Paul Yu

2024/11/7 Thursday

Time to eliminate “probably,” “maybe,” “think I could,” and “try” from my vocabulary.

Here’s the video I learned this from:

2024/11/7 Thursday

Based on stream of consciousness writing #125

A friend said she found and read my blog. I hadn’t checked or posted on it for months, so I asked what she thought of it. She said she found it inspiring. This prompted me to revisit my blog for the first time in a while. When I started skimming through, I realized that my blog is super valuable, perhaps most to me. It’s a collection of my thoughts and lessons I’ve learned, and it’s worth revisiting on a regular basis. This made me want to start blogging again.

Having even considered whether I should get rid of this blog because of the monthly and yearly costs, just reading it myself now and having a friend tell me it’s inspiring shows me that the cost is totally worth it. Even if hardly anyone else reads it, it’s worth it just for myself. So here’s to getting back into blogging and continuing it.

2024/11/7 Thursday

I’m currently persisting making YouTube videos, so my answer is experimentation.

2024/11/7 Thursday

Most successful people write every single day.

It's their first lever-moving task.

They write:

• Video scripts
• Newsletters
• Emails and outreach
• Advertisements
• Social posts
• Threads
• Articles
• Landing pages
• Books, eBooks, and guides
• Education products

If you're a freelancer, creator, creative, coach, founder, or simply a beginner looking for a way to set themselves up for a lucrative future of independent work:

Writing is the foundation of your success.

You can have a product or service, but if you don't have an audience (from writing) then you don't have a business. You have a hobby. Or just a way to feel like you're making progress.

Write for 1-2 hours in the morning.

—Dan Koe

2024/8/21 Wednesday

I’ve been posting on YouTube for over a year, but I still don’t know my niche. Then I read this:

2024/8/17 Saturday

Let me share something that I’ve been reading over and over again from the book Hell Yeah or No: what’s worth doing

I can’t help but think, maybe he’s on to something. What if I dedicate 4 hours every day to completely disconnect? I want to find out.

2024/7/16 Tuesday

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #119

• It’s been almost a month since my last stream-of-consciousness writing. The reason I’m writing this is because Austin Kleon in the book Keep Going said he handwrites journals every morning and he also said to read them regularly to see what you pay attention to.
• Started livestream vlogging yesterday, partly because I miss having a record of daily videos I can look back on and partly because of what Austin Kleon said that I mentioned above. One thing I’ll miss is that there’s no Mochi the dog and Tigger the cat montage at the end. Maybe I’ll watch them on my screen at the end to show them?
• I don’t think I’ll monetize livestream vlogs. People hate ads, Nicolas Cole said in his book, The Art and Business of Online Writing. Plus my vlogs will hardly get any views anyways.
• Am I going to write online? I mean not just on my blog but on some social media platform. I don’t know if it’s worth the extra time when my focus is YouTube.

2024/6/18 Tuesday

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #117

• I’ve been shitty at texting girls. I don’t text that often and I don’t know what to text, so many interactions have ended because of that. After asking her, one girl gave me feedback on my shitty texting. The following is what she said:
• If you're interested in me, you'd think about me and be excited to talk to me, but you're not so. Why can't you initiate a conversation? If you like me, show me. Check up on me. No need to play games. There's no such thing as boring texts if someone likes you and you like them. Be interested in what I do, how my day's going, update me on whatever you're doing. Why do you only want to text me at night? There’s no such thing as boring questions. I feel more appreciated if you text me often. Actions speak louder than words.
• That was super valuable to hear. Even with girls I’ve been interested in my texting has been so shitty. Time to learn from this feedback.