I maintain a diary of my feelings using Daylio which I publish to this site daily. I wrote a bit about it on my blog, if you are interested in how and why.
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I felt good
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I can see the light at the end of the tunnel on the big refactoring project. Excited to start brainstorming another tomorrow.
Hitting a wall on an Album Mode.party project. I want to be able to sync my library across devices, but since I don’t have a centralized server, I have to do it P2P, which is really hard, as it turns out. I might just feature flag it for now and come back to this at a later date?
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Sunday, chore day
Made a delicious peach salsa + halloumi + couscous + arugula dish for dinner.
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Went to a programmer meet up in the city at a bier garden. Everyone was very nice and there were some fun overlaps in our past. I should def go to more of them.
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Went to a concert with Stav & Michelle at Rubulad. It was so nice to see them and the space was so nice.
Work went pretty okay and was quiet.
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I felt meh
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Had some helpful meeting in terms of unburdening myself.
Made my favorite pasta ever and it turned on the best it ever has with some tweaks to the recipe.
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I’m getting very excited for this lil documentation project I’ve been working on to go live somewhere.
Finished season 2 of Never Have I Ever! Such a funny show. For a show about teenagers, it’s got cringier moments than Curb or Ramy.
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I felt rad
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The documentation project at work is going real good and I’m finally happy with the results, just gotta finish the tedious work of copying things.
Album Mode.party just keeps getting refined. I made it such that you’ll never get the same recommendation twice in a row. I need to finish the audit of the albums reviewed by publications so that there are way less errors.
Spun up our wedding website, that will be the next project that I need to work on.
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I felt meh
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Did a bunch of repetitive Vim’ing today to collect docs. Getting close to done with that!
Felt bad at the end of the day, let’s see if I feel better tomorrow!
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I felt bad
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Had the Sunday Scaries. Just felt out of it all day.
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I felt good
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Lazy day around the apartment. Nice to recharge.
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Talked to Rick @ Astoria Bier & Cheese about our wedding. Left with a lot of homework, but in a much better place!
Saw Bullet Train with Kris. It was alright, very dumb and violent. It’s like a Deadpool stylized Snowpiercer with Brad Pitt doing his best The Dude.
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I felt rad
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Working on a fun documentation project at work that I think I’ll be able to knock out of the park.
Hung out with Kris & Blaire on their roof in Brooklyn. It’s always nice to see them and their friends!
Rachel and I had a great talk on the train home that really cleared the air on some of the bad vibes we’ve been having.
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I felt good
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Therapy was very helpful today. It was a reminder that I need to keep communicating, listening, and understanding others limitations while also making mine clear.
Got to work on some fun documentation stuff today that I hope to wrap up tomorrow!
Album Mode.party continues to get refinement. I think I made it faster while also limiting my calls to the Spotify API. Just gotta keep chugging on it.
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I felt good
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Work was interesting and I’m excited for the future.
Made a delicious pesto pasta with roasted cauliflower. I marinated some red onions in garlic and lemon juice and tossed them on the cauliflower for the final 10 minutes of roasting and woooow so good.
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I felt rad
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Got so many projects wrapped up at work. Feels like a weight has been lifted.
Started playing Ace Attorney Investigations. A slight variation on a format that I love. It’s very silly tho.
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Chore day!
Binged Dopesick, Keaton killed it as per usual
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Astoria Bier & Cheese party! It was nice to visualize how our wedding might play out there AND we got to meet some neighbors!
Mopped the floor for the first time in months. So much cleaner!
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I felt good
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Wrapped up a long project at work (hopefully!)
Side project is popping off, I have text of Wikipedia along with recommendations now.
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I felt rad
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Busy yet fun day, got some kudos at work.
Had a nice call with Paul about design stuff, he was very helpful!
Made Rachel laugh a bunch, which cheered her up. She’s toe deaf (sic)
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I felt good
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Work went well, all things considered. Was able to hit flow a few times despite all the meetings.
Album Mode.party is cruising!!!! I added a bunch of fun new functionality (random genres and play something like what I’m listening to) and a bunch more style tweak. Meeting with Paul tomorrow about some design stuff.
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I felt meh
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Work was a blur, but I’m feeling a little better about it
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I felt meh
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Work went pretty okay, I can see the end of the tunnel on an integration project and some client work, lord willing
The vibes continued to get worse today with a dinner disaster
Album Mode.party is getting close! Cracked a nut on some navigation that needs more refinement but is a huge step forward!
