specific topics prone to overthinking, but not ABOUT overthink
Current list of my personal endeavors, the simpler and less verbose the better:
Second-tier endeavors:
I like the word “endeavor” as the name of a space shuttle! 奋进号
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These positive experiences are the precious positive feedback loops I seldom see in people’s lives, supposed to reinforce positive behavior change but in reality not so motivating. (Reality in human nature is far from ideal.) Very likely the positive behavior will stop, replaced with shopping, leisure surfing, movies, gaming, binge, or loafing.
It depends on the domain and the individual’s absorbency, among other things
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Top 5 unexpected big wins is a similar analysis
I will use A/B rating for “effort | result”. Note achieving a “B-” is a huge effort like an Oscar nomination.
.. rest are heavy-hitters, on steeper uphill. Note the C ratings set the benchmark.
–slimming habits
–fattening habits before I recognized them
Update: [[effective engineer]] points out that most of the time we spend has low leverage, but that’s for another blog post
These are some of the most noteworthy areas where I spend either too much or too little time. Either preoccupation or insufficient “laser” focus
k_tyrant_of_rmSelf k_rmSelf_vs_xpSelf … k_mellow
By “burn or rot” I mean something specific. We each get some hours of spare time in a day. You can either use the time productively (burn) or let it slip through your fingers and drip down the drain (rot).
Here, I don’t include the “booked” time we have limited control over, such as commute, or paying bills.
So what spare time usages make me feel burning?
Therefore, with a block of free time, I would rather spend it on 2 and 5, away from the distraction. 95% of the burn is related to self-care, including self-improvement and body-building. This is /deep in my psyche/.
80% of the effort to help boy and family don’t feel like burning, but boy is “burning”!
Below are some of the “burning” things that I failed to recognize.
Now here are some of the controversial spare time usages, ranked by the amount of time
Combined, I feel I spend about half of my disposable time on boy, including half-day outings and hours spent reading Chinese. So far, I don’t really feel productive (burning). Need to resolve. Either recognize it as burning or recognize it as rotting and correct it.
Without starch, even if I load up 2000 calories worth of powder, it will not fill my stomach.
Similarly, if I eat a small sandwich with a thick butter chunk (2000 calories in total), it has no chance of filling my stomach.
This is a challenge to the calorie theory.
Meal replacement powder (MRP) usually comes in 200-400 calories per serving, designed to replace the smallest meal of the day and offer slightly fewer calories than a regular meal. My GNC Meal replacement powder is rich in protein + fiber and also contains 3.5g of fat and 8g of starch in a 52g serving. In contrast to pure protein, this shake should be more filling. I asked the GNC salesman “Can I take another serving if still hungry?”. He said “Give it a day. Next day you may try two servings.” I could follow that and start 2nd day with 2 shakes each time. One bottle has 16 shakes, about 8 meals.
Don’t expose to temptations like cakes, biscuits, nuts etc. If you are unprotected from the temptation, then don’t expect this meal replacement to work. If no temptation, i think one “MRP meal” can last 4 hours. With temptation, it is 20 minutes!
A guy at Downtown Pharmacy (Marin Blvd) shared his experience that MRP can’t really replace a meal.
Overall, I feel powder (or any liquid) can’t provide satiety. I feel the meal-replacement feature simply doesn’t work for me. I get hungry faster than other people. Consider a 2000-cal peanut butter shake with ice cream float. I feel such a heavy drink may have a chance to work only with some solid foods like raw veg.
Consider mixing one scoop MRP + one scoop of whey + teaspoon of chia
🙂 cheaper than MRP alone
🙂 precise calorie budgeting and tracking
🙂 more filling
🙁 2 open bottles to manage
— 25 Jan I tried my first MRP exactly as prescribed — 2 level scoops mixed with cold water not milk. Should provide 210 calories. It looks like 10->20-25% of a regular meal. Indeed, to some testers, it might feel like 10% of regular meal. It’s unthinkable that this small shake is designed to replace a breakfast or a lunch.
Finished this meal around 4.15pm NY time. At 2.5 hour mark I still felt full. At 4hr mark, i felt a tolerable hunger, thanks to absence of temptation.
— 1 Feb I took 2 level scoops after 8pm 1 Feb. I felt slightly hungry within an hour but didn’t eat anything substantial until 10.30pm when wife offered me the left-over noodles
— 7 Feb after LIRR, in b@a lobby I had 2 scoops around 6.30am. Soon I felt hungry without obvious temptations. By 8am in office, I felt very hungry, but I decided to /tough it out/. I only had some almond milk + steamed pepper around 10am.