What I’m Up To – May 2024

(Current as of May 01, 2024)

Updates

Soulful: “Soulful is a community of people learning to be human again, through artistic creation and authentic conversation. Part writing workshop, part self-guided emotional therapy, this on-going course + writing group is fully flexible and holistic.” Site being built. Learn more and sign up here: Soulful – Site live here. The waitlist is open.
Blind-Eyed – Short novella. Completed first draft, in first round of edits
At War with Myself – Shifted onto the future…again.

Crawling outdoors – Semi-regular practice. Quite energizing change-of-perspective, haha. Highly recommended.
Vocal range extension – A little.
Consistent 6hr sleeping schedule – Nope. I stayed up past midnight twice to read; another time my mind decided to spin repeatedly ’round the roundabout of relationships in my life (potential and imaginary).

Breakdancing – Here a little, there a little: most of the time it looks more like lame + lazy hiphop than b-girling.
Running – Not really…check back in June
Precision jumps – Inconsistent, but training did happen.

OCHEC’s annual convention – Took place over May 3-4. Went well and had a blessed time; things about myself clarified and confirmed; met new friends; came away with more faith in the direction I’m going.
End of the 2023-2024 school year – YES! Now my summer workshop begins.
Finalization of Contextify (AI-driven app in development) – Currently in website development and beta-testing.

Ken Follett – Started on World Without End.
Ayn Rand – Anthem.
Lu Xun – Short story collection. It’s in Chinese and English. A lowkey goal: to read the (original) Chinese version by the end of 2024.

Japanese – If it weren’t for @matcha_samurai, it’d be nil. Will continue.
Architectural design – Highlight: Visited a friend who’d designed his own home, and had him take me on a tour through the building and the decisions that went into creating it.
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows – Still writing poetry on each entry on Percolations.

A 92.7% off-grid lifestyle – Still working towards that percentage and doing my best not to feel like a failure/hypocrite.
Throwing steel (cards, knives, spikes) – A little. Even less improvement.
Essentialism in savings + possessions – Still a journey.

Pendulums – This.
Healing through sound – Need to take this more seriously…not just “pondering”, lol
The impact of marriage on the trajectory of a life – Still a thought!

Odelia Chan