I felt good

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• 🥩
• 📺

• Had a good project planning meeting that I got tasks out of.
• Got my demo working for real and will show it off tomorrow!

I felt good

• 🍜
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️

• Made risotto. Why don’t I make risotto every week?
• Just chilled and watched football

I felt rad

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• 📺
• 🍜
• 🌞

• Rachel went upstate for the night so I had the place to myself. Just chilled and watched The Last of Us

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 👨‍💻

• Vim club conference call went okay
• Getting into the zone. Documentation zone!
• The new Lil Yachty album is really good, wasn’t expecting psychedelic rock album, but damned if he didn’t pull it off

I felt good

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• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• Rachel was stressed out because of a presentation and I was locked in the office for most of the day. I didn’t eat lunch ☹️ We had a little bit of passive aggressiveness in the evening
• I also heard most of Rachel’s therapy appointment today. I tried not too but she’s so loud. I need to think further about how we will do finances and how different ways to make her and her work feel worth it.
• Work went okay, no one was passive aggressive there, at least. Making some headways on where I think we should go.

I felt good

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• 🧑‍🍳
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• 🌿

• Work went pretty well, I had a eureka moment that I’m going to demo Thursday
• Poached some salmon in some spicy olive oil

I felt rad

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• 🍜
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• Lots of good meetings at work. Gonna grind and shine no matter the weather 😎
• Rachel made a delicious butter bean and kale dish. Told her she should make it again, can’t ever be accused of not being supportive.
• We decided that Laverne is an atheist and that Fonzie is Jewish. Can’t argue with the boss on this.

I felt good

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🌿
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️

• Chilled, watched football and read
• Made what can only be described as “apple sauce pizza” (clinical term “toasted apple and shallot tart”). Was very good!
• Prepped a loaf of bread to be made tomorrow

I felt meh

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• 👯‍♂️
• 🕹
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Did a lil cleaning and then just chilled

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 📺

• Lots of good talks at work. Accountability is practiced is my mindset.
• Used some leftovers to make a fantastic dinner.

I felt rad

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• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 🌞
• 💼

• Gathered most of the Chord NYC peeps together for the company kick off! It was so fun to have camaraderie!
• Code Nation networking was very fun. I need to start rebuilding networks. Being around bootcampers and recent grads gives me life.
• I did break my dry January, but I’ll get back to it tomorrow.

I felt meh

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• 🍜
• 🌞

• Volunteering went okay. Some kids were a lil blazed, which was interesting.
• Had a presentation dropped on me in the middle of the day at work. Got it done, just a lil disruptive.
• Talked to Lou, our wedding officiant, about wedding stuff. He’s so funny and I cannot wait for the big day.

I felt good

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• 🧑‍🍳

• Messed up cooking some chickpeas. They are tricky!
• Work went okay.

I felt meh

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️
• 🛒
• 🌞

• Vibes were off. Had some wedding related stuff that came up that threw us off. People need to chill about it.
• Made caramelized shallot pasta for dinner, was very good. Doubled it so I have more sauce to use later this week.

I felt meh

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• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🥡
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Woke up super late and just chilled.
• We watched The Worst Person In The World. What an excellent movie, visually amazing and a lot to think about.

I felt good

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• 👯‍♂️
• 🕹
• 🍜
• 🍿
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• Hot pot with Anjie and Erwin in Flushing
• Movie night, watched Ticket to Paradise, which was just okay

I felt meh

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• 🥩
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

I felt rad

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• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🥡
• 🍜
• 👨‍💻

• Work went surprisingly well, except for the documentation meeting where I blathered on about things that don’t matter. People seem excited for what the documentation project could produce.
• Album mode.party keeps getting better and better. I’m starting to game plan growth features, like modals and OpenGraph images, that will hopefully yield clicks. Might need to hire someone to do a logo or something.

I felt meh

• 🥩
• 🥡
• 🌞
• 💼

• Volunteering went just okay. A little worried about our progress, but it’ll get better
• Got in the zone coding, which was fun, as it hasn’t happened in a bit
• Talked to my mom for her birthday

I felt good

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 📚

• Work went good, shipped my migration 🎉 Noticed a few things wrong with it that should be easy enough to fix
• Made this delicious roasted tofu and broccoli dish with miso butter. Will probably make it again

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 🍜
• 📚
• 🌞

• Work went okay, so close to calling it on this migration
• Nothing but great news from my dentist
• We were a little pinch drunk today as we could not fall asleep last night

I felt meh

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• 🥡
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️

• Binged the Normal Gossip podcast while watching football. Such a nice combo.
• Felt generally off all day.

