Spring is still unclear, and Beijing has once again experienced a strong temperature drop. A few days ago, pedestrians on the road were already wearing short sleeves, but these days they have put on thin cotton jackets. However, looking out the window, the bare trees have grown from buds to green leaves, covering the branches of the trees. Spring in Beijing always seems hurried, without a clear beginning or end, making it difficult to perceive, and one can only search for traces on the flowers and plants.
It seems like a busy week, and it's already Sunday before I know it.
In life:
- The biggest event this week was getting my wisdom tooth extracted. This is the second wisdom tooth I've had extracted, and I fully experienced what it means to be at the mercy of others. I can only say it was painful, too painful. I never want to have another wisdom tooth extracted again. I hope the remaining two won't grow.
- I finished watching the popular drama "Angry Life" this week. Before watching it, I briefly read the comments on Douban. Some comments said it's really satisfying to see East Asians go crazy and that the environment in East Asia is suffocating. I thought this drama would analyze the growth environment and history of East Asians, but after watching it, I realized it's only a part of it. I can understand some people's lack of self-identification and self-hatred towards East Asia, but after watching this drama, I feel that if you only see this aspect, it's too biased. From a road rage incident to mutual revenge between two people, to the subsequent disintegration of their lives and the death of the male and female leads, I was neither surprised nor saddened. If there is one characteristic of East Asians, it is that they only desire environmental change but do not want to change themselves. Of course, this only applies to people who self-hate and still blame their original families and society. The male and female leads in the drama are pitiful, but they are also evil. Their suffering is not enough reason to harm others openly. (This seems like a good topic for a review)
- I discovered that cats have a sense of smell. My cat doesn't like the smell of toothpaste, and I noticed that whenever I brush my teeth, he would stare at me from a distance. When I squeeze out the toothpaste, he would bare his teeth and make a face, as if the toothpaste was right in front of his nose, with a look of disgust. It's really cute.
- After drinking Luckin's iced coconut latte, I felt a sensation in my throat, as if something was stuck. But then I discovered the secret: Luckin has a cold thick coconut milk that can keep the ice cubes from melting for three hours.
- After getting my wisdom tooth extracted, I spent the next few days resting and recuperating, getting enough sleep, eating warm and cold foods, drinking porridge, soy milk, and soups. I hope I can recover by next week. The days without being able to eat spicy food are soulless.
- NetEase Cloud Music released its 10th anniversary music report. I don't have a deep memory of people, but I can remember some flashbacks through songs. Music is like an anchor of memory, connecting fragments of oneself. The trajectory of listening to music hides a person's changing curve of aesthetics, emotions, and values. But there is always a tiny part that never changes.
Improving skills:
- Finished reading "How to Become an Imperfectionist," a very good book. I haven't finished reading all of Steve Jobs' quotes, so I plan to read them sporadically. The overlap with "Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography" is too high.
- When exporting bookmarks, I found that iOS has canceled the function of exporting all bookmarks, so now I can only export them one by one. Fortunately, I found a plugin that can directly sync bookmarks to note-taking software. Thanks to the developers.
- I tried using binary thinking in life, a concept also proposed by Stephen Gates. It means treating completed tasks as 1 and incomplete tasks as 0. When we try to do something, don't make it too specific, don't set too many perfect criteria, as this is most likely to result in inaction. If the task doesn't succeed, reflect on whether it was accidental or a failure. If it was an accidental and occasional factor, then persist in trying. If it was a failure, then try a different approach. If it's difficult to distinguish between the two, adjust the method of doing things based on the degree of failure.
- Yesterday, when I synchronized my local Hugo project to GitHub, I found that my token had expired, so I had to reapply for it. But when I tried to use the token directly in the terminal, it prompted that GitHub had removed password login. The method provided by the assistant didn't work either. Later, I searched through the GitHub documentation and updated my login password in the keychain, then re-entered it in the terminal to resolve the issue.
- It's annoying to manually synchronize GitHub every time I create a new file. I'm thinking about whether I can automatically sync or quickly sync through ob. I finally found a tutorial, but I always get stuck at creating a macro script with quickadd. I don't know what went wrong. Later, I tried to use ob git to solve it, but my software froze after enabling ob git. I had to uninstall it from the root directory to restore it. Currently, I'm still manually uploading, and I'll study it further when I have time.
- I was awakened by a work voice message this morning, saying that there would be a meeting at 10 o'clock, and they suddenly asked for a complete brand plan in the form of an annual framework, including a recommendation for a brand spokesperson, to prepare for the brand's launch in two years. There was no brief or specific usable information, which is actually okay. In our line of work, there are too many clients like this. Money can make the devil push the mill, and it just means putting in a little more effort. What shocked me was when they asked for the deadline, and they said tomorrow. Exo me? I can't believe it. It takes a day to come up with a complete plan. Can this level of quality really be considered responsible to the client? But what I can guarantee is that even if ChatGPT comes, I won't be able to deliver the plan tomorrow.
Summary:
Next week is going to get busy, and I'll have to start waking up early. Focus, handsome.