Paul Yu

2024/6/8 Saturday

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #108

• I didn't realize that walking 20,000 steps takes 3 hours. I thought it takes like 2 hours, but no. 3 fucking hours. Do I really want to do this challenge?

2024/6/7 Friday

Notes from my stream of consciousness writing #107

• I think I'm going to go for the 20,000 steps a day challenge for seven days. I'm in a bit of a rut and I need the thing that'll get me out of this. Okay, I have my why. To lose a bit of weight and to get out of a rut. I might want to split it up into morning walk and later walk instead of doing it all at once. I'm getting excited for this. LET'S ACTUALLY DO THIS!!! Time to get my shit together.
• Will schedule my whole day now, previous days I only scheduled one or two things but time to fill in all the blanks. Thanks for reminding me, Niels.

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.