Sometimes my greatest strengths lends to my biggest problems. But isn't this the case for anyone? So what's the use in thinking about such, except this universality is just the fact that it is something to consider. 

It's the well known things that get us. Reverse Psychology, Sunk Cost Fallacy....

I have a funny thing I do on this site. Because the read/unread feature was implemented sometime in February, there's a lot of posts that I have read but are marked as unread. These show up on my main feed when I show up to the site.

For awhile I was...

When I was in  Europe I wondered how  Americans could tolerate having to drive when going to even the most essential places like the cafe or the grocery store.

In Europe I thought it was good that cafes were essential by acting as a place for people of all ages to...

If you do something ten days straight but drop the ball on day 11, restarting will feel especially hard. But I believe this only to be the case when I decided not to show up. When I could've done it but made an excuse. Whenever I've taken a day off...

"They had something come up."

"Mm."

"Friend situation."

"Oh no. That's too bad."

"I'm still hanging here. Alone. Got the whole day off."

"Not much has changed then."

"I thought today would be different. I was looking forward to today, Syd." he smiled.

"Well it's just another day, Val."

"I'm okay with that. I've come to enjoy routine."

Syd...

therealbrandonwilson asked me whether the kimchi I made with my mom is better than I've had previously. The answer is yes.

Taste-wise it's about the same as what my mom has always made, and I'd peg her as an above average kimchi maker....

Ern contemplates it.

"Sure. I'll take that refill."

Already his second cup of coffee and Effie's no where to be found. She probably hasn't left the nursing home yet.

Ern keeps glancing at his phone, the only thing besides his coffee mug and a single sheet of moist napkin that's on...

It's easy for the hungry to appreciate food just as it's easy for a binge eater to despise their attachment to food. The key is to appreciate the importance of food while not becoming enslaved by it. The key is to nourish yourself with the food without losing respect for...

One thing I love about software is how asymmetric the output is to the input. Maybe this is why when many developers  burnout they reach for things where the input and output are intimately linked. Things like  gardening and  baking bread. 

I love the latter too now. For the most...

I remember my first time watching  Breaking Bad feeling more world like. The arcs that the character went through felt like phases more than just something that happened as part of a plot over a few episodes. 

This time around I can see things develop and I'm astonished how quickly...