two weeks rules

I found a cool routine of myself, that is: I need to journal every two weeks to dump my thoughts.This is discovered through this blog that I setup for myself.every time I feel there’s something to be written, it’s about two weeks.it doesn’t mean t…

March 16, 2026 · 2 min · Max Chen

tainan trip & learn to relax

during my holiday in Tainan, enjoying my foodie trip with my love, the world is declaring wars.. (wtf)which might be the saddest thing we can imagine in this era.I feel pretty sad when the world fall apart and I couldn’t do anything about it, when…

March 1, 2026 · 2 min · Max Chen

cny x birthday x paradigm shift

this year my birthday is in cny holidaysand the biggest plan for myself is to clean my home and getting some good rest.I think sometimes we’ll force ourselves to do more things to get more results, if you can do more, then you’ll get more things d…

February 20, 2026 · 2 min · Max Chen

The magic of just do it

I found a great formula of just start now but not procrastination: “start small and just do very easy things.” like for running, people imagine a 10k run or 21k run, which takes 1-3 hours to run. often times I overthink too, and then I lay on t…

February 10, 2026 · 2 min · Max Chen

snow kingdom x Pikmin x pre-CNY

Back from my yearly runaway snowboarding tripIt has been few years when I started snowboarding.I think this is a expensive but fun hobby to keepEvery time I went to a new ski resort, it feels different to me.It immediately shift my mind to a great…

February 9, 2026 · 1 min · Max Chen

friend x legacy x kindness

This might be my very first cliche thing in 2026:“Having a good colleague is a blessing.”Woke up this morning and had an apple,Then took some random stroll under the sunshineI like to reflect things, in a calm way.I used to think workplace is very…

January 15, 2026 · 2 min · Max Chen

Sunday random thoughts

First post try to post on my phonethe ux seems good to me but the auto correct makes me annoyed.PWA feature looks good and the overall space is goodentering 2026, I reviewed my finance, my clothes, also cleaned up my garden yesterdaygetting diamon…

January 4, 2026 · 2 min · Max Chen

new year x reflection x instinct

this year I didn’t went to firework with crowded placesI stay at home, cook hotpot and have some fresh fruits with loved oneI didn’t do too much reflection as I usually do in past few yearsi’m kinda letting myself cool down a little bitjust feel t…

January 1, 2026 · 2 min · Max Chen

holiday x christmas x chill

this christmas I went to singapore for holiday trip (it’s also my first time to singapore)the weather is like summer in taipei, air smells humid, wet and warm.it’s actually pretty similar as taiwan but a little bit hotter.try kaya toast, hainan ch…

December 28, 2025 · 2 min · Max Chen

focus x dopamine x morning

recently I’m obsessed with dopamine detox which I think I know for a very long time from minimalist youtubers and I do try some but haven’t try seriously I’m actually awake but sometimes I crawl back to my comfort cave but recently I found that my ability to focus doing something hard become less and less effective actually one of my biggest strength is I can be super focus for no reason ...

December 22, 2025 · 2 min · Max Chen

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