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I felt bad
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The vibes were just off in our household. Rachel’s in a bad mood, I lost it after our fridge fell apart putting away groceries. I think a lot of stress is just getting released right now, which might be good and natural.
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I felt rad
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Went to Long Island to visit Alex & Katherine. They were such gracious hosts and it was truly nice to see them and their dogs.
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Surprisingly productive day at work. Capped it off by learning about sexual harassment.
Watched The Bachelorette with Rachel. Having two of them at the same time is gonna be wild.
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I felt rad
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Got a fastball at work that I think I hit at least a single on, maybe a double. We’ll see how it goes!
Talked to Emily about food and drink for my lil engagement party. I’m very excited for it!
Made tteokbokki for dinner, turned out supper good, will definitely make again!
I’m so very excited about the progress on Album Mode.party! On top of it being extremely useful for my day to day music discovery, this new redesign is getting to the point that I really like looking at it. I feel like I’m sitting on it because I know it’s good, but I only have one chance to make a good impression once I start pushing it publicly.
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I felt good
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Work went okay, excited for tomorrow!
Caught up with the Talent Inc crew for dinner! So nice to see everyone!
Fixed a bunch of things on the side project. Will it ever be perfect? No. Am I sitting on it for too long? Yes. Can I square this circle. No.
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I felt rad
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Got a nice meaty task at work today that let me hit flow
Went to the Toro y Moi concert! What a delight! Postman was way better live and he has such a large back catalog as he was touring two albums.
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I felt meh
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Didn’t feel great so took a sick day
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Saw Adam & Emily at her art show
Got delicious Ethiopian vegan food for dinner
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Relaxing day
Made spicy pork chops for dinner
Watched the Bob’s Burgers movie, it was pretty good
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I felt meh
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Felt a little under the weather and stayed in bed all day.
Finally finished Apollo Justice, that last chapter had some unique mechanics that made no sense BUT I wish they were in every game.
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I felt good
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Took the day off
Got a tattoo AND a 2nd COVID booster. So many needles.
Met some of Rachel’s coworkers in Central Park, they are all so nice.
We ended the day reading, which is always an underrated way to end the day.
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I felt meh
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I was up, but then I was down at work.
Talked to Emily and Jami about what our engagement party will be like in September. Will be super fun!
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I felt good
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Work went a lot smoother today. Things are becoming more clear and I think I can handle it.
Went into Manhattan for a dentist appointment and got Korean BBQ with Rachel afterwards. So very tasty and it was nice to chill outside and see the city.
Spent a little time watering my lil side project gardens. Ended up adding playlist discovery to Album Mode, which was fun.
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I felt awful
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Terrible no good day at work
Got a haircut and went for a walk to clear my mind. Hazen St is so beautiful.
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I felt bad
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Depression day, did nothing but mope around.
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I felt rad
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Went to a Mets game with Justin. They won in extra innings on a walk off. It was nice catch up with him.
Watched When Harry Met Sally with Rachel when I got back.
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I felt good
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Did a lil important work on my day off. No sweat, had to be done.
Wandered around Manhattan with Rachel in the rain. Ended up eat small plates through the Lower East side on our way to Kōan’s poetry show.
Really enjoyed the poetry show. Continuing to think about bird ribs, buckets of hard candy and structurally unsound museums with rocks in them.
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I felt good
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Summer Friday make up day! Played tennis and relaxed. Felt good.
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I felt meh
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Rachel and I got in an argument about skincare
Work was very stressful, launches are always a busy time!
Excited for a few days off.
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I felt good
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Work had me down a little bit today, but I got a second wind after work that allowed me to fix all the problems I was having. We will see how it shakes out tomorrow.
Made some progress on learning guitar. I figured out how to read tabs and play the beginning of The Walkmen’s While I Shovel The Snow. Need to figure out for the play the meat of the song with chords, but that will come, I’m sure
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I felt rad
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Got a waterfront lunch with Kris & Blaire! So nice to catch up with them.
Went to H Mart and ended up making cold kimchi noodles with white beans. Used a Granny Smith apple instead of pear on it, which was very tasty.
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Went to the Curtail show and saw a bunch of bands that I didn’t know that I loved play.
Talked to my dad for a bit about picking up guitar. I’m able to play the open chords to the song that I want to pick up first, just have to get super comfortable transitioning between them and doing a lil fingerpicking to get there. My fingers sill hurt and have baby blisters.
