I felt bad

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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.

I felt meh

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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!

I felt meh

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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

I felt rad

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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

I felt rad

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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.

I felt rad

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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.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.

I felt meh

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• Felt a little weird today. Oh well.

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!

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

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.

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.

I felt meh

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• Slept in and had a lazy day

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!!!

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.

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.

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.

I felt good

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• Recorded 2 demo videos for tomorrow, I hate my voice.
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• Unplugged after work for a bit, no more working late this week.

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.

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!

I felt good

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• Traveled back to the city, it was nice to see the Shumans.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I felt good

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• Rachel went into the office, it was nice to be alone for a bit.

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.

I felt meh

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• Cleaned and had a quiet day in

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.

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!

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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

I felt good

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• Everything at work is coming together, can’t wait to work with some new people tomorrow!

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.

I felt good

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• Super lazy Saturday where we watched movies all day and chilled.

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.

I felt meh

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• Very tired from last night. Gotta take it easy going forward.
• Lots of great meetings today!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

I felt good

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• Went to the movies with Jonathan. Really did not like Cyrano, it was very cringe.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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 🍷

I felt meh

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• Homemade pizza for dinner! 🍕
• Feeling a little better than earlier. Hopefully this weekend is relaxing.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.

I felt rad

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• 👫
• 🥡
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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• 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.

I felt meh

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• 🥡
• 🕹
• 💆‍♂️

• Mushy day where just hung out and recovered from the previous ones.

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.

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

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.

I felt meh

• 🥩
• 📚

• 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.

I felt awful

• 🏚

• 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.

I felt rad

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• 🥩
• 🥡
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜

• LANDED MY FIRST COMMITS IN MAIN!!!
• Had some really good discussion with the CEO today. I have a better idea of the vision and am excited!
• “Staverna” stopped by to hang. We had a lot of fun gossiping and plotting. I really hope they figure it all out!

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 📺
• 🍜
• 🏃‍♂️

• Got my butt kicked during a daytime tennis class. So much movement, tho my shots were okay.
• Nice lil Valentines Day in the apartment.

I felt good

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
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• 👨‍💻

• Super Bowl Sunday! Made some delicious Buffalo tofu nuggets and watched a great game.
• Assembled my new adjustable desk and gave away my old one! Excited to learn how weak I am when I stand for a few hours tomorrow.

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• Went to Blair’s birthday party, it was so nice to see everyone.
• Found a taker for my old desk, tomorrow is all about assembling my new desk!

I felt meh

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• 🥩
• 📺
• 🥡
• 👯‍♂️
• 🕹
• 🌞

• Didn’t get any commits into main because of everyone was too busy to answer me on things and the day was too short. Oh well, Monday!
• Won the game of werewolf at work. My strategy was that it was STFUFriday.
• Met up with some of my coworkers for happy hour in Brooklyn. They all seem super nice and it was good to walk around with a cute dog.

I felt rad

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• 🥩
• 👫
• 🥡
• 🍜
• 🎉
• 🌞

• Went to an emo show, saw Ogbert the Nerd.
• I’m 🤏 this close to having a bunch of commits in main at work. Tomorrow will be the day!

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 🏃‍♂️

• I actually got to code today! I was able to hit flow and knock out this migration. The more I work with our stack, the more I like it and am excited to improve it!
• Had a somewhat frustrating tennis lesson that I didn’t like. It had a lot of movement, no form correction, we didn’t practice serving and some of the exercises had us running around the ball to take the wrong shot, which is a really bad habit. I’m going to avoid that instructor from now on, still gave ‘em 5 stars tho.

I felt good

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• 🥩
• 📺
• 🍜
• 👨‍💻

• Another great day at work!
• Really love this seltzer with peach balsamic vinegar drink I’ve been making. So funky and sweet, it’s a lil afternoon treat!

