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@j-exploring-his-own-world
Self Introduction Time
Hello everyone,
I'm J. This will be my space for my English practice.
You will find me writing about different topics and maybe you will not understand 100% of it.
I hope my writing improves over time, and please feel free to correct me or even write a comment about what I wrote.
Day 23: Hello (?)
Yeah... I know... I have not been consistent with writing on this blog.
Maybe it's that I don't know what to write here. I could write about my day, but I don't think my daily life is interesting or different enough to write about. I think that if I write about my day, a lot of posts will be the same. I don't really do a lot of stuff, and sometimes I consider my life monotonous.
And lately, I've been trying to learn things, so I'm using my time to learn about AI or business stuff.
So yeah... I will try to be more consistent with this blog and practice my English more.
I need to be more serious about this.
Day 22: I came back
Hi...
Yeah, I know... I didn't come back as I said. I think I lost the discipline to do this every day, and I also didn't know what to do with my time, so I wasted it watching videos.
I think I will approach this in a different way. I'll be using AI to learn from my mistakes (my gf will hate this idea). But I will also leave how the post looked originally before the corrections.
I will try this, and see if it helps me.
Note: If you want to see how I originally wrote the posts, you can click on read more
Break
I took a break because my birthday was on March 4th, so I gave myself permission to take a one-week break.
I will keep this. I promise. I haven't given up.
But I will start again... tomorrow (whoops)
Day 21: Leg day
Why is leg day so hard?
I don't know, every time it's leg day, my whole being is terrified. It sounds funny, but yeah... it's hard for me.
I know that I need to focus on my legs because they're weak. I remember that at my work, they did a healthcare event, and at one of the booths, they were doing body checks with a machine that tells you about your muscle volume and fat level. And my results were mostly fine, my fat level was a little bit high, BUT it indicated that my legs were weak.
So I know that the day I need to focus on the most is leg day, even if I don't feel like doing it. But yeah, lately I'm doing fine, but I needed to let this out.
Day 20: My progress in English
Wow, I'm surprised at myself for writing on this blog for 20 days. I didn't do it in a row, but I'm still proud of myself.
I don't know if my English has improved, honestly. I don't see any changes, but it's starting to feel a little bit fun. Because this is my blog! And I can write whatever I want. I haven't done something like this before, so it's fun to do.
Something inside me wants to be able to write everything well or even speak fluently, but I can't let those feelings make me give up on this. Giving up won't benefit me in any way. It would just make me feel worse.
I want to try different things to improve my English, but I don't know what to try. But yeah, let's enjoy this journey and not rush it. I need to keep this up and keep building this discipline.
Day 19: Thinking thoughts
When I was cleaning the house today, I started to speak to myself to practice speaking. And while I was doing it, I started to talk about different topics.
One of the topics was about habits. I think everyone wants to start a habit, change it, or just drop it. But most of the time we focus so much on the streak, and that's very tiresome, isn't it?
Why do I say that? Because if you fail just one day, you lose the streak and your motivation could crumble, right? I think the most effective way to think about it is to not let it affect you. If you fail one day, you can keep your streak, but if you fail two days in a row, it counts as a fail. This way, isn't it more reliable? Because we don't need to be perfect, we are human, and we need to allow ourselves to fail occasionally. Isn't it from mistakes that we learn the most?
And if you're trying to drop a bad habit, don't be harsh on yourself if you slip up during the day. Instead, accept that you did it, but remember you have the rest of the day. You still can complete the rest of the day without doing it, can't you?
So change how you see your streak, it can improve how you see yourself and your progress.
You can do it! I'm proud of you. Be your best ally, not your worst enemy.
Day 18: An exhausting day
I feel like I didn't do much today, but I'm exhausted.
Maybe it's because of the planetary alignment, I don't know. I know it doesn't affect anything, but I need to blame something for it.
Maybe it's because of the past few days or work. I feel like I need to take a long nap to feel well again.
Also, today we confirmed that I don't know anything about popular culture. We all know about that but yeah... Why? I don't know much about actors, actresses, movies, or TV shows.
I don't know how people know so much about those topics. In my childhood and teenage years, I was so focused on playing video games, so I didn't have much interest in anything else.
Maybe that's why I don't know what to talk about when having a conversation with someone. Yeah... sometimes I feel alone because of it, but I can't force myself to watch or learn something that's not of interest to me.
Day 17: What I did yesterday
Yesterday I didn't write anything here, but I wrote a few things at work in English. I think that counts, doesn't it?
Also, I didn't do it because I went to an amusement park and it opened late, so when I came back, it was already too late. And I didn't have any energy left in my body.
It was a fun time. But to be honest, I don't know why there were a lot of groups meeting there to see a car show, and it was a little bit scary. I don't know if they're usually part of the amusement park, but yesterday they were.
