0362 – latest cigarette thoughts
Thinking about cigarettes again. I went a long time without, around 6 months or so. Then I had a couple of circumstances where
0219 – letter to a young smoker
Dear younger smoking self– Your father smoked all your life, and for most of the time you never really thought much of it. I
0202 – smoking cessation and ten minute pomodoros
I had my last cigarette back in July 2014. I didn’t think that I would’ve stopped smoking so soon. I thought that I’d ha
0187 – Reading Dostoyevsky and repeating myself
I bought 10 books at a book fair a while ago days ago, one of them was Notes From Underground by Fydor Dostoyevsky, the Russi
0179 – Why can we sometimes change our habits, and sometimes not?
Behavioral change: What separates successful attempts from unsuccessful attempts? The answer I most hate is “you have to
0175 – Behavioral change is about seeking new equilibrium states, and progress isn’t pretty
This is to be my 2nd vomit of the day. It’s been a while since I did two vomits in a day. If I can maintain 2/day,
0172 – few people seem to write good book reviews
Reminiscing about past. I was going to write about my secondary school and JC days but I guess I’ll get back to that ano
0161 – Overstimulated
There’s a scene in one of the earlier episodes of The West Wing where the White House Chief Of Staff, Leo McGarry, descr
0130 – two thirty am
(moar old stuff 2013) It’s 230am and I can’t seem to get to sleep so I figure that I might as well do a word vomit
0128 – 2013 in summary
More old posts. This was at the end of 2013, 6th dec. The past year for me has been characterized by me ripping my identity to
0126 – deactivate / large number illiteracy
The following is a composite of 3 different notes I wrote in my Evernote that I never published, all around November 2013. I f
0122 – whenever i stop smoking
I wanted to talk about what happens when I stop smoking, and describe it in as much detail as possible. Why? I just felt like
0112 – I systematically overestimate what I can accomplish
I decided that I was going to summarize and “process” my first hundred vomits before moving forward. I found mysel
0105 – be aware of your addictions and dependencies
(old post- 31st august 2013) Haven’t written because I feel like I’m repeating myself and I have zero authority. N
0100B – protect your inner child from smoking and abusive relationships
This is titled 0100B because I repeated a number somewhere and decided to resolve it here. People in abusive relationships ret
0100 – quitting an addiction is like leaving an abusive relationship
Our vocabulary for addiction and personal change or development is so limited. It’s so simplistic and juvenile, and it&#
0066 – starting over, reflections on procrastination
Life may not be meaningful but it can and should be exciting. That seems to be Elon’s conclusion following his existenti
0015 – sleep early and stop smoking
Word Vomit: 1000 words in 15 minutes unedited I was up at 640am due to natural causes. I had a rather strange dream involving