I felt good

• 🏚
• 🥩
• 🌞

• First day of work! I think it went okay, everyone was so nice and I think what I’ll be working in is fun.
• Had to run around to get my laptop, so annoying!
• Talked to my parents for a bit about driving with Rachel. It was funny and I love them.

I felt good

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• 🍜
• 📚
• ✈️
• 🌞

• Last day of Funemployment!
• Traveled back from the Catskills. It was relatively smooth and beautiful.
• Finished It’s Better To Be Feared, such an interesting look at the Patriots.
• Very excited to start my new job tomorrow!

I felt rad

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• 📺
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️
• 🏃‍♂️
• 🌞

• Went for a hike at a very icy park
• Bumbled around Rhinebeck, bought some fancy vinegars and chocolates.
• I let Rachel drive today, which was a fraught experience for both of us. I feel like I became my mother during this experience. We talked about it like adults, which is good.

I felt rad

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
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• 💆‍♂️
• ✈️
• 🌞

• The snowstorm really threw a wrench in our vacation plans. There was a state of emergency declared and most things were closed. Technically, we shouldn’t have been driving around, but we did.
• We got a delicious Indian lunch @ Cinnamon in Rhinebeck, great bread and cheese and baked goods from Kingston Bread + Brew, and picked up a book from Rough Draft.
• Retired to the cottage early to read and make grilled cheeses while we avoided the freezing rain.

I felt rad

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• 📺
• 📚
• 💆‍♂️
• ✈️
• 🌞

• Traveled upstate for a mini vacay before I start my job on Monday. Staying in a cute cottage in the country and rented a car to get around. Driving is a little stressful but I’m learning to deal. Weather for this trip could be better, but we’ll make the most of it!

I felt good

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• 🧹
• 🥡
• 📚
• 🛒
• 🏃‍♂️
• 🌞

• Had a super fun and productive tennis lesson. Need to work on my net game!
• Ran a couple of errands.
• Finished the book LaserWriter 2 (I enjoyed it, reminded me a lot of my help desk days but in an artistic way). Started It’s Better To Be Feared, the book about the Patriots.

I felt good

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• 🌿
• 👨‍💻
• 🌞

• Did a little cleaning around the house and listed one of my computers for sale.
• Took my Jean jacket to the tailor so they can attach a patch to it. I think it’ll look cool.

I felt meh

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• 🍜
• 👨‍💻
• 🌞

• Wandered around Astoria for much of the day. I was a little bored and passive the whole time, tho I did enjoy lunch at Ruta Oaxaca.
• Finally got my personal API running on Lambda (they can run whole Docker images now!). Need to get the database working and I can switch off DigitalOcean!

I felt meh

• 📺
• 🥡
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• I’m going through a funk of depression because I’m exhausted and don’t have anything work related to do. Maybe that can change this week?
• Burnt my hand pretty bad, it’s blistered and all that. Ran it under cold water for an hour to no avail before Rachel had to run to the store to get a variety of medicines to fix it. I ended up having to adjust to the pain. It really sucked.

I felt good

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🕹
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️
• ✈️
• 🌞

• Snow day! We were so cuddly cause it was so cold.
• I made French Onion Soup, I think it could have turned out better, but I still liked it.

I felt meh

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• 🥡
• 🕹
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Kinda boring day where I did nothing
• Sliced 5 lbs of onions 🧅 and tossed them in a slow cooker to caramelize. Gonna have French Onion soup tomorrow, which is the perfect snow day dinner.

I felt bad

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🕹
• 💆‍♂️

• Was depressed for no particular reason today. Spent all day in bed playing Golden Sun.

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 🍿
• 💆‍♂️
• 🏃‍♂️
• 🌞

• Walked 70+ blocks today (entered Central Park @ 86th and walked all the way to Union Square). Felt good to be outside and observe the world.
• Finally got the answer as to how dogs wear pants.
• Watched Licorice Pizza in an empty theater. It was very cringe and a little weird but I ended up rooting for them to make it.
• Hung out with Kris, Aadil & Natalie. Everyone is doing okay and it was good to just gossip.