I felt meh

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🕹
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️

• Super low key day. Slept in really late and just chilled.
• Used the leftover white beans to make a beans alla vodka dish, which was delicious.

I felt meh

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• 🥡
• 🕹
• 🌿

I felt meh

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• 🥩
• 🥡
• 🍜
• 👨‍💻

• Finished a task at work, on to the next thing. Thinking really hard about the next thing, which is just a bunch of documentation.
• Felt too tired and bloated to cook dinner, which sucked.

I felt meh

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• 🕹
• 🌿
• 📚
• 🌞

• Work went okay, slowly making progress
• Felt a little down after work and just tucked myself into bed at 6pm

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🥡
• 🍜
• 👨‍💻

• First day back at work went pretty smoothly. I need to pick up the pace, personally, to feel a little more settled.
• Added genre tags and a bunch of new publications to Album Mode.party. My big New Year’s resolution is to launch it in some way.

I felt meh

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• 🍜
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️

• Monday scaries as I have to go back to work tomorrow
• Football watching was a more than a little fraught and a reminder of mortality. It’s gonna get outlawed in our lifetime, just watch

I felt good

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• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🕹
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• 👨‍💻

• New Years Day! Made a pork loin with apples and a quick braise for dinner to celebrate.
• 🏈 and 🎮 all day
• Added a little category display to the side app

I felt good

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 💆‍♂️

• Relaxing charcuterie dinner for New Year’s Eve
• Haven’t been journaling the past two weeks because I was sick and just wanted to vibe during the holidays. We did a lot: Got a fancy dinner, saw Kate Berlant’s 1 woman show, saw a few friends.

I felt good

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• 🍜
• 🌿

• Another night of Hanukkah, another night of Rachel singing in Hebrew at Fonzie as I hold him like a baby, for he is the Hanukkat.
• Work was mildly challenging in a good way. Was able to get a little bit into flow and fix some tests.

I felt bad

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• 📺
• 🥡
• 💆‍♂️

• Woke up very late and we were too tired to do chores.

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🎉
• 💆‍♂️

• Chris & Steph’s holiday party!

I felt bad

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• 🥩
• 🍜
• 👨‍💻

I felt meh

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿

• Floated through the day at work. Fun to work in a different codebase, but I need to reframe my overall view of what’s coming.
• Made refried white beans with broccoli rabe. The broccoli rabe turned out a little to salty on its own, but that isn’t the end of the world.

I felt meh

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• 👯‍♂️
• 🌞
• 💼

• Rough day. Teaching was harder than I expected, I had to run to the train to make it on time and work was tricky to focus on.
• It was nice to catch up with Bill & Dil for lunch on Wall St.

I felt bad

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• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜

• Generally felt off
• Made chili noodles for dinner, so good!

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 📺
• 🍜
• 👨‍💻

• Finished the new season of the White Lotus. It inspired me to input chatgpt “Jenifer Coolidge reads me Goodnight Moon but Christopher Guest level ditzy” for no reason at all.
• My next project might have some traction at work. We. Shall. See. As long as my next task has traction, I’ll be happy.
• Cut off my project time at dinner, still stayed up late. I just need some coding to make whole. What hole is it filling? Man, even I don’t know. Also, seems like I’m just gonna stay late. What am I anxious about? Time. It just keeps going and it effects everyone & everything.

I felt good

• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️

• This is a week where we get back into our routine. We went shopping for all the groceries for meals this week and I made a fantastic chickpea and squash sheet pan dinner with hot honey. Really excited to see a turnaround!

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🎉
• 👨‍💻

• Woke up very late and went to Stav’s party 🎉

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 👫
• 🍜
• 👨‍💻

• Work went good, I was able to focus on writing a proposal with minimal distractions
• Mini date night at the Jack Jones
• Stayed up too late coding at night. Really enjoyed finishing the night listening that good live Fishmans record.

