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You're not a level 1 newbie. You're an alt carrying your main's experience.

You can be the strongest player on the server, but some content you just can't experience alone.

The enemy's moves, your teammates' plays, the weather, the terrain — none of that is yours to control. The only thing you can control is yourself.

If this thing vanished from the world tomorrow, would you be sad? A simple thought experiment to figure out what's worth keeping.

Answering the 8 blog questions challenge: why I started blogging, what platform I use, how I find inspiration, my favourite post, future plans, and more.

When you see a level-99 player decked out in glowing gear, you don't assume they're a genius. But when we see overnight success, we forget to ask: how long did they actually grind?

Active skills solve the problem in front of you. Passive skills amplify everything you do. Beginners only train actives. Veterans know passives compound.

AI writes code faster than me, better than me, prettier than me. So why am I finding less and less joy in it?

The story of how I collected 200+ tiny cup-hanging figures during my time chasing dreams in Japan.

A question that's been bugging me for a while. Let's see what others think, then try it out.

If I have 10 years of blogging left, every single post is a countdown.

If you self-host a static site and don't handle publish times, your posts might not even last 24 hours in your readers' RSS feeds.

Manual spacing between CJK and Latin characters is typesetting's job, not the writer's. CSS text-autospace lets the browser handle it.

The map starts dark. The only way to reveal it is to walk through it. Real life works the same way.

I flew back to Taiwan just to buy a hardcover book in person. On why books are absurdly underpriced, and why the authors are the real rock stars.

I'm not going to the gym to work out. I'm going to listen to podcasts. The workout is just a side effect.

Should we measure mastery by effort or by outcomes? Both sides make sense. Both sides fall apart.

I had plenty of time to write today, but zero energy. Some days are just like that.

Thinking of a day as 1440 minutes instead of 24 hours changes how you see your time.

The daily ups and downs are all noise. Pick a cheap index fund, then wait thirty years.

Why I don't watch the news. And why Trump is everyone's best friend.

When you're sick, all your effort resets to zero. But Epictetus said: be a person who is sick well.

When you're strong and you slack off, that's personality. When you're weak and you slack off, that's just being a slacker.

On a rainy afternoon, I ate legal psychedelic truffles and experienced the longest one-hour walk of my life.

Looking back at everything I've written, the clues were everywhere.

I have a problem: I need people to think I'm smart.

I made a 12-track album with AI. The songs were done. But then came the real question: what order do they go in?

I'm hosting the third BlogBlog Party. The March theme is 'Perfect Days.' Come join us!

In games, the best gear has level requirements. In real life, there are none. Level up first, then upgrade your gear.

How I landed on my Chinese brand name. Turns out being 35 and calling yourself a boy is totally fine.

Last year I said AI music was like pulling a slot machine. Today I'm eating my words. Suno v5 is so good I cancelled Spotify, then resubscribed because of it.

Fleeting interests aren't a weakness. The more cards in your hand, the more combinations you can make.

Netflix's Traditional Chinese subtitles have become so bad that I discovered a hidden benefit of learning languages: not being held hostage by platforms.

Maybe you have to use AI obsessively before you can reach the level of not needing it.

Every YouTube video has this phrase, but I don't want to do it.

Three weird habits I have that make me wonder: is it just me?

How to break through the perfectionism that stops you from creating

What is the meaning of life? Maybe the meaning of life is to stop obsessing over the meaning of life.

Don't skip the water just because you don't like the cup.

Waypoints save you from retracing your steps. In real life, waypoints don't glow, so we often miss them and keep walking the same path over and over.

Taiwan doesn't have Print on Demand. Self-publishing means paying $5,000+ USD upfront to print 500 copies. The math doesn't work out, but I really want to hold my own book.

I love stories that are completely unpredictable yet deliver satisfying surprises. Same with music.

Full-screen mode isn't about trying harder to focus. It's about removing distractions before you even start.

Experiments have endpoints. Habits don't. You're not afraid to start. You're afraid of 'forever.' Endpoints make starting possible.

Holidays are just numbers we invented. Do what you want today.

Your main quest isn't something you figure out by thinking. It's something you discover by playing. Stop waiting. Start moving.

Fighting a new boss for the first time is always rough. But after a few attempts, you learn its patterns. Real life works the same way. Starting is always the hardest part.

The world's content already exceeds what anyone can consume. Not finishing is normal.

Life doesn't have a Spotify Wrapped. So I wrote my own annual review questionnaire to summarize the year, adjust course, and leave a time capsule for my future self.

Not because I hate technology. It's because I worked at the world's largest social media company and saw how the system operates from the inside. The algorithm doesn't serve me, my every move is tracked, and I was addicted.

What games teach us: third-person perspective lets you see clearly. In real life, you're too close to your own problems. Try pulling the camera back and making decisions like a spectator.

A domain name is your address on the internet. Pick the wrong one, and it's like opening a shop in an alley no one walks through. Pick the right one, and people remember you after seeing it once.

Successful people aren't luckier. They just tried more times.

Stop researching website setup. Content is what matters. Write 10 posts first.

Games get patched. Skills you spent 100 hours mastering can become useless overnight. Reality works the same way: jobs, skills, relationships all change. Complaining is useless. Adapting is the real skill.

In games, we all know to save frequently. Having a save file gives you the courage to take risks. What are save files in real life? Money, skills, backup plans, and records. People with escape routes are actually bolder.