I felt rad

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• 🏃‍♂️
• 🌞

• Had a tennis lesson that went well. Need to work a lot more on my forehand. Still got an okay serve, tho.
• Got a small haircut, looking real nice.
• Just a nice relaxing day.

I felt rad

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• 🍜
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• Accepted an offer, I start working in. February!
• It was very anxiety inducing to tell the other offers no. I should work on that.
• Now my 2 week vacation begins, gonna pack as much fun stuff in as possible!

I felt good

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• 🧹
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🌿
• 🛒
• 🌞

• Made a focaccia in the morning and branzini in the evening. So much good cooking today!
• Instant classic football games all day!
• I feel very relaxed!

I felt meh

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• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🥡
• 🕹
• 🍜

• Felt absolutely exhausted and did nothing but lounge all day. My mind was completely blank.

I felt good

• 🥡
• 🍿
• 👨‍💻

• All my job interviews are done, gonna figure out which to choose over the weekend. It’s very stressful to pick.
• A weight has been lifted tho and maybe I can be a human being this weekend.

I felt good

• 🧑‍🍳
• 👯‍♂️
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• Offer number 4 is a good one. Gonna make the decision tomorrow really hard depending on where we can get to.
• Last day of interviewing tomorrow and it looks like a fun pair programming exercise that is very practical using Storybook.
• Got to do a video call with the boys, nice to see everyone!

I felt rad

• 🍜
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• Had 2 on sites today + a final behavioral. I think both went fantastic, I hope they think the same. Really hope that they can get all their ducks in a row so that I can finish my search on Friday!
• Tomorrow, it seems that I have another 3 final round interviews. Just need this to be over.
• Played around with Remix a little bit. Got it working with sql.js & SQLite, pretty cool little framework, gonna play around with it more tomorrow.

I felt meh

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• 🥡
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• Offer number 3 is in the books. Shame I can only take one, but thems the rules.
• Had an on site go just okay today. I keep getting tripped up during the manager rounds. I just trip over my words and stop making sense. It’s very much unlike how I was in work. I’m also getting tired of interviewers not “yes, and”ing my questions during code tests. Your problem isn’t so special we can’t work like teammates, I thought we were pairing, dang.
• Just felt really depressed and exhausted after todays interviews. Nothing bad happened in them (well, except for the company that states their core value is “chaos”), just can’t take talking about myself and asking the same questions every time.

I felt good

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• 🥡
• 👨‍💻

• A lean day of a singe on site that I think went pretty well. Time will tell on that.
• Grocery shopping was weird, people kept getting in my way.

I felt meh

• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• Had no energy today to do anything. Just completely sapped.

I felt good

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• 📺
• 🥡
• 🍿
• 👨‍💻

• Veg out day to recover from the all the interviewing this week
• Watched Maid in Manhattan (sweet sappy Nixon whitewashing with JLo) and The Tragedy of MacBeth (Denzel was so good in it)
• Ordered dry pot from Malala, always the best Chinese delivery in the neighborhood!

I felt rad

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• 📺
• 🥡
• 👨‍💻

• Stripe on site went swimmingly, hopefully good things come from it.
• Offer number 2 is in the books. It’s a very strong one that is at the higher range of my base salary, team is very friendly and the business is solid. Lot’s to think about there.
• Finished the last season of Search Party, it really took a turn for the ending. I respect how varied each season was. I knew we were getting a cult season but I wasn’t expecting a hardcore zombie apocalypse ending.

I felt rad

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• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 👨‍💻

• Offer 1 is in the books, let’s see what else I can do this week and next
• So many interviews and code tests today. Cannot wait for the weekend!
• Made a cheesy potato soup for dinner, was just like eating a bowl of silky mashed potatoes

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 👨‍💻

• Absolutely murdered the 4 code interviews I had today. Seems like all of them are going to move forward to the next steps. Furthermore, I dig all the companies and it’ll probably be a hard decision to make.
• Today had 6.5 hours of active coding or interviewing. That’s a lot, if I had that level o of meetings + coding in my real job, it would be a nightmarish day, but I guess because I’m trying to secure employment, that makes it okay? I dunno, this stuff is wild.
• Started writing a blog post about crypto, should have that done this week.

