Jess and I share the opinion that treating each other well (in spite of any negatives) delivers the highest quality of life. I love the fact that we are smart enough to realize that and we’ve agreed to it.
Practicing Whistling Is Fun
You actually a decent job with Doja Cat - Kiss Me More
I Still Want to Be Marcus Limonis
He truly has the best job on Earth
New Relationship With Time
I want a new relationship with time! I’m going to start using military time.
Kathy Could Have Been A Great Lawyer
Kathy would have been a amazing lawyer. I wish she could know.
Learn Cybersecurity Better
You should learn more about cybersecurity. You realized that some people are operating at a really high level (like creating fake orgs to throw off other hackers along with watching those fake orgs to understand who and how people would hack them). You need to be like them for many reasons.
Keep Work Separate
Your personal life might not be interesting to your team. Try sharing only when asked.
This Interesting Night
Show appreciation for every SINGLE person in your life and tell them why and what you think of them (even your mother) You are in an epic battle with judgment and this won’t be the last time! Judgment relinquishes Control / Command. Knowing your path creates more power than brute force does.. or than anything really. Know your path and you will gain infinite power. You can see 120hz in action.. you are witnessing when the LEDs turn on and off constantly moving (obvi) really fast! Example (of the higher above): I had an amazing trip last night. I get it. This is powerful. I gained a lot of nuggets of perspective, but here’s one that’s super relevant: I really love you, man. I think the reason is that you picked a psyche for yourself that you really like.. and you know what? I really like it too. You are an amazing human being. You are one of the smartest people I’ve ever met. I can’t tell you (mostly because words are so insufficient) how much I respect you and look up to you as a role model. Thank you for mentoring me and training me and keeping me sharp, like you. I’m proud to name you as one of my few inner circle friends. I feel - electrified / caffeinated - focused - like I can’t stop moving - extremely social - wanting to connect with everyone (here and away) - wanting to share my journey | Friend | Note | | --- | --- | | Ben | I had an amazing trip this weekend. I get it. This is powerful. I gained and recorded (during) a lot of nuggets, but here’s one that’s super relevant (unedited): I really love you, man. I think the reason is that you picked a psyche for yourself that you really like.. and you know what? I really like it too. You are an amazing human being. You are one of the smartest people I’ve ever met. I can’t tell you (mostly because words are so insufficient) how much I respect you and look up to you as a role model. Thank you for mentoring me and training me and keeping me sharp, like you. I’m proud to name you as one of my few inner circle friends. | | David Angeloff | Hey dude, I had an interesting trip this weekend. I took ayahuasca and felt a lot of gratitude for the amazing people that I know. You came up quite a bit and I just want you to know that I think that you are an incredible human being. You are a role model to me for consistently creating great experiences for yourself and your family. I appreciate your humor and respect your intelligence. I really love you and I’m proud to name you as one of my few inner circle friends. | | Emilia | Hey, I had an interesting trip this weekend… Lol As you know, I took ayahuasca and felt a lot of gratitude for the amazing people that I know. You came up quite a bit and I just want you to know that I think that you are an incredible human being. You have a superpower of wisdom. You see things clearly at lightspeed. I admire you for the conclusions that you draw and I respect your raw intelligence. I love you very much and I’m so proud to name you as one of my few inner circle friends. I’m also really stoked that you guys are moving closer! | | Kevin | Hey dude, I had an interesting trip this weekend. I took ayahuasca and felt a lot of gratitude for the amazing people that I know. You came up quite a bit and I just want you to know that I think that you are an incredible human being. I am always learning from you. You keep me honest and remind me how fun problem solving can be when you do it with the right people. You have a superpower of unlimited empathy and I admire that in you. Knowing someone as brilliant, kind, and powerful as you gives me great comfort. I really love you and I’m proud to name you as one of my few inner circle friends. |
Chill in the Dark More
It’s cool, it’s fun, and it strengthens you