Welcome to my own little corner on the internet where I write about whatever is on my mind. I'm a programmer with a wide range of interests. Art, music, read...
As I've written about previously, I'm a big fan of writing and journaling in physical books. The feeling of putting pen to paper and turning your thoughts into something tangible does a lot to help you realize just how much you have to say about yourself and the world around you. And, as I've also written about, don't over complicate it. Otherwise you'll just create roadblocks that stop you from…
In my time time scrolling through the Discovery page, a detail that I sometimes make a mental note of is if someone's blog is under their IRL name. This makes me think about and sometimes question my own relationship with my online presence. For most of my life, that presence has been directly connected to my name. From email addresses, online gaming, and social media (Instagram was my first real…
Growth for me sometimes has meant learning the same lesson over and over until it really sticks in my head. One that still often bests me, but I've been better at catching, lately is forgetting to tell myself "Don't over complicate things". You've created a new note-taking and task tracking method for work? Keep it simple, otherwise you'll overwhelm yourself trying to create some unique way to…
There have been many occasions where, out of seemingly nowhere, I muster up an unusual amount of energy. For whatever reason, my body has decided that today's the day. My morning coffee hits harder, my mind is clearer, and any mental blocks have been swept off my desk. There's nothing in the way of me getting done what needs to get done. It's a moment where I usual tell myself something like,…
I have more blog drafts that I'd like to admit collecting dust in a note-taking program. I figured that it would help me to stay more organized, but I just created a neat storage space to leave them unfinished. Writing directly within Bear Blog has helped me as first kick towards getting the writing ball rolling, and I hope it can help others as well.
Similar to many others on this site, I've made the choice of carrying multiple, sometimes older devices, around without me to avoid needing to use my phone for everything in my life. It's been a little over a month now that I've started carrying a paper notebook and pen with me wherever I go. After trying several different combinations of books, each with their own unique purpose, I realized that…
I wanted to have this out before the start of the new year, but the holidays got in the way. I wouldn't say that 2025 was a bad year for me, but it was one where I saw some of the most drastic changes in how I perceive myself. My job, my friends, therapy, and varying experiences with medicine created a roller coaster of emotional ups and downs throughout the year that, in the end, has left me…
It's sometimes very difficult to stick to something that I enjoy doing for long periods of time. All it takes is one or two unintentional off days and that hobby gets put on indefinite hiatus. Or, after dedicating so much thought and planning into some new thing that's got my attention, it just leaves my mind. I now have a select handful of hobbies where my mind pretty much throws a dart at a…
I got to experience the internet in its golden age when I was very young. Too young to be interacting on forum pages or making blog posts, but old enough to witness a space where people created amazing things just for the sake of sharing their creativity. I remember seeing the first viral Youtube videos, playing in online spaces like Club Penguin and Webkinz, and hopping between a handful of Flash…
If you're like me, you've sometimes fallen into the trap that can emerge when getting immersed in productivity videos on YouTube. Channels explaining how to live without a smart phone or social media, write everything down on pen and paper, or how to completely over engineer your preferred note taking application. The trap being that you only feel like you've taken something from the videos and…