I felt bad

• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 👨‍💻
• 🌞

• Job search was slightly humbling today in that a company passed. I’ve also overbooked myself for today AND tomorrow. This job search needs to finish soon because it is exhausting!
• I’m dreading the 4 code tests I need to do tomorrow.
• On the plus side, I’m the top candidate in another company’s pipeline, so let’s see what happens there.
• Made the Roberto soup, which is basically Italian chili. Turned out great, we really enjoyed it.

I felt meh

• 📺
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻

• I’m getting to the end of my rope interview. Specifically starting processes. I think I’m mentally okay to do code challenges, but I’m tired of recruiter calls and initial screens. The good thing is that I think I’m at a place process wise that I can stop having those calls this week.
• Had a code test that I thought I would kill go terribly. Had a code test for another company that I feared would kill me end up being very easy. Yay, it’s nice to be humbled sometimes.
• Caught up with someone from the Boro.js community about a good job working in design systems at a large company. It sounds like a fun challenge, I just need to fit their code test in Wednesday morning.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🛒
• 🌞

• Very relaxing day where I just watched football, shopped and made a salad pizza.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 🍿
• 👨‍💻

• Completed one code test, bailed on another. Feeling good about both of them.
• Watched Paper Moon for the first time, what a delightful movie!

I felt rad

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• 📺
• 👨‍💻

• On site went very well!
• Watched some of the new season of Search Party. That show continues to surprise me with how good it is and how they switch it up each season. The devil child subplot has me dying each time he’s on screen!

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 👨‍💻

• Job interviews went great and I made a good dinner of Thai chicken + cabbage

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 👨‍💻

• Job interviews went super well today. Lots of coding challenges tomorrow that I’m feeling pretty good about. Lined up a good on site for Friday.
• “Do something for 30 days before making it a habit that you have to do. If you fail, no name calling” // My therapist with some good advice!

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🥡
• 🍜
• 📚
• 👨‍💻

• First day back on the job search grind. Lined up a few on
• sites for next week and a couple of tech screens for this week. Hopefully all goes well and I have my first offer next week.
• Finished this season of How To With John Wilson, it was so nice to see his landlady thriving in Vegas, got a little teared up.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 🥡
• 👯‍♂️
• 📚
• ✈️
• 🌞

• Travel day back from the Berkshires
• Read all of Beowulf: The New Translation. The bro speak and rhyming was very funny

I felt good

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 🍿
• 💆‍♂️
• 🏃‍♂️

• Another relaxing day in the Berkshires! Ate leftovers all day, went for a walk and watched Don’t Look Up

I felt good

• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️
• 🌞

• Another day in the Berkshires! Had a delicious Shabbat lunch (I made deviled eggs) and went on a small hike. Everyone was asleep by 10.

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• 🛒
• 🌞

• Last day of the year went out with a bang!
• Had a delicious Shabbat dinner of chicken and potatoes.
• Went to the dispensary and got some hard to find stuff!

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• ✈️
• 🌞

• Traveled to Rachel’s parents in the Berkshires! Had a very late night talk to them.
• I think I impressed Howard with my scotch selection.

I felt good

• 🥡
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 👨‍💻
• 🌞

• Went to the dentist to get some gum infections handled, wasn’t too expensive to fix and my mouth feels better already!
• Waited in line for 3 hours for a COVID test, I’m negative so that means we’re going to the Berkshires tomorrow!
• Had two job interviews that went really well, let’s see what the new year brings me!