Got drunk, sent memes, and ended up ahead and going to a Mets game next weekend. Life is a highway.
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Spent time trying to learn the guitar. My baby fingers are so raw and breaking them in is going to hurt!
Went to dinner at the Pomeroy, which was surprisingly good.
Found 2 nice shirts at Buffalo Exchange.
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I felt meh
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Did a lil work yesterday as I was on call
Guitar showed up, gonna be a long road to learn it, but I’m excited
Stayed up late watching TV.
I think I’m battling a lil bit of depression and I’m not sure why.
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I felt meh
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So excited for this week to be over
Made veggie nachos for dinner. Very time consuming, but I can’t argue with the results.
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Finished King of the World, a book about Ali, wow so good.
Tomorrow will be a normal day at work, which I’m very much looking forward to.
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I felt bad
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One more day of long meeting before I can get back to fun stuff.
Struggled to make this smashed zucchini salad. Flavor wise, it was good, just should have used cucumbers and my common sense instead of following the recipe exactly.
Made a lil Lambda to push updates to my Tydbit.
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I felt meh
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Work was exhausting and there are more exhausting days to follow
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Basic Sunday chores + I cooked a nice dinner
Watched the John Early/Kate Berlant comedy special, it was so silly
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I felt rad
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Slept in very late and had a lazy day
Hung out with Chris & Steph, so nice to see them as it’s been too long!
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Con: had to work on a Summer Friday. Pro: worked on something fun and new without distractions.
Isaac’s birthday party was fun, nice to see people.
Came back from the party and coded up a Tidbyt widget. Very proud of that.
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I felt meh
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Work was very engaging today. Hopefully tomorrow will be quiet and I can focus on things.
Didn’t eat today. Not a huge choice, just didn’t. Probably a bad idea.
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I felt good
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So close on this consulting project at work being done, excited to get it off my plate.
Added Reddit support to my lil side project app. I probably won’t use it, but it could be fun to maintain?
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I felt meh
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Finally got to write some application code for the first time in a bit!
I got kudos on this integration project I’m working on (and can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel)
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Was sick all day in bed ☹️
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Had a depression day where I just played video games all day
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Cleaned the apartment and had an otherwise relaxing day
Rachel’s parents stopped by Astoria on the way back to their house. It was nice to see them and show them 3 blocks of our neighborhood
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I felt good
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Worked like 2 hours before realizing that it was a Summer Friday for work.
Did some more research on whatever this Internet Explorer thing is going to be.
Got an outdoor seafood lunch with Rachel before we picked up some metal bowls and a cutting board from the restaurant supply store
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I felt good
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Knocked out a bunch of work on an importantish project
Had a 1:1 that helped me see things straight
Made pork chops & bok choy with an orange pan sauce that was worth the work
Rachel and I commiserated about feeling useless but not actually wing useless
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I felt meh
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Resolved some conflicting information at work, which allowed me to run on a current task. I also completed a major documentation task that I’m happy to have off my plate.
Rachel and I had a bunch of fun conversations over dinner, which was a shaved Brussels sprout pizza
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I felt meh
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Work was a lil frustrating. Hopefully I can work through it and everything will work out for the best.
Started reading a biography of Ali. It’s so interesting that the first 2 chapters don’t focus on him at all.
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I felt meh
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Work was a lil rough though I think I got through it
Watched all of the Finals game, gonna bandwagon for the Warriors because I love a good underdog story.
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Relaxing Sunday
Did all the shopping alone, as Rachel was at a wedding shower. It was peaceful and I pushed the shopping cart all the way back to my apartment as a lifehack
Finished The Staircase. Rachel thinks he did it, I think they are all flawed, but the owl is the real culprit
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Traveled back from Austin. Trip started with a little drama, but it all subsided as the day went on. We flew back separately because of booking issues, which is always interesting.
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Last full day in Austin. Went to Barton Springs, learned the Texas 2 step, and got BBQ.
Minor lil fight when learning the Texas 2 step. Neither of us have rhythm and it was just a lil frustrating.
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It was sad to say goodbye to my friends at Chord.
Got to see Koān and met Ryan at a wine bar.
Got delicious 🌮!
Was slightly let down by trip #2 to Barton Springs, as the pool was closed. You really need water shoes to enjoy the free part.