Also, I'm a coward because most of the rides scare me. Maybe I don't have much faith in how those rides are assembled, lol.
But yeah, fun times.
Day 16: No energy
Today, I have no energy.
Why? I don't know. Maybe because I messed up my sleep schedule. But hey, I haven't quit working out. That's a win. I'm proud of myself.
Some days I feel this way, and it's okay. Maybe I need a break. Maybe I want to break this routine I currently have.
How do people have enough energy to do things after work? I don't know the answer.
I didn't plan to write on this blog today. But I can't just give up, right? I think these few words would make the day count.
Good job, me.
Day 15: Someone bought me a frappe
Today at work, someone asked me if I was allergic to anything because he wanted to buy me a frappe. Why? Because over the past few days, I helped him with a migration of something at work. IT stuff.
The migration was awful. It should be something easy to do. Change the path that it was referencing and give it read and write permissions, and that's it! BUT I don't really understand how it works, because the Data Center team told me it should work the way I did it, but it didn't! Some of those accounts use another account internally to read and write, but we didn't know about that until we tried everything!
Why didn't the Data Center team, which is responsible for configuring those accounts, know about it?! I think my workplace has spaghetti infrastructure...
Anyway, I think the frappe was to compensate the bad moments I had investigating what was happening...
Day 14: Running out of time
I don't know if I'm the only one, BUT I feel like my time is escaping from my control.
Let me explain. I wake up early in the morning to prepare for my corporate job, and when I come back home, almost 12 hours of the day have already passed. That's insane!
Then I have almost 4 hours left to do what I want, but I also want to work out, so when I finish, I need to take a shower and have dinner. That's another 2 hours.
So I really have 2 hours left to do what I want. Is that enough to make a change? I want to learn something new and keep practicing my English, but I feel like I don't have enough time to do many things.
I don't like feeling this way. How could I manage my time better?!
Day 13: Chinese New Year Events
This weekend I went to two Chinese New Year events and I didn't like them at all, because I remember that in my childhood they had more things to see and more variety.
Well, the past few years were worse. I think this year they were trying to revive that spark of what it was in the past. Or maybe it's just me, I'm grown up now and don't like those events anymore. When someone is a child, they see everything as new and like it. Maybe I'm just not interested in that anymore.
But I can't deny the lion dance is very interesting to see. If you're thinking about attending one, I recommend that you don't miss the lion dance.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a hater. I just don't know what to think of these events anymore 😭.
Day 12: Meeting new people
I'm an introvert, and I'm very bad at getting to know new people.
Every time I'm at a new place with new people, I don't know how to behave or how to start a conversation. I'm just a listener to the conversation they are having.
Most of the time, I'm a listener. I think I'm just very bad at sharing my thoughts. And how can people know a lot of things?! When people are having a conversation, they change the topic frequently and each of them adapt to it, it's like they know everything. I really don't know how they do it.
Is it me that I don't know anything? Or do people know too much? I don't know. I should learn how to have a conversation.
Day 11: Don't be a trash
Please don't be a trash person.
If you don't like something, say it. If your feelings are no longer there, say it. If something is uncomfortable to you, say it.
Communication is important in every aspect of your life. It helps the other person understand how you are feeling. Don't just go and act like trash or do something awful.
You can make mistakes, that's okay. But don't betray someone who supported you in every aspect of your life. Be grateful. Be respectful.
I really hate people who betray someone supposedly important to them just because they have a temptation for something.
If you no longer have the same feelings, please let the other person know and end things. Don't stab them in the back.
Day 10: I don't know what to write
It's my first time writing on a blog, okay?
I'm very bad at writing stuff. I only write things down when I feel overwhelmed, so this is new to me.
I thought I would have different topics to write about, but in reality, not so much. I can write about my daily life, but I think it's kinda boring. It's the same every day: doing work stuff, working out, watching Youtube videos, sleeping, and repeat.
I used to play videogames, but right now I don't feel great when I do it. I should listen more to my girlfriend and read more. Being immersed in a book doesn't sound bad at all. I should learn to read again (lol).
Yeah, this is me. Writing whatever is coming to my mind. See y'all tomorrow.
Day 9: Taking breaks
I'm very bad at taking breaks. Because I feel I'm breaking a streak.
Yesterday I didn't write anything because I was outside, and when I came home I was tired.
I know that breaks are necessary. It's like working out: you train and then you need to rest, so your muscles can grow. If we overdo anything, it hurts us more than it helps.
Maybe I just want to see results fast, and that's why I stress myself out when I don't see any progress. But like someone said: It's not hard. It's new.
Note to myself: Rest and don't put so much pressure on yourself.