I felt meh

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 🛒
• 👨‍💻

• Work went better. Got really stressed out in morning because of a bug, but got to work with someone through it and then felt good once we diagnosed the root issue and came up with a fix. I also got to vent about some stuff and start putting meetings in motion to get help.
• Made a lil baked spinach artichoke pasta. I couldn’t get it to the levels that the dip at the Queens Room is, but it was still pretty good.

I felt good

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• 👫
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻
• 🌞

• It was the last day of Medicare Open Enrollment, so I took Rachel on a date to the Queens Room to celebrate. The food and drinks were good and we were touched by how nice the staff was to a special needs regular next to us.
• Work went okay. Still spinning my wheels, but it’ll get better, I hope.

I felt bad

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• 🥡
• 🕹
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Felt off and took the day off

I felt bad

• 🥩
• 🕹
• 💆‍♂️

• Felt unwell and took the day off

I felt bad

• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🕹
• 💆‍♂️

• Recovery day from going hard at the party.

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧹
• 🧑‍🍳
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜

• Birthday party! I cooked a prime rib, horseradish mashed potatoes, broccoli rabe and a salad for a bunch of my friends. It turned out great and everyone was very merry!
• Did a bunch of cleaning in preparation for this.

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳

• Did most of the cooking for my birthday dinner party! Should turn out good, hopefully.

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🥡
• 🍜

• Work went okay, my manager gave me positive feedback. Let’s see what’s next and if things can get off my plate.
• Made tteokbokki with the gochujang that Hochan gave us. Oh my god, it was so good, it was a little sweeter and smokier than the store bought stuff and the spice was more balanced. I’m also over the moon every time I eat rice cakes.
• Therapy was somewhat useful. We talked about how to navigate family getting older and how to navigate situations where I’m frustrated with someone’s behavior that I cannot control. We ended the session with my therapist telling me about how my old psychiatrist closed the office that she worked in, got a new office just for him and told everyone in his practice that they were all remote now, good luck AFTER he did all these things. It’s heartwarming to know that we are all going through choppy waters so we laughed about that.

I felt rad

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• 📚
• 🌞
• 💼

• Lead my first class for Code Nation. Went pretty well, though there were some road bumps. Kids loved that I threw candy at them.
• Spent the day tracking down a tracking issue for a customer. Sorta paired with a jr on it. Was kinda fun that I found it (ugh web components).

I felt meh

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• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜

• Work went okay until the end of the day where I’m afraid that I stepped in it. Let’s see if we can pick up the pieces.
• Got dinner with Hilary and Hochan! They brought us some of his mom’s gochujang and miso and some soju from Korea! Always nice to catch up with them, so happy his teeth got straightened out and that they will be able to make my birthday party!

I felt rad

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• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜

• Work went surprisingly well. Stumbled into two new downstream consumers of the packages we’ve been working on, which is not something I expected waking up.
• Got dinner with Chris and Stephanie, so nice to catch up with them after so long!

I felt good

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 💆‍♂️
• ✈️

• Traveled back to Queens, pretty unremarkable
• White People Taco Night ™️

I felt rad

• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️
• 🏃‍♂️
• 🌞

• Nice lil Saturday in the Berkshires. Woke up super early and went for a hike. Then just chilled and enjoyed my day.
• Rich and Gaylene visited, nice to catch up with them.

I felt rad

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• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• Went to a meadery with the Shumans. Very tasty.
• Leftovers!

I felt good

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Thanksgiving! Helped cook and was generally merry

I felt good

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• ✈️
• 🌞

• Did my volunteering with Code Nation. It went okay, this class is a little bit of a struggle, but we’ll get there.
• Had a good walk to Grand Central with one of the other volunteers, Justin, where we talked about restaurants and comedy.
• Traveled up to Rachel’s parents in the Berkshires. Helped chop veggies and had a delicious 🥩 dinner.

I felt meh

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• 🥩
• 🥡

• Found out that I’m leading class tomorrow for my Code Nation class. It’s on CSS class attributes, a lil nervous, but I’m sure it will go fine.