Naming my kids is like naming my most beloved project. A name affects their lifelong branding.

While others chase K-pop stars and Elon Musk, I'm a fanboy of a recluse living in New Zealand.

Games are 'overwhelmingly positive.' Life is 'mixed reviews.' After experiencing perfect systems, going back to chaotic reality? Of course you don't want to move.

The safe zone is comfortable, but experience points are outside. Step out of your comfort zone to level up.

Taste spreads person to person, not through algorithms.

In Chinese, there's a phrase for 'reading reflections' that implies you write them after finishing a book. That's backwards. The best notes are written in the moment.

If grinding isn't fun, it's a bad game. You spend 99% of your life on the journey. If the journey is suffering, you're wasting 99% of your life.

The stat allocation system in games teaches us: no one can max out every skill tree. Accepting limitations is what sets you free.

Side quests in games seem optional, but they often unlock hidden shops, rare items, and new maps. Reality works the same way. Seemingly useless interests and choices might open up unexpected possibilities.

If I can answer this question well, maybe I can finally fix my lifelong procrastination problem.

Rare equipment in games isn't always better. In reality, most luxury brands only provide vanity stats with no actual function.

My daily writing experiment that started in October just ended. I wrote 24 posts in one month, more than my entire life before. The numbers speak for themselves, but so do the costs.

What games teach us: when your health bar turns red, go back to town. Real life is the same. Rest when you need to. It's not being lazy, it's basic strategy for the long game.

Watched Coco again and I'm still bothered by the power imbalance of spirit animals. Why does grandma have an invincible tiger while the villain has nothing?

In games, failure comes with clear explanations. In reality, it triggers self-doubt. Translating 'I can't do this' into 'I'm not ready yet' turns failure into a signal to level up.

In games, death is a teaching tool. In reality, failure makes us freeze. Masters aren't people who never fail. They're the ones who've failed the most.

Reflections after a year of using AI to boost efficiency: tools have improved, but expectations have improved faster.

Want to publish a book? Build an audience first. Exploring how modern writers become bestselling authors by being full-time influencers, and my journey restarting social media from zero followers.

Social media, employers, platforms—they're all someone else's kingdom. The castle you build there can be taken away anytime. Real freedom means building on your own land.

In games, watching others fight gives no experience points. Real life is the same. Stop being a spectator and fight your own battles.

If you have the time and know the benefits of sleeping early, exercising, and meditating, but still don't do them—you don't trust science that much.

ChatGPT is great for processing emotions, but using it as a weapon only makes things worse.

Streaks are meant to help you build habits, but they can become barriers to starting over. Maybe breaking them intentionally is true freedom.

Damage a monster to 99% health, then run away? Zero experience points. Games are brutally honest about this.

What games teach us: find challenges at your level, and slow progress is the fastest way forward.

Through six interactive games, experience what kind of challenges are most engaging, and what kind of games make you want to give up.

Our brains want to round everything to nice round numbers, but this habit becomes an excuse for procrastination and bad habits.

Friendships are about timing. Today's stranger could be tomorrow's close friend, and today's best friend could become just an acquaintance.

I didn't tell anyone. Just quietly started. Because I was afraid I'd quit after three days and feel embarrassed.

As an iOS indie developer for 10 years, I often wonder: should I switch to web or cross-platform? But I'm still here. Why?

An allegory about social media. The square never closes, but the megaphone only amplifies anger, and vendor calls are everywhere. I choose to return to my own small courtyard, where there's no audience, only people who truly want to hear me speak.

Media loves to brainwash us into thinking we're the main character of our own movie. But maybe accepting we're not the protagonist is actually liberating.

Writing is thinking. Writing well means thinking well. I've realized that my current role models aren't million-follower influencers or superstars, but the writers I admire.

While pursuing novelty, don't forget to maintain what you already have. True growth isn't just about how far you explore, but whether you can hold your ground.

I decided to change my website's primary language from English to Chinese. Instead of clinging to vanity, I chose to face reality honestly.

Transforming Lean Learning's Inspiration Matrix into the practical PACE framework for managing passion and priorities

Every September, I do this meditation. This year, my iPhone 12 Pro barely survived another year. Or did it?

How a nation's six-digit postal code reveals the importance of system design, execution, and UX

When muggles can finally use magic but choose not to, isn't that stupid?

I thought I was over it. Then four things happened, and I realized I'm still that kid who wants to be liked.

From 86,400 outfit combinations down to 1. More minimal than a capsule wardrobe - the zero choice wardrobe!

A Brazilian city without ads and visual pollution made me decide to remove all Google ads from my app

While everyone's chasing the next new song, I decided to cancel Spotify and take back control of my music

When AI can write perfect code in seconds, why do I want to slow down? On keeping creative ownership in the age of AI.

In an era where AI makes development easy, real competitive advantage isn't about being faster or better—it's about being more interesting and memorable

Why my computer became a graveyard for ideas, and what I'm doing about it

Imagine if Newton had been addicted to mobile games or Mozart had binge-watched Netflix...

The challenges of maintaining a multilingual blog and why I'm giving up (for now)

After having lived in the USA, China, Taiwan, Japan, why I'm moving again and decided on Kuala Lumpur

Why I swapped all my stocks for a single index fund and deleted my stock apps

Spoiler: I want to make a bunch of apps.

Why start a new blog now, when I've procrastinated for decades?