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Rachel joined me in Austin for a relaxing weekend! Got to meet all my coworkers and we were merry.
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So much team swimming in Austin
Had the best BBQ!
Skipped the late night activities to rest up
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Traveled to Austin for my work’s offsite
It’s so nice to see everyone and be merry!
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Traveled back from the Berkshires. It was nice to be in nature.
Packed for my trip for Austin.
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Beef squashed
Took a nice hike at the cobble, Rachel accidentally ate a bug and we saw an owl.
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I felt awful
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There was a giant fight after Shabbat dinner that frankly was unacceptable and needs to be rectified immediately.
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I felt rad
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I got to see my sister and her wife in Amherst! It’s such a nice town and they are so happy!
Driving 3 hours total was a slog.
Shabbat dinner was pretty good, though I was nauseous from all the driving.
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Worked half a day and then went upstate to see Rachel’s parents
I get to see my sister and her wife tomorrow!!!
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I felt good
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Switched my phone plan to Verizon so I can have signal in the country
Got some good feedback at work today, some of my work is being copied in a good way.
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I felt good
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Work went okay
Wrapping up some side project stuff for launch
Gotta stop eating hot dogs 🌭, they were a mistake to plan multiple meals around 😭
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We went to the park to enjoy the nice weather on Memorial Day!
I made hot dogs and potato salad (with vinegar instead of mayo) for dinner, very big successes!
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I felt good
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Just a quiet day in
All caught up on The Staircase. I’ve said it once, I’ll say it a thousand times: Owls are the scariest apex predators. They eat/attack whoever they want and they do it at night. Their heads are on literal swivels and they are pissed.
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Bought a new mattress! It’s Memorial Day, duh.
Got to hang out with Justin at Heart of Gold. Always good to see him and catch up!
Ugh tried to switch my phone plan to Verizon and ran into issues that were no fun. Might have to go back on Tuesday.
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I felt good
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Finally finished this long doc I was working on at work!!! A weight has been lifted!
3 day weekend!!!
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Woke up not feeling great so took the day off to rest
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Wrapped up the document at work, tomorrow we go live!
Have a bunch of ideas for the side project. Need to balance new things vs sharing it more publicly. I feel like I have one chance to make a good impression and a little bit of design could go a long way to improving that.
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Feeling a lil under the weather, had a headache, maybe I have the cooties?
Almost done with this large document that I’m proud of. Tomorrow, if I’m alive, it’ll be done!
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Was exhausted after yesterday so I slept in and didn’t leave the apartment
Knocked put some of the tasks on the side projects, so very close to being done
Made a really good carbonara, I shook it with two bowls after seeing that top on Twitter, it was a game changer
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Chaos wedding in Prospect Park, nice to see all the Barnard peeps
It was so hot and humid, it sapped all my strength
Went home and watched Chip n Dale, which was very funny
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Went to the Grouper show with Rachel. It was so good and very relaxing, I thought a lot about things. Also nice to sit during a concert.
Finished this long document at work, hopefully editing is a breeze.
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Cooked a white bean primavera that turned out excellent. Also finished a coconut vanilla rum ice cream, very pulpy but I like it that way.
Excited to assist in my first tech interview tomorrow!
Work went okay, I just need to hit flow to finish this doc.
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I felt rad
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Work went well, getting close on this large piece of documentation I’m writing, will probably be able to share it tomorrow?
Oh Lordy, the side project is 98% there. I added a dark mode and the ability to login with Spotify to get a random album.
Rachel made a delicious chicken, mango, cucumber salad for dinner and I prepped a coconut rum ice cream. Great day for food!
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I felt good
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Work went a lot better today and I was finally able to hit my flow! Excited to continue it tomorrow!
Made a really good dinner of crispy grains, halloumi and smashed cucumbers 🥒. Will make again!
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I felt good
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Work was a little unproductive but I’m feeling hopeful about tomorrow!
Really getting close to sharing album
mode.party with the internet. Need to make a dark mode and tweak some queries and it’ll be done for a bit.
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I felt good
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Olivia came to visit and I got to cook dinner for her! So nice to catch up and entertain.
Woke up very late as I was exhausted from yesterday.
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I felt rad
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Went upstate for Lisa & Toni’s wedding! It was so beautiful and nice to see people we haven’t seen in a bit!
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I felt rad
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Took a surprise day off to recharge
Went and saw Everything Everywhere All At Once and it was so good! Really identified with the dad’s character and his kindness.