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 🍿
• 🌞

• Went into the city and worked so that I could make a dentist appointment in the morning. Had the best Sweetgreen I’ve ever had (crispy rice salad)
• Saw The Menu with Kris and Blaire at the Alamo. Movie was pretty good but everyone got frustrated when our food didn’t show up which was compounded by the food on the screen. We got burgers afterwards which made things a little better. Always nice to see them!

I felt meh

• 📺
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️

I felt meh

• 🥩
• 🥡
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• 👨‍💻

• Yet another lazy day.
• Rachel isn’t feeling great so we’re just taking it easy and staying indoors.

I felt meh

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• 📺
• 👯‍♂️
• 👨‍💻

• Work was pretty okay. Still lots of context switching but the happy hour at the end of the day was fun.
• Stayed up late to work on improving an existing OSS library. Need to update tests and take it for a test drive, but I was up all night working on it because I really haven’t coded lately.
• Started watching Loot, what an enjoyable show!

I felt meh

• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🕹
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Still wasn’t feeling great, took another day off.
• Been using my Steam Deck like an oversized Gameboy Advance.

I felt bad

• 🕹
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️

• Took a sick day. Slept and played games in bed.

I felt bad

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• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Work went okay, but I had to lie down because I was feverish

I felt meh

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• 🍜
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• Work was a blur. Focusing is hard.
• Just going through the motions of life. Kinda letting everything pass by without caring much. Really missing my normal zest for life.
• Neovim Lua config is mostly done, need to A/B test it for a bit at work to work out all the kinks.

I felt meh

• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Lazy Sunday where we did chores and I watched football

I felt meh

• 📺
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️
• 👨‍💻

• Slept in until noon and didn’t do a thing.

I felt good

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• Work went really good! Things are getting over the finish line in certain aspects, which feels good.
• Started converting my Neovim setup to Lua after peer pressure from my works #vim channel. It was a lot of work, but I’m getting pretty happy with the results. Being able to write functions normally is very freeing. I just need to wrap up all the LSP setup and I can call it done. OH AND I CAN FINALLY SEARCH CODE SUPER EASILY!
• Rachel and mine’s sleep schedules are all messed up. We think it might be the time change + stress. Gotta get this fixed ASAP as it gonna destroy us.

I felt meh

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• Had a very helpful therapy session.
• I was able to focus only slightly more at work, but I still feel like a fraud.
• Made my favorite potato dish, which is crispy smashed potatoes with spicy fish sauce. Always end up eating them all at once. Need to use parchment paper next time.

I felt bad

• 🥩
• 👨‍💻
• 🌞
• 💼

• Work was extremely stressful. A launch happened and everyone is coming to me with questions. I got really overwhelmed with all the information.
• Hopefully tomorrow is quieter!

I felt meh

• 🏚

• Focused most of my day on getting a customer ready for launch at work. Worked a lil late, so it goes

I felt meh

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• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• Work went okay. Seems like I’m making progress on some projects but treading water on others.
• On Sunday, Rachel and I were talking about Album Mode.party and she pushed me on getting it ready for launch. Well, that motivated me to knock out two of the huge pressing bugs that I needed to fix before launch. In doing so, I stumbled upon a fun opportunity to make an non module that I mostly knocked out.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🎶
• 🥡
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Relaxing day to prepare for the onslaught of the coming week
• Went to the Really From breakup show. It was so good! I don’t think I’ve been to a better mixed show in a venue that size, I was able to hear the woman singer even while the trumpeter was going off

I felt bad

• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️
• 🛒

• Did our shopping for the week and made some delicious veggie burgers

I felt bad

• 🥩
• 🕹
• 💆‍♂️

• Woke up not feeling well so I took the day off

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌞

• Work went okay, lots of distractions. Tomorrow, I must focus.
• Made a delicious spicy pork chop dish. Air got a lil spicy.

I felt rad

• 🥡
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 📚
• 🌞
• 💼

• Teaching for Code Nation was super fun! A lot more productive than last week, but still more room to get even more perfect.
• Really enjoyed working in the WeWork on 57th St today. Got a lot done and the vibes were good.
• Took a few meetings in Central Park. Fall is so nice.

I felt meh

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 👨‍💻
• 🌞
• 💼

• Went into the city to get lunch with Rachel, Beth, Chad and lil baby Myelle. So nice to see them on their last day in the city!
• Worked out of a very relaxing WeWork in the Garment District.
• Work went well until the end of the day, when I got swamped with like 3 important tickets in the span of 2 minutes just as I had to leave the WeWork. Really threw everything off. Cannot wait to not be on call later today.