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 👨‍💻
• 🏃‍♂️
• 🌞

• Passed my driving test, I have a license once again!
• Tennis lesson went great, gonna take me a bit to get back in shape, but it felt good

I felt good

• 🥩
• 🕹
• 👨‍💻
• 🌞

• Drove around Astoria in preparation for my driving test tomorrow
• Grinded some LeetCode, got one or two right without having to look at solutions
• Had a job interview that went okay, we’ll see if it leads anywhere. There was an interesting question about how I deal with working with people smarter than me that I hadn’t had to think about before.

I felt good

• 📺
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🕹
• 🍜
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️

• Relaxing day where I just watched football and played games

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 🍿
• 💆‍♂️

• Christmas! I got new tennis shoes, socks, fancy vinegars and a spice rack. Rachel got a cat ledge which Laverne loves so much already!
• Made a delicious Italian dinner of stuffed pork chops + risotto
• It was nice to see my family over FaceTime!

I felt rad

• 🧑‍🍳
• 🍜
• 🍿
• 🌿
• 💆‍♂️

• What a relaxing Christmas Eve! I made cookies and overnight French toast and watched movies
• Caught up on the new season of Joe Pera, so heartwarming

I felt good

• 🥩
• 📺
• 🥡
• 🍿
• 🛒
• 🌞

• Because Rachel was injured, I had to do all the Christmas shopping on my own. I ended up pushing the grocery cart all the way from the supermarket back to my apartment with the groceries. Work smarter, not harder!
• Tomorrow, I’m going to bake and make sweets and relax!

I felt good

• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 🥡
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️

• Day 3 of #funemployment was full of calls and me taking a nap. Was surprised by some, so we’ll see what’s next.
• Rachel’s neck is hurting so trying to support her through that
• Had a fun call with Bill, hope he was able to find some sort of closure with those things went down

I felt rad

• 🥩
• 💆‍♂️
• 🏃‍♂️
• 🌞

• Day 2 of #funemployment went great. I aced a tech screen and got moved to an on
• site in January! I think I’m gonna shut down interviewing next week so I can relax a little.
• First tennis lesson went great, I still got the muscle memory!
• Walking around Astoria this morning was nice, such cool little pockets that I haven’t been to.

I felt good

• 🥩
• 🧑‍🍳
• 👯‍♂️
• 🍜
• 💆‍♂️
• 👨‍💻
• 🌞

• Day 1 of #funemployment was mostly successful. Lots of calls with recruiters and only one rejection. I walked around the neighborhood for an hour which made my afternoon a little… tiring, but I need to get more active so that’s a good thing. I’ll do the same tomorrow.
• Shuman family Zoom with my sister was a great success. Everyone enjoyed their Tarot reading and 2022 is looking great in the cards!
• Completely missed the Browns game but that is probably for the best.

I felt rad

• 🥩
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• So proud of the braised chicken & broccoli rabe I made for dinner
• Cleaned the apartment but otherwise had a lazy day

I felt meh

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• Very lazy day where I played video games all day.

I felt good

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• Last day of work was bittersweet
• Watched MacGruber to get ready for the TV show
• This Omicron stuff is a little nerve wracking, but honestly it does not change my funemployment plans too much. I’m still gonna start playing tennis and walk a bunch, just not gonna have as many opportunities to party and what not. Probably can’t do a stand up class tho

I felt meh

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• My brain is leaking from all the documentation I’ve written
• Made a delicious meal of lemony cauliflower, chicken thighs, chickpeas and couscous
• Tomorrow is my last day of work!
• This Omicron stuff is making me a little nervous, even though I’m boostered and I’ve had it before.

I felt good

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• Continued documenting all my work, a little bittersweet, but hey, I did a lot
• The Shuman family Zoom was popping

I felt good

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• Made a delicious caramelized fennel, onion & red pepper pasta. Took a bit, but was so very delicious
• Caught up on Succession, jeez Tom, what a turn
• Signed up for tennis lessons next week, very excited for that

I felt meh

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• Work was sorta boring, gotta wrap up the week professionally
• Adventures in AWS for my personal infra
• Finally went grocery shopping

I felt good

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• Went and saw a radio play with Sivan. Wasn’t the biggest fans of them, but they had their moments.
• Football could not have gone much better for the Browns today.
• Rachel is freaking out about Christmas presents, thus taking Christmas much more seriously than me.

