Category: musings

I have been using ChatGPT to help me understand code and WordPress deeply. There is no other tool quite like AI. It has helped me tremendously. There’s some downsides, of course.  In my previous post, I asked ChatGPT to help me improve my writing. ChatGPT’s suggestions made me feel like somebody else wrote the article.…

I am quite a pessimist so I always dwell on problems and things that could go wrong. As I was going to sleep, I read this post on X and I instantly shifted to being thankful. I will make it a habit to count my blessings every moment!

Work hard but don’t expect much from that hard work. Your hard work might make you money. Or your hard work might not result to anything. There are many things that are out of your control when you are working on something, so it is quite reasonable to have low expectation. Low expectations relieves the…

One thing I have learned through the years reading Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, and other Stoics is that you have to let go of things you cannot control. An athlete could pour millions of dollars to his training and preparation, but he cannot control the outcome of a game. Nor can he control the possibility of…

It recently has dawned on me that it is quite futile to seek advice from people who are not living or have lived through your experience. They could sympathize theoretically but it is way different when you lived through that experience. You really feel what the person is going through. Hence, it is better to…

I admire people who are articulate with what they want out of life. They are sure about who they are. They make choices according to what they think and feel is right. Slowly but surely I want to find that clarity.

I am now experimenting with packaging design. I had to learn about CMYK and Pantone instead of RGB. I absolutely had no clue that digital and print have different color system! So in order to print your designs, you have to convert RGB to CMYK/Pantone so that it comes out as you envisioned it. And…

I am pretty disciplined now when it comes to my diet. I eat very clean. But back then, I ate a lot of junk food – chips, donuts, pizza, ice cream. It was usually a cycle. I vow not to eat junk food, then all of a sudden the cravings kicks in, and I down…

I am quite good at avoiding the news, but sometimes when I am on YouTube or X, the news sucks me in. It is always never a good idea! I always get anxious right after. And being an overthinker, I tend to dwell on the negativity. I will make it a point to avoid reading…

In my younger years, I had the ambition to chase money. But I also had the longing to travel and learn more about the world. So I chose to travel! In hindsight, I am so glad that I explored life in my 20’s rather than chase money. I know of financially wealthy people who are…