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 📺
• 🥡
• 🍜

• Rushed to finish something for a demo, which turned out so good I did it live.
• Rachel and I talked through some wedding drama that was brewing around the guest count. Happy to be over that now.
• Caught up with Matt about his resume and job searching. Always nice to hear from him.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧹
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Cleaned up the apartment in advance of Rachel’s mom visiting on her way to Paris
• Had a great time catching up and dinner at the Thirsty Koala was excellent
• Steam Deck arrived, setting it up is annoying tho

I felt meh

• 🥩
• 📺
• 👫
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Lazy day
• Dinner with Henry & Natalie
• Comedy show

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🌞

• Work went okay
• Kris & Blaire’s Halloween party

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🥡
• 🍜

• Work went okay, getting close to the end of a few projects!
• Made my famous (around the apartment) caramelized fennel pasta! Skipped the fennel seeds and added a lil Parmesan which made it turn out really balanced.

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 🌞
• 💼

• First day of teaching at Code Nation! The class is going to be very fun to work with!
• Worked out of the Times Square WeWork. It was a nice change of pace and I look forward to leaving the apartment to work at least one day a week going forward.
• Met up with some coworkers for dinner, was nice to see everyone
• My new iPhone came 🙌 No more Android for me, thank god!!!

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🍜
• 🌿

• Fun day of fixing bugs at work!
• Roasted broccoli and tofu for dinner

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🌿
• 📚

I felt meh

• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• 🛒

• Recharge day!
• Made buckeye like cookies and also made a shrimp scampi. Both could have turned out better.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 👫
• 🥡
• 🍜

• Date night! We went to Christos and had way too much prime rib.

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 👫
• 👯‍♂️
• 🌞

• Took a half day at work so we could take engagement photos for our save the date invites
• We really like our photographer, such a fun and collaborative energy
• Skipped the concert I wanted to go to because I was so tired

I felt rad

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• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🌞

• My standup comedy graduation show went great!
• Stayed out very late celebrating that.

I felt bad

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 🌞

• Got my Invisalign stuff off and my dentist was very complimentary of how well I followed the regime. It’s hard to get a kudos from them, so I’m very proud
• Work was just very stressful. Hard to balance 3 projects.
• Made a white bean and Parmesan soup. Turned out great and we have soup for days!

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🌞

• Felt a lil woozy and took a nap during the day
• Standup class went well, very nervous for the graduation show, but I think I’ll do okay

I felt meh

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• 🥩
• 🍜
• 👨‍💻

• Regular ol’ day at work

I felt meh

• 🥩
• 🧹
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🥡
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️
• 🛒

• Recovery day from going hard last night

I felt rad

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 📺
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 🎉
• 🌞

• Had to work a bit in the morning, but I may have found some stability in the thing that was stressing me out
• Watched the Tennessee game with a bunch of Tennessee alums. What a game!
• Went to an Oktoberfest is that group that was pretty fun.

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🌿
• 📚
• 🌞

• Work was still chaotic but not in as fun of a way. I feel a little like a fraud cause I can’t get this thing working, but that shall pass once I can get it off my plate.
• Went to Grand Central to see if they have my phone, they do not, another week with this Android 😔

I felt rad

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🥡
• 🍜
• 📚

• Work went awesome. Was it a lil chaotic? Yes. But I got everything I wanted done and kept all the promises.
• Really helpful therapy appointment. I need to work on separating preparing for the future from worrying about the future.
• Made a delicious spicy pumpkin peanut butter soup. Def a winner that I will cook again once it gets colder.

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🌿
• 📚

• Busy day at work, lots of productive meetings. Starting to get a vision of what could be.
• Rachel and I had a lot of fun filling out our wedding photographer’s questionnaire about us. So many good memories.

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 🍜
• 📚
• 👨‍💻

• Code Nation training. Can’t wait to help teach high schoolers to code! Everyone was so nice in the training.