Rachel and I went to The Dollop podcast taping and laughed a lot. The story was very wild and about a lady that couldn’t sing but kept paying to be in operas.
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I felt meh
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Felt a little weird today. Oh well.
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I felt good
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Slowly writing a document at work and realizing I’m out of my depth. It’s hard to write about things I don’t know much about.
Stayed up late playing with a new static site generator framework. It’s kind of good but also kind of a trash fire. Ah well, worse ways to spend my time!
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I felt good
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Work went well! Wrapped up a task or two and started on a larger document to explain what we are.
Made a red pepper + gnocchi dish that was very tasty
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I felt meh
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Work went okay. Spent most of the day hunting down a bug and documenting it it (no trailing slashes on URLs are hard for some reason!?!?)
Rachel made a very good shrimp and kale salad for dinner. Real highlight of the day.
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I felt good
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Cleaned the apartment and went shopping. It was nice to get back to our typical Sunday.
Talked to my Mom for Mother’s Day. She enjoyed her flowers and seemed well.
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I felt meh
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Slept in and had a lazy day
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I felt meh
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Work went okay, half finished a bug fix, nothing goes fast these days for me.
Finished Detroiters, what a silly show!
Added searching by artist to my lil side app. It’s getting so close to a v1 release somewhere.
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I felt meh
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Work was a little frustrating. It’s like that sometimes, I’m sure it will pass.
Successfully gave the cats baths!
Made burritos for dinner!
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I felt meh
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Big meeting went just okay. Progress!
I need to leave the apartment tomorrow for a walk, getting a little stir crazy.
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I felt rad
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Nothing but good stuff today. I’m getting Summer Fridays for the first time in my life! I finished some fun documentation that I’m going to present tomorrow.
My landlord finally got back to me on renewing my lease and it was $200 less than what I was expecting, he tacked on a free month without even asking!
Rachel went into the office so I got to play music on my speakers. Pump up the jamzzzz!
Side project tasks are getting done and I got some great feedback today on it from someone I respect!
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I felt rad
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Work went pretty good. I got in the mind of a new customer so that I could identify what docs to write. More on that tomorrow!
Side project is getting really close to shareable! I gave it a little personality and some help text while sanding down some rough edges.
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I felt good
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Visited Hayden in New Jersey! It was so nice to catch up with him, even though we didn’t do much.
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I felt rad
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Lazy day, slept in to recover from the busy week
Had an excellent dinner at Jungsik. The kimchi ball bonchon was a highlight, as was the excellent wine and great service. We were glowing by the end!
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I felt good
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First day back at work in my office!
Rachel went out as I was too tired to do things.
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I felt meh
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Flew back from Miami. It was a fun work trip, so nice to meet everyone!
My flight was delayed by a few hours so I needed to cancel some plans. It sucked but couldn’t be helped.
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I felt rad
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Day of meetings in Miami went great. Got to sit and talk with a bunch of people I don’t get to see very often.
Went to the beach! Died laughing when one of my teammates wanted to find “beefcakes” on the beach.
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I felt good
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It was super fun working with people in person today. Lots of discussions about the future and whatnot.
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I felt rad
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Traveled to Miami for work!
Met my coworkers at a way too loud club. Everyone is so happy and energetic!
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I felt good
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Recovery day after our super eventful Saturday! Mainly just watched TV and talked to family about the proposal and caught up.
I travel to Miami tomorrow for work! First time on a business trip!!!
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I felt rad
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I got engaged! Threw a little party with all our friends afterwards!
We went and saw Funny Girl on Broadway, so funny and adorable.
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I felt rad
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Went to the Empath show, that was a top 5 set that I’ve ever seen, I was beaming the whole time.
Ate way too much Nepalese food for dinner.
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I felt good
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Demoed stuff at work yesterday that people are excited about! Let’s see what might come of that excitement?
Went to the Garbage Day meetup and was surprised to meet people that I knew or knew off. Very fun group of peeps, will probably go again.
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I felt good
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Recorded 2 demo videos for tomorrow, I hate my voice.
🍃🍂🌿
Unplugged after work for a bit, no more working late this week.
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I felt good
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Work went fine, it was one of those ADHD days where nothing clicked until it did and I knocked the task out in an hour.
Really making some good progress on the side site. I made a kanban board for tasks, so you know it’s serious 😂
Made a roasted veggie salad for dinner. It was surprisingly good, but it did take an hour to make. Might be something I keep in my back pocket to use up straggling veggies.
