Am I becoming a workaholic?

(Started writing around 16:00)

Since subscribing to a paid AI tool, I have barely had an idle day. Ideas keep coming to me, and I ask AI to help test them. Many turn out not to work, but some become real projects. I feel more effective at the foundation of how I work.

On Monday I began what I call my “empty-stomach plan” to help with weight loss. The first day told me little, but after a full day I felt a difference. Walking down the street, I caught myself standing taller, much as I do after a hard workout. I have noticed that feeling twice now. I do not yet have figures to show what the plan has done, but I want to keep watching how it feels and perhaps keep the habit for longer.

I have also changed how I study:

1. I brought back the Pomodoro method to help me focus during morning and other reading.
2. I improved my notes on new material, making review a more deliberate step.
3. I reminded myself again that memorization and repeated recall matter.
4. I renewed my desire to learn another language, using phonetics, a dictionary, and a grammar book as guides.
5. I want to read books closely in their original language to improve both the language and my understanding.
6. I am paying more attention to how my three “brains”—my own mind, my notes, and the internet—work together.

(17:23)

Why the timestamps? I wrote the section above with Shuangpin, a Chinese keyboard input method I learned this afternoon. I want to remember how clumsy it felt at first. There is not much text here for the time it took. My fingers cannot yet keep up with my thoughts, so I forget what I meant to write or lose focus. Luckily, that should be temporary.