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 📚

• Roasted some delicious broccoli to go with some ravioli in sage brown butter sauce
• Work was a lil stressful but I think I made the best of it

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• Hung out with Justin and Chris and watched sports!
• It was all good until it wasn’t.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️

• Made a sausage, apple and lentil stew in the Crockpot. Turned out great!
• Just another relaxing day of college football

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 📺
• 🥡
• 📚

• Work went okay, working for the weekend
• Everyone is mushy and sad around the apartment

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 📚

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 🍜
• 📚

• Worked a little late so I could wrap up an important project. It wasn’t anything difficult, I just struggled to focus during business hours.
• Talked to my therapist about changes I need to make to feel more productive and less distracted. I think I have a plan that I’m going to start implementing tomorrow.

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 🥡
• 👯‍♂️
• 📚
• 🌞

• Standup class went pretty good! My lil set is getting there, just gotta keep honing it.
• Working was pretty calm.
• Not having a phone continues to be annoying. iPhones are just expensive/not available enough that it’s just smarter for me to wait for my phone to show up at GCT.

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥡
• 👨‍💻

• Work wasn’t too stressful and I was able to hit flow a few times
• Had fun untangling Rachel’s necklace

I felt rad

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• 📺
• 👫
• 🍜
• 🌞

• Rachel’s birthday! We celebrated with a big and delicious meal at the fancy Italian place in our neighborhood. We did it all family style and they were so helpful in this endeavor.
• “You sure you don’t want us to make any noise?”

I felt good

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• ✈️
• 🌞

• Katherine and Dan’s wedding was very nice and fun
• Left my phone on the Metro North and am phoneless

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 👫
• 🌞

• Work was stressful, but I got through it. This was the first time I felt supported when a fastball came across my plate.

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 📺
• 🥡
• 🕹
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️
• 👨‍💻

• Slowly hitting my stride at work
• Squashed some of the most glaring bugs on the side project. Need to follow up with Paul about the design.

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 👫
• 🍜
• 🍿
• 🌞

• Date night! Ate at the new tapas place near me (very good) and then watched Confess, Fletch which was excellent. Really don’t make movies like that anymore.
• Getting over the hump at work.

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 📚
• 🌞

• First standup class, went okay, I have some decent bones of a short set, gotta flesh it out and be able to go without notes by next week.
• Struggled a bit at work, didn’t remember that I needed to compile code to make it work.

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 📚
• 🌞

• Made chicken vesuvio for dinner, wow what a great sauce
• Work went okay, getting better everyday
• The dry cleaner frustrated the heck out of me, probably going to file a chargeback because he won’t take responsibility like a man

I felt good

• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️
• 🛒
• 🌞

• Relaxing day of chores, cooking and football

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🎶
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• Got brunch with Rachel’s sister and mom. So nice to see them before they went dress shopping.
• Relaxing day where I watched college football
• Went to the thrilling Slauson Malone 1 concert in LES. It was nice to hear songs that I absolutely adore played live, but wow have I never been to a concert with so many jump scares. The whole time I was a little stressed for the next bit of droning noise and shouting.

I felt meh

• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🕹
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️

• Spent all day in bed, still not feeling 💯

I felt meh

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• 🥩
• 🥡
• 🕹
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️

• Worked like half a day before I had to lie down because I was tired
• Really enjoying the book Project Hail Mary. Dude has a great writing style and he sticks with it.

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 📚

• Work went great. It was nice to have a fastball come across my plate. Really got me to activate part of my brain that I haven’t in a bit.

I felt bad

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 🥡

• Felt sick all day, made it hard to focus on work. Hopefully it’s a 24 hour bug.

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 📺
• 👯‍♂️

• Watched the Bills game with Justin

I felt good

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• 🛒

• Another relaxing day of shopping and football
• Rachel & I watched The Taking of Pellham 123, which was fantastic. Such great dialogue and interesting characters.

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧹
• 🧑‍🍳
• 👫
• 🍜
• 🍿
• 🌞

• Cleaned and watched some really bad college football games.
• Got Israeli food for dinner and then went to Four Winters, a Holocaust documentary about Jewish Partisans that fought the Nazis. We really like Luba and Faye.

I felt bad

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 📺

• Going through the motions at work. The good news is that we got a huge thing out!

I felt bad

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 👨‍💻

• Really anxious about things outside of my control
• Got my bivalent COVID booster!