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I felt good
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Work went okay, mountains became molehills, which is always good.
Added more features to my lil album finding app. Gonna buy another domain for it and think about some more design later this week.
Got my first haircut in months!
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I felt good
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Traveled back to the city, it was nice to see the Shumans.
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I felt rad
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Saw The Lost City in theaters, it was a very silly romp.
Went shopping with Becky where she dropped the line “If my mom was here, she would buy me everything” in response to us being stingy. Classic Becky!
Setup the parents’ new AppleTV, they seem pleased with it.
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I felt rad
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Passover Seder was very fun!
Went to Great Bearington and bought a bunch of tchotchkes with Becky. It was very funny to watch her eat jellybeans and a smoothie at the same time.
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I felt rad
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Traveled to the Berkshires for Passover weekend. Already had a great time making Matzoh balls and entertaining Rachel’s sister. Hopefully tomorrow goes good as well!
Started reading How To Be Perfect, it’s really funny and educational.
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I felt rad
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Last day of work before Passover weekend!
Got some really good feedback at work, gonna stay on my grind tho.
Made more progress on my lil side app, I should share it sometime next week.
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I felt good
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Rachel went into the office, it was nice to be alone for a bit.
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I felt good
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Finished an issue at work that was bothering me a bunch. Tomorrow, hopefully I can get back to some experimentation!
First day on some new medication. It’s supposed to make me feel relaxed in the evening, which I must say that it is.
Started a new side project that will automatically suggest albums to play for me on Spotify. I already have it partly working, hopefully I can have an MVP out this week.
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I felt meh
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Cleaned and had a quiet day in
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I felt rad
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Made a frittata for breakfast with leftover kale from last night
Went on a trip to Manhattan to pick up fig arak for Passover. Also decided to go to Zabars for gravlox and rugelach for dinner.
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I felt rad
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I’m so close to some massive improvements at work AND I feel like I’m making progress on my actual task at hand!
Went on a lil Astoria date night with Rachel. Got beer & cheese and then went to the Thirsty Koala for delicious Australian food.
Time for a relaxing weekend!
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I felt good
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Had a really good psychologist appointment. I think we’re going to try adding a medication that will slow me down a little at night and maybe decrease another medication.
Finally got a full day to work on my new project! I already have a PoC of it working and then I noticed a bunch of low hanging performance bugs that I was able to knock out as gravy on the mashed potatoes! Just tickled pink to be able to get back into flow!
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I felt rad
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Finished a big task at work and now it’s time to do some fun experiments!
Finally got a Tweet deletion script working!
Caught up with Nick, so nice to see people thrive!
Rachel made a very good tofu dish for dinner!
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I felt meh
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Started the day off with a walk, which I think helped a bit.
So close to being done with this task. I’ve learned a lot doing it, which is important, but I’m excited to do something more fun.
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I felt bad
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Work went okay.
Ugh I think I need my medications adjusted, things are not going well for me mentally.
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I felt good
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Made a delicious dinner of branzino with a broccoli salad.
Assembling a dresser was surprisingly relaxing and satisfying.
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I felt bad
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Had more anxiety flare ups because I couldn’t sleep. I need to figure something out.
Started watching Old Enough, a Japanese reality show where toddlers do their first errand on their own. It’s so cute and funny, perfect eye/mind bleach.
Swept and mopped all the floor, will probably do more cleaning tomorrow.
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I felt meh
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Did some detective work at work today, was a slog, but sometimes it’s like that.
I feel like I’m in a little bit of a malaise. Maybe it’s cause I’m worried about things, maybe it’s because I’m cutting back my drinking, maybe it’s that I’m not sleeping well or maybe it’s a little bit of all of that?
Gonna focus on cleaning this weekend to get myself back to accomplishments and routine.
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I felt good
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Got my first set of Invisaligns! My mouth is in minor pain, but this is my next 30 weeks, not much I can do about it.
Bustdown is such a funny show!
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I felt good
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Excited to be back on call and on my detective shit.
Finished my site conversion to Next.JS, now I can ignore it for a few months.
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I felt good
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I presented some ideas at work that I think went well! Let’s hope this project continues to go well!
Finished up my site conversion to Next.JS. I’m pretty happy with the result, as the Gatsby site was getting very annoying!
Made a roasted fennel + grape salad and a steak for dinner, both turned out excellent.
