(As of October 2024)
Creating
- Inspiration gallery/database (for public/internet use)
- Chainmail jewellery
- A 3-novella fiction volume
- An illustrated children’s book
- Clay representations of my car, tent, dog, guitar, and turtle (sing with me, “These are a few of my favourite things…”)
- Herbal smoking blends – handpicked! – Dried and processed.
Bioengineering
- Running
- Gym rings
- Pushups
- Breathwork
Anticipating
- An afternoon swim in a local lake – Monday morning, Oct. 7th. A cool, windy day. Was in the water for the whole of forty minutes.
- Visits with friends and extended family
- More wandering-abouts in Toronto
Experimenting
- Growing a blue-collar, local business from the ground up
- What life is like having a business smartphone after more than a year of only using a flipphone (I’m intensely frustrated already, but let’s see how I feel/think after a month)
Reading
- Provocations, Kierkegaard
- Mastery, Greene
- Six Easy Pieces, Feynman
- Great Soul of Siberia, Park (if the book arrives on time!)
Training
- Singing/voice
- Playing the Dizi
- Pen sketching
- Brush drawing/calligraphy
Learning
- Wing Chun (lessons start Oct. 1st)
- LISP
- The game Go
Studying
- Cognitive Architecture (in the neuroscience/psychology direction, not AGI)
Pondering
- Whether there is any objective basis for moderation in life
- Why following Christ means ditching “Christianity” for good
- How our actions are questions (made out of faith) on a biomechanical level
- What makes me despise myself, whether I could change those things, and what I’d do about them
Thanksgiving
- Beautiful fall colours in nature
- Hot black sesame syrup in cool mornings/evenings
- Tea kettles – Bought a nice one early in the month!
- A leather notecard sleeve a friend made me
- A mother that knows how to take amazing photographs, help me see past my insecurities, and who laughs at (and understands!) the lame, weird jokes I make.
Past Pages:
What I’m Up To – September 2024
What I’m Up To – August 2024
What I’m Up To – July 2024
What I’m Up To – June 2024
What I’m Up To – May 2024
What I’m Up To – April 2024
What I’m Up To – March 2024
What I’m Up To – February 2024
What I’m Up To – January 2024
(Missed December 2023)
What I’m Up To – November 2023
(Missed October 2023)
What I’m Up To – September 2023
What I’m Up To – August 2023
What I’m Up To – July 2023
What I’m Up To – June 2023
What I’m Up To – May 2023
What I’m Up To – April 2023
What I’m Up To – March 2023
(Inspired by Derek Sivers and other such pages)