Paul Yu

2024/6/5 Wednesday

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #105

• What do I do now that I posted my "I quit social media for 7 days" video? The response seems good, people seem to like it, but I gotta move on to the next video.
• Timmy said to make the best videos you can without worrying about upload schedule. In that case, focus on quality. But that's not even the issue right now. The issue is the idea.
• I could do book reviews, that's an idea, although I don't know if it'll get loads of views.
• I guess I could search YouTube for ideas, challenges that people have done, and do them myself.

2024/6/2 Sunday

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #103

• Now that my no-social-media challenge is over, what will I do about watching YouTube? Will I continue to ban myself from it? It was good when I was reading a lot. Time better spent reading than binging YouTube. Definitely should limit myself at least. Gotta watch less, read more.

2024/5/30 Thursday

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #100

• Four things I learned from Leo Gura on how to not run out of things to say: make observations of all sorts, make stupid assumptions of all kinds, say stupid shit that comes into your mind, talk about yourself more (your past, present things on your mind, and future dreams)

2024/5/28 Tuesday

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #98

• I read the book Slight Edge yesterday. The author says that if you want to make your goals come true, write it down (make it specific and time-bound), make a plan, and read it every day. I’ve been writing my goals down whenever they changed, but it’s time to write them every morning next to my gratitude writing.
• My goals are to go to the gym 5 times a week and read every day.
• I have stopped brainstorming video ideas since I’m working on my one no-social-media challenge video, but I better come up with more.

2024/5/25 Saturday

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #95

• Yesterday before I deleted Instagram I saw a story where a few people I saw last week met up without me. That's the worst part of Instagram, making you feel left out. It's not the fact that I missed out, it's that one or more of them didn't want me there with them. We were people that had met for the first time last week and they liked each other but didn’t like me enough to invite. I don't need to see that shit. I'm better off not looking at other people's stories.
• I wonder if these stream-of-consciousness writings are of any help. Been doing them every day for two weeks and I don't know if I see a big difference in anything. Maybe I’m just not aware of it? Don't know if I have much to say about them even if I try to make a video out of it.
• During this no-social-media challenge, I will read as much as possible.

2024/5/24 Friday

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #94

• Deleted all my social media today. Doing a 10-day challenge. Timmy is the reason I'm doing this challenge (he suggested doing 30-day challenges like Matt D'Avella). I guess I'm going all in on this video and I don't know if it'll pay off. It's an experiment. I'll film myself every day and make the best video possible. It won't be my usual video. I wonder if it'll be worth the 10 days.
• Another idea is "I tried eating only meat for 10 days". Ideally, I only eat grass-fed meat but I don't know if that's possible. I'm interested to see what happens, how I feel, and how my body responds. I wonder if there's a place I can do blood tests or other measurements to track changes in my body. It'll limit my being able to eat out. That'll suck.

2024/5/18 Saturday

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #88

• The advice from Timmy yesterday was that when it comes to making videos, personal experience and personal thoughts are king. Don't just spew out advice from books, speak from personal experience or give your honest take on something. Then the video can't be copied or replicated by others. You stand out. It's harder to do that with advice videos because that means I have to try out the advice beforehand, but they would make for better videos for sure.
• I've been slacking on going to the gym lately. The past 3 weeks I only went 2-3 times per week. Really need to step up my game, although my left wrist is still not completely healed from its sprain.
• Scheduling doesn't mean I follow it, especially if I sit on the couch. Once I sit on the couch I don’t want to get up. If I want to follow my schedule, I should not sit on the couch.

2024/5/17 Friday

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #87

• A tip from Chris Williamson: text your friends whenever you're thinking about them. Just say, "Hey (name), I thought of you and hope you're doing well." Very simple. I like that a lot.
• Another tip from Chris Williamson was to say what you want from someone. Not saying what you want is breeding resentment. So tell people what you're thinking: what you want from them, what you think about them, when you like something they do, and when you don't like something they do.
• Do these brain dumps help with my reflection or gaining insights? Maybe, but the benefits feel subtle. I've been doing them every morning for a week now, can't say I've seen a huge benefit.