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I felt good
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Everything at work is coming together, can’t wait to work with some new people tomorrow!
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I felt good
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We got to see Theresa and Jen! They seem to be in high spirits despite all that has happened.
Cleaned and shopped, what a day.
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I felt good
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Super lazy Saturday where we watched movies all day and chilled.
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I felt good
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Took the day off cause I wasn’t feeling well
Ordered a delicious pizza and watched a few movies.
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I felt meh
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Very tired from last night. Gotta take it easy going forward.
Lots of great meetings today!
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I felt good
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Notes are going well at work, feel like I’m getting close.
Stayed up late and started porting my personal site to Next.js because I am tiring of Gatsby’s little quirks that break things. So far, I dig it, but it’s an adjustment.
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I felt rad
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Got to see Hilary and Hochi for the first time in months. We went to Saigon Social and split like half the menu. Everything was so good and it was great catching up with them!
Really enjoying talking walks and thinking about work during the day. It’s helping me. Need to start my day earlier if possible and take my coffee on the walk daily.
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I felt good
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Work went well, wrapped up a task (sorta) now moving on to something more interesting. Lots of great meetings with people I haven’t gotten to talk to much.
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I felt meh
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Still recovering from my food poisoning. Felling better, but still tired and have a fever.
Made it back to NYC in one piece.
Binged all of Bad Vegan, really dug it, can’t believe people can get so wrapped up with manipulative narcissists like that tho.
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I felt awful
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I got a really bad case of food poisoning that kept me in bed all day in a lot of pain. I think I’m going to be able to bounce back tomorrow tho!
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I felt rad
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Really fun Friday in the Berkshires. We went to Lennox to get fancy vinegars and got lunch. Rachel and I went for a hike at the Cobble, which was very relaxing.
Shabbat dinner was fun! Got to talk to Howard a lot about Judaism, made crispy potatoes and drank a lot of wine.
We got the engagement ring so we can get engaged soon!
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I felt good
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Went to the movies with Jonathan. Really did not like Cyrano, it was very cringe.
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I felt rad
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Traveled up to the Berkshires to surprise Jonathan. He was surprised!
Celebrated Purim with Rachel’s family. What a wild tale.
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I felt bad
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Ah man, this Browns news has me all worked up and stressed out. This is more nerve wracking than all of COVID. It’s probably it great that so much of my personality is tied up in a sports team. Maybe I should stop rooting for this poverty franchise?
Got around to watching Mad Max Fury Road! Helluva action flick, loved how weird and exciting it was!
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I felt good
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Shipped some stuff at work, that felt good.
Didn’t have the energy to make demo videos for various reasons.
Had a good tennis lesson, tho one of the other students annoyed me quite a bit.
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I felt good
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Was able to finish a fun TypeScript puzzle at work. It was pointless but I learned a lot. Now to make TikTok’s for the demo on Thursday.
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I felt good
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Traveled back from upstate after a nice brunch.
Finished The Great Ace Attorney 2, pretty good yet predictable ending.
Cats are just so happy that we are home. Cuddling us like crazy.
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I felt rad
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Went upstate for Lisa & Toni’s bachelorette party! Everyone is in such good spirits and it’s nice to see them. So much 🍷
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I felt meh
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Homemade pizza for dinner! 🍕
Feeling a little better than earlier. Hopefully this weekend is relaxing.
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I felt bad
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#anxiety Feeling a little bit anxious at the end of the work day. I think it’s caused by the fact that I’m behind my own estimates of where I should be on my tasks. I also feel like a fraud because I feel like I keep breaking things by not paying attention.
If I were to look at the situation more objectively, I got a lot done this week. I was also distracted today by having to interface with an external vendor for something an exec asked about. So all in all, I’m being too hard on myself and I should enjoy my weekend.
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I felt rad
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Got some great feedback at work and was able to get into flow coding. Really enjoying my new job.
I think I’m 95% done with the AWS transition for my API! Gonna make a short blog post about it.
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I felt rad
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Another day in the office, it was pretty good, but pretty rowdy. Excited to stay home tomorrow to focus.
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I felt rad
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Went in to the office and met a lot of my coworkers. It’s nice to experience the ambient hum of the business. Going to go in tomorrow to experience it again.
Went to the dentist and they convinced me to get Invisalign. Ugh I’m like a 31 year old teenager. Got my license and now I’ve got braces.
