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plan day in nature today to recharge dopamine levels because very depleted cause too many 12 hours work days over the last 2 months and energy is not getting back
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wake up after sleeping like shit for no reason cause couldnt catch sleep, maybe too much screentime lately, will go to jacuzzi this evening to ease with sleep, very efficient
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sell all my 770 Eutelsat shares at -70% loss cause it's a shit stock now and I'm not sure they can compete with Starlink economically in the long rule cause they don't own the launch system like SpaceX does — better accept the loss and rebalance this to ETFs
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replace docker desktop w/ orbstack so that I can leave a docker engine always running in the background for convenience, cause docker desktop on macos was always so annoying with updates and consuming so much battery when idle
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work from defunct Selina cowork (renamed to some other chain) and it's sad to see it's all empty, all DNs are gone and it's so silent. It's 2026 and the Digital Nomad is no more
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book room at Selina (now called something else) as a replacement for our Airbnb that smells like mold everywhere and where the water pipes have pressure issues so it’s hard to even shower
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wake up in middle of nowhere in Costa Rica and realize we slept like shit because the wind was too strong due to a cold climatic event in Central America
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work on ETF strategy and find out in FR tax environment it's better to mix Dist and Acc. Dist will allow a steady income even when markets are bad, but are immediately taxed in FR (30%), then Acc allows withdrawing something like 4% annually (especially when markets go well).
My new formula is simple:
- 40% of total ETF portfolio go to Dist, 60% to Acc.
- Dist funds life necessary life expense, while Acc funds lifestyle or expensive purchases.
That's the best balance for me between simplicity and tax efficiency for FR
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schedule to sell all my SP500 holdings tomorrow because 1. its over-exposed to AI and it's a bubble, 2. SP500 is over-valued by 120% to 200% as per analysts, 3. US is going geopolitically crazy recently so starting to lose confidence — will re-balance it to an Asia-Pacific Acc ETF tomorrow + All-World ETF to dump on the AI bubble growth and now spread the risk to preserve those fat gains
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take some slow time to wake up and walk outside and drink coffee 1h after wake up to avoid immediately irradiating my eyes with laptop screen as other days, and it feels better
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switch ChatGPT subscription for Mistral to see how it goes, so far very satisfied it’s totally on par
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uninstall X from phone because it became too addictive due to recent changes (can’t hide images) and I spend more time doomscrolling now, and it’s not possible to use unofficial client app anymore so —> 🚮
my phone is only messaging apps and maps now, which is the purpose of a phone after all. means I don’t use my phone much during the day except for smart stuff like searching knowledge or chatting with friends
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