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻
• 🌞

• Hitting a stride at work. Writing unit tests is sorta fun.

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• Work went a little better, hitting my stride writing unit tests
• Cooked a pesto pasta with roasted cauliflower. Pasta could have been cooked a little longer and I should have halved the cauliflower so that it could be even crisper

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• First day back at work. Still felt a little awkward, but hopefully that will pass as the week goes on.

I felt good

• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️
• 🛒

• Ran errands in the morning, watched football in the afternoon.
• Made a delicious corn risotto for Rachel and Sivan. So nice to entertain them.
• Sliced into my thumb pretty good while cooking

I felt rad

• 🥡
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• ✈️

• Flew back to New York.
• Randomly ended up sitting next to Brian Boll on the flight, which was a very welcome and pleasant surprise. Caught up on the HacKSU days.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• I was so tired from the past few days that I just hung out in bed and read most of the day
• Took the dogs on a very long walk (like 1 mile, they have stubby legs 😂)
• Did some light shopping on Coventry
• Very awkward dinner with my parents 🥶

I felt good

• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• Got brunch and went to the Rock Hall with my parents
• Got dinner with my grandma and aunt and uncle

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 🏃‍♂️
• ✈️
• 🌞

• Hit some Orrville spots in the morning
• Went to Wooster to see Harley (so happy to see he’s well) and did some hiking at the Arboretum and Spangler’s Woods…
• Spangler’s Woods presented interesting challenges. We didn’t take any water with us and picked a trail at random, not knowing that there were 6 creek crossings without bridges that made you hunt for the trail reentry each time. Rachel was stressed for a few minutes, but it ended up being a really fun hike in my opinion.
• Got Barberton chicken for dinner, so good!!

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 💆‍♂️
• ✈️
• 🌞

• Went to Kent and Orrville to see the sights
• Saw a bunch of friends and old coworkers, everyone is doing well

I felt good

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🕹
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️

• Lazy day! I read all day and just chilled.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🕹
• 💆‍♂️

• Visited my grandma for the first time in 2 years. It was so nice to see her and tell her fun things! We played Rummikub!
• Played Dominos with my sister! I really want to make an app that will automatically count the score.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 🎉
• 🌞

• Engagement party day!
• Parents lunch went swimmingly!
• Emily & Jami put together a fantastic party!
• It was so nice to see Kent people that I haven’t seen in years!

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• 🛒
• 🌞

• Driving around Cleveland Heights continues to be a trippy experience. It’s a place I remember driving around like a decade ago, some of it has changed, but much of it is the same. It all blurs together and I have no sense of where I am.
• Walked the dogs with Emily & Rachel’s parents. I think Ellie pushed the Shumans over and they might get a tiny dog 🙏
• Cooked a big dinner for Emily and Jami. We ran short of a few ingredients, but it all turned out good in the end!

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• Got up super early to fly to Ohio
• The dry cleaner gave me the wrong pants so I bought a brand new summer suit and shoes.
• It’s so very nice to see my sister and her wife and dogs again!
• Got dinner with Rachel’s parents and my sibling which was so fun. Howard saying no to getting a dog was very funny.

I felt meh

• 🥩
• 🥡
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• Sleepy day after a busy day. Had a wedding cake testing and packed for my trip to Ohio.

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• Nice lil staycation day. Ran a bunch of suit related errands.
• Met Hochi & Hilary I KTown to meet up and do some light shopping. Also went to an amazing cocktail bar.
• Got Korean BBQ with Hochi & Hilary & Toni & Lisa. So much fun food.
• Got my first pair of Crocs.

I felt bad

• 👯‍♂️

• Had a very distressing call with my dad that put me on edge.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️
• 🏃‍♂️
• ✈️

• Had a great hike at the Audubon.
• Traveled back from the Berkshires, the cats missed us.

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 📚
• ✈️
• 🌞

• Met Emily & Jami in Pittsfield for a quick surprise lunch. Seems like they are having a great weekend!
• Dinner with Pat & Lou went great. They are ever so delightful to eat with. We asked Lou to officiate our wedding and he agreed and we have some homework to do.
• Driving with Rachel was the easiest it’s ever been. She was somewhat relaxed and there was no bickering about how she is driving.