Went to the Microphones concert with Adam & Issac. It was a very weird concert where Phil played a 46 minute song with meandering lyrics and lots of droning feedback. I have very mixed feelings about it but overall, I liked it.
It was also very nice to catch up with Isaac! Him and I have ended up in similar places in life but we were able to get right back into the swing of things so easily. I really want to hang out with him more, let’s wait for that housewarming invite!
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I felt good
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Got a lot done at work, excited to break things tomorrow that I didn’t know existed.
So close to having my personal infra all on AWS Lambda. I have the SQLite working just need to get the build hook 💯 and I’ll never have to think about this again!
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I felt rad
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Got lunch with Anjie and went to Emily & Adam’s art show. So nice to have a social day.
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I felt good
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Relaxing Saturday! We slept in and got breakfast delivered. Did a little cleaning and got a date night dinner of ramen.
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Movie date night! We went to Ruta Oaxaca for dinner (Rachel got a bunch of shrimp in a hollowed out pineapple that was beautiful, I got octopus tacos, everything was so good). We then saw the new Jackass, which was so funny.
Really thinking through my project at work. Lost of subtle differences between codebases that need to be accounted for.
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I felt good
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Rachel and I got in a fight last night/this morning and I had to sleep in the other room because I couldn’t put up with her teeth grinding. I really hope the doctor has some thoughts about how to address this.
New tiny project at work is fun, tho challenging. I was able to pitch a feature today that I might get to do, who knows.
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I felt good
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Had a really good therapy session. Anxiety is just a part of me, not me, by putting a name in it, I can manage it like anything else. I’m going to work on writing down what is making me anxious in the moment so I can see trends.
Wrapped up another thing at work and started a secret side project that probably isn’t going to go anywhere.
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I felt good
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Work went okay, excited to start a new thing tomorrow!
Nearly died laughing while watching Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar. What a wacky movie, really picked a style and stuck with it.
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I felt good
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Work went great, finished a card and wrote some things down. It was nice being able to think clearly.
Being on call for this team can be… disruptive. Not anything bad, just pulls me out of my flow sometimes.
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I felt good
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Relaxing Sunday in which we went grocery shopping and canceled all other plans cause we were tired.
I made a maple salmon with caramelized cabbage, salad and bread. Turned out fantastic and I felt great eating it!
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I felt meh
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Took the cats to the vet. They were very cute in their boxes and very well behaved, all things considered. They are now “geriatric” cats and will probably need their food changed, depending on blood work.
Just felt tired all day and stayed in instead of going to a concert.
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I felt bad
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I felt sick so I took a day off. Slept and played the Switch and that’s about all I did.
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I felt good
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World is on fire, but I’m trying to keep it light in this apartment, as that’s all I can control.
Made bean burritos that were like slightly sour versions of the frozen ones that I love.
There is a real mystery at work that I’m tracking down around server side rendering. Most would find it annoying, but I love doing detective work like this.
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I felt meh
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Generally very anxious about the state of the world. Between WW3, the economy, trans rights sliding and my latent anxiety, I’m just not doing well.
Work was good tho. Lot’s of meetings and I got to write a doc that was on my mind for a bit.
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I felt good
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Work went pretty okay! Excited to start working with Next.js and tweaking it so it builds our sites smaller.
Made a nifty dish that was like a shakshuka meets a bread pudding.
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I felt good
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Returned to being human. Went grocery shopping and did a few chores. But we did relax most of the day. It’s nice having President’s Day off, first time that had happened for me.
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I felt meh
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Mushy day where just hung out and recovered from the previous ones.
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I felt good
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Went to a comedy show about tech CEOs with Adam & company. It was nice to meet new people!
I was able to clean most of the apartment even tho I was really hungover. That’s an accomplishment and I should also take it easy this week.
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I felt rad
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Mom Jeans concert was excellent, nice to see everyone
Rachel and I were really goofy when I got home
Wrote a proposal at work that was received well
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I felt good
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So close to finishing my last task on my first card. Cannot wait for this to be done.
Had a really good tennis lesson. Coach Dylan is so helpful and I really liked the lady energy in the class.
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I felt meh
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Calmed down a little bit after work, gonna give it my all tomorrow. It’ll all work out, I just need to get out of my head and be happy.
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I felt awful
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Having increased anxiety about my fit at work. I know it’s imposter syndrome and that things take time, but emotionally I am not in a place where that makes sense.