This year I started several projects for my personal growth.

Learn about cryptocurrency

I played with mining crypto during Covid-19 purely just for fun and the technical aspect of the blockchain. After a few month I got bored and later the entire crypto fever was cooled down. Until recently I was inspired by my cousin who had bought bitcoin and had crypto exchange account for many years. Then I tried to educate myself and understand the logic behind owning bitcoin. It all makes sense now, although I am a little too late in the game. I am still excited about the technology of the blockchain, but now I also see bitcoin as a way to preserve my purchase power and other blockchain as a new way to do transaction with lower cost.

Learn about AI

I learned and understand machine learning a few years ago, but did not pay too much attention to the LLM application – until ChatGPT happens. I guess many people are like me. Then I started learning how to use LLM to help with my work and my daily life. However, every post on this blog is hand-crafted by me personally, without using AI. I see my own words as a form of my existence and I would rather show the authentic side of myself, even if it is imperfect.

(PS: the idea of learning about AI is to better make use of it. Therefore it is probably too restrictive to avoid using AI completely. In fact, the motto of this blog is from Georgia O’Keeffe: “It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis that we get at the real meaning of things”, which does not prevent me from using AI’s help. As long as I take the effort to select, to eliminate, to emphasize, it is still my reality and understanding of things)

Excersice regularly

Going to Pilates classes, twice a week. I used to go to yoga class every week but I stopped doing it during Covid-19. Now I go with P every week to this Pilates class which has the reformer and ropes. It is quite effective for training those small muscles.

Going to gym, at least once a week. P and I also signed up for the gym membership. I was planning to use the swimming pool but it is constantly very crowded. I ended up just do the treadmill and go to some group fitness classes.