You know the smell from the oven. Minutes before you taste or even see them. There’s no mistake that it’s chocolate chip cookies. When they do come out of the oven, you see the ball of the dough has spread into a flat dome across the pan. Each visible chocolate chip is perfectly melted in … Read more
The well rounded person is a myth. And a fool’s quest. If you try to improve and cover all your weaknesses, you’ll just end up mediocre, at best. Instead, focus on what you’re strong in. What are you really good at? Make it your mission to get it even better. Excel. Blow others out of … Read more
One of the things Mike Winkelmann, aka Beeple, is known for is creating a piece of art everyday for more than 14 years. It’s gotten to the point where it’s gotten to 11:50pm and he’s scrambling to get the content published. But he always gets the work done. It has become a part of him, … Read more
How many hours do you have each day? The correct answer is: same as everyone else. So why do you feel like you have less time than someone else? Well, it’s because you let your time get away from you. If you’ve never done a time study of your day, I’d strongly encourage it. Hopefully … Read more
The word of the day from this weekend was vacuous: emptied of or lacking content. And today I thought about how we as a society overindulge on vacuous entertainment. Perhaps we’re just too tired from our daily grind of the rat race. Maybe we just need a break from the work and obligations. So we … Read more
It’s been a few days now with the same symptoms. Runny nose but congested (that’s an oxymoron, isn’t it?), sneezing, itchy eyes, trouble breathing. Mostly, the worst part is that it’s affecting my sleep. Or rather, it’s preventing me from sleeping well. And as a result I’m not able to think clearly. I feel sluggish … Read more
Tonight, I took a break from my evening cookie soup (GASP, Blasphemy!). Instead I went for a strawberry smoothie. My usual recipe is frozen strawberries, half of an avocado, whole milk, and a bit of bourbon barrel aged maple syrup. Sometimes when there’s no avocados, I substitute half of a banana for a similar thick … Read more
Today is Easter! We knew this because yesterday I did a Facebook Live video of Easter Eve Eggstravaganza where I reviewed 6 different chocolate eggs. But today, after a grueling morning of spring cleaning, we just relaxed in the afternoon. And at 6pm, we went to do our weekly Sunday evening shopping. When we pulled … Read more
Today we decided to get an early dinner at our favorite restaurant, Shanghai Dumpling. Since they started doing takeouts only for Covid times, we place our weekend orders at 11am. They officially open for business at 11:30, and we arrive around 11:45 from our 40minute drive and we wait. Sometimes they don’t have our order … Read more
Today was my last day at Somfy Systems and it was bittersweet. It was sad to leave so many great coworkers behind as they’ve helped me grow, in and out of the office. But on the other hand, I’m venturing into the exciting untested world of entrepreneurship. As part of my farewell, I sent a … Read more