I felt rad

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• Went to the optometrist for the first time in a decade. My eyes are good and I don’t need glasses.
• Went and saw Alex Edelman’s Just For Us one man show. It was so funny and Jewish and we both loved it.
• Wandered around the West Village after the show to find dinner. We settled in this Italian palace that got inspected mid
• way through dinner so our food took over an hour to show up. We made the best of it and ordered wine and just talked and talked. It was very pleasant!

I felt good

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• Friday went pretty smoothly. Finished some API endpoints, wrote some documentation, etc.
• Porting my personal stuff to AWS is sorta fun and I have it close to done. Last 10% is going to be frustrating.

I felt rad

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• Hung out with Palma & Maddie for goodbye drinks. It’s bittersweet cause I’m going to miss them but it was fun to remember all we did.
• More documenting and coding at work.

I felt rad

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• Got some work done when I wasn’t in meetings all day. Gonna miss no meeting Wednesday.
• Finished a goodbye Talent Inc blog post where I explain somethings I learned. Gonna post it in my goodbye address in slack.
• Just an unbelievable day in terms of the job search landing in my lap. Just gotta seize the opportunities as they present themselves.

I felt rad

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• Last day of Medicare open enrollment so I treated Rachel to a fancy Italian dinner in the neighborhood. The food and service was so excellent, oh my lord.
• Had a good phone screen today, this job search might be different when I put my back into it.
• The AWS outage effected me a lot less than it usually does. Kinda feels good but also bad and also meh.

I felt good

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• Put in my two weeks notice at work, my last day is 12/17. I don’t have anything lined up besides a little R&R, studying for job interviews (starting that for realz in January) and maybe trying to make a game. Oh and I might go to Austin for a long weekend, I don’t know.
• I’ve made it a week into advent of code and I seem to be sticking with it. This week might kick my butt, but I’m still excited to learn.

I felt good

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• Continued doing Advent of Code, really enjoying the problems this year!
• Made a weird gumbo like dish, it was pretty good

I felt rad

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• Went to Kris & Blaire’s holiday party, had so much fun meeting new people!
• Drove around Astoria, I’m feeling a lot better about driving, gotta lock down that “gear steer and clear” mindset when it comes to parallel parking.

I felt good

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• It was my birthday! I got a dim sum dinner @ Tim Ho Wan and saw The Play That Goes Wrong, so delicious and so funny!
• Got a driving lesson tomorrow, so exciting!

I felt good

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• I have clarity and I’m ready to enter “God mode” or whatever my version for this situation is. It’ll probably be like Ricky Rubio going for 30 in the Garden to riding the bench for a month.
• Hung out with Justin & Crystal and watched Taysom Hill Is A Horse on Thursday night football. Real deep references here tonight.
• New MacBook came, can’t wait to see how fast it is once I get it setup!

I felt awful

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• Man, what a terrible day. That could not have been more disorienting.

I felt meh

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• Another sad day at work
• Went to bed early and that felt great

I felt bad

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• Was not feeling well and took the day off

I felt good

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• The holiday dinner with Hayden could have gone better 😂
• It was nice to catch back up with Adam in honor of the season

I felt meh

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• Very relaxing day where I watched football

I felt rad

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• Deep cleaned the entire apartment
• Entertained a small Friendsgiving that went pretty well, all things considered
• Rachel and I are going to come up with 3 things we love about ourselves and 3 things we think we need to fix AND 3 thing about the other person we love and 3 things that need fixing. It might me not make her feel “small”

I felt good

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• Cooked all day, I think the food turned out alright. Tomorrow is a Friendsgiving where I have to do some of it again.
• The Von Dutch documentary is very fascinating!