I felt rad

• 🍜
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• Rachel and I went for a lil hike where we did slow breathing exercises together.
• Got pizza at Roberto’s, surprisingly solid pizza for the Berkshires.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️
• ✈️

• Traveled up to the Berkshires for a weekend with Rachel’s family.
• Shabbat dinner was very fun, Rich & Gaylene are so funny

I felt meh

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• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌞

• Work wrapped up on a high note. I have like an hour more to do on the train tomorrow that isn’t terrible.
• Went to the dentist and then Shake Shack in Madison Square Park. Nice to see all the hustling and bustling.
• Rachel and I joshed around all evening.

I felt bad

• 🏚

• Presentation at work went really well
• Everytime I try to get in the zone coding, I want to cry and get super anxious

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 📚
• 👨‍💻
• 🌞

• Work went alright, trying to get everything wrapped up before I go on vacay.
• Put down deposits on a DJ and photographer for our wedding! Can’t back out now!

I felt bad

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 🥡
• 📚

• At the point of burnout where every little thing that goes wrong causes a breakdown. Two more days!

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 🥡
• 📚
• 👨‍💻

• Finished the book Sea of Tranquility. It was pretty good, enjoyed how all the threads got tied up in the end.
• Work went okay, going through the motions as I get ready to take some vacay.

I felt bad

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🥡
• 💆‍♂️

• Recovery day from all the drinking the night before.

I felt good

• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• Hung out with Justin and vented about things

I felt good

• 🎭
• 🥩
• 📺
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• Relaxed all day and finished Better Call Saul. What an ending!
• Went to a comedy show with Kris & Blaire, Josh Gondleman is so funny!

I felt good

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• A nice day off, hung out in the park and read

I felt awful

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• 🥩
• 📚
• 👨‍💻
• 🌞

• Work went very slowly
• I was basically catatonic with anxiety after work. Rachel and I were able to talk about it and it was somewhat helpful and it lifted my spirits. Basically, the wedding planning is applying pressure that we need to manage better AND work is really dragging me down.
• Talked to my sister and Jami about our visit to Ohio. We have general day by day plans, which is really good…
• …but then I talked to my parents about our visit and they were annoyed that I had plans at all AND they are flying in at the worst possible times and will basically avoid Rachel’s parents until the party AND they want to stay in Akron instead of Cleveland for reasons beyond me. The whole thing pisses me off, frankly, as we communicated what days we were traveling and the intention of this trip months ago, but they seemed to have tuned that out and decided to do their own thing. Furthermore, because I spoke to them last, we made plans with Rachel’s family that involved them that we had to adjust because they hadn’t communicated travel dates.
• This is yet another in a long line of instances where my dad has decided to be selfish and do whatever the fuck he wants.
• These discussions added more anxiety and I couldn’t sleep.

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 📺
• 🥡
• 📚

• Finished a large debugging task at work today, excited to do more tomorrow!
• Finished the 1st season of FBoy Island, what a solid dating show. So many twists and turns!

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 📚
• 👨‍💻

• 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?
• Signed up for a stand up comedy class next month! Gonna do it with Stav, which should be a fun lil adventure.

I felt good

• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🕹
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️
• 🛒
• 🌞

• Sunday, chore day
• Made a delicious peach salsa + halloumi + couscous + arugula dish for dinner.

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• 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.

I felt rad

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 📚
• 🌞

• 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.

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🥡
• 🍜

• 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.

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 📺
• 🥡
• 🍜
• 👨‍💻

• 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.

I felt rad

• 🏚
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻
• 🌞

• 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.

I felt meh

• 🏚
• 📺
• 🕹
• 🌿

• 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!

I felt bad

• 🥩
• 🕹
• 💆‍♂️

• Had the Sunday Scaries. Just felt out of it all day.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🥡
• 🎸
• 💆‍♂️

• Lazy day around the apartment. Nice to recharge.

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 🥡
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 🍿
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• 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.

I felt rad

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 🌞

• 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.

I felt good

• 🏚
• 👨‍💻
• 🌞

• 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.

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿

• 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.

I felt rad

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 🕹
• 🍜

• 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.

I felt meh

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧹
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🥡
• 🍜
• 🛒

• Chore day!
• Binged Dopesick, Keaton killed it as per usual