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New Router: Should have replaced it sooner
I replaced my old ASUS RT-N12 with a new ASUS RT-AX3000 last week and it 10x my bandwidth! The previous router was purchased in 2017. It was a time when I was still single, no kid, and still renting a one-room apartment. All I needed at the time was something functional to keep my laptop…
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Benefit of saving allowance as an adult
Over the past 2 years, it’s becoming a family habit to use these old red envelopes to save up money for things we’re indecisive. Through the process, I realize there are some benefits. Time, at least a month, to think and discuss if this item will bring quality time for us. These discussions circling around…
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Takeaways from 31 years old. On health Invest in a good chairGood chair doesn’t mean it’s comfortable. After a decade of horrible office posture, my body is relearning and it’s not confy. The good thing is, it forces me take a walk every hour and my back is no longer in pain after work. Exercise…
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Mistake: Fault vs Responsibility
Mistakes often makes us feel wronged and deeply hurt, but the next worse thing that could happen is trapping us in an inmoble, unactionable mental state. The idea of fault and responsibility mentioned in The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck could be an antidote (at least it did for me). Remove fault from…
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Loc 138The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience. Loc 202Subtlety #1: Not giving a fuck does not mean being indifferent; it means being comfortable with being different. Loc 233Subtlety #2: To not give a fuck about adversity, you…
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End Year Review 2021
(originally written on December 31, 2021) Reflecting on the year is just as meaningful as looking ahead to the next. I like to think of it as baggage. Every year, I take on some baggages, it is inevitable if I want to move forward. These baggages arrive in the form of habits, purchases, or responsibilities.…
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First encounter with dumb phone in a decade
(originally written on December 25, 2021) The first day of owning a dumb phone was not full of anxiety from digital detox. On the morning of December 24, I picked up the secondhand Nokia 3310 that I purchased online. Being late for work, I didn’t swap my SIM to the phone (it requires an adapter…
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Why a blog
originally written on November 25, 2021 Starting a blog has been one of the New Year Resolution since 2019. Since a kid, I’ve always been that student who’s shy to raise his opinion in class. I think a lot of that has to do with self recognition and thinking everyone else knew the answer, but…