GOOD EVENING.

Yesterday was a sleepless night + a sad gut + a very social evening with some family. I thought I would not be able to show up. So I dropped a checking-in number at 11:49 PM. And went back to sleep. And today was a sleep in. I needed the hours, honestly.

As of writing this, I am sitting with a tummy ache post diet-Coke. Out of habit. I mean, I was also pretty okay in the first half of the day. But, I should have refrained. Shall do the BRAT diet now.

Either ways, moving on. Here’s some notes from my life and mind.

One. I need to lower my screen time.

One of the things I am trying to do is not reach for my phone first thing in the morning. I am failing at it so far. But that’s alright. I want to add a layer to this. Which is making my screen time, for my phone, around 90 mins every day. I am guessing that’s a decent number. Right? Right??

The global average is 3h 49 mins. My monthly average is 3h 34 mins. PRETTY AVERAGE.

If I were to simply delete Instagram, I would be fine. However, I have to be on it. And my feed is so not optimised for good. And I know I’d go to find the same crap on Shorts instead. And it’s an easy way with no restraint or intention.

One of the things I did try was the One Minute app. Or something. That makes you breathe before you open an app. And that makes you re-think/get impatient and leave. And then you learn. I will get the app and report back. One week from now.

Two. What are my values?

We are trying to make showcase pages for each person at C4E. And for mine, I have to write what my values are. I can, obviously, make this as easy or complicated as I’d like to.

I have a fair idea. But I not a concretely articulated one. So, I need to sit down, think and write it. The plan was for this blog to be about that. But I was not in the mood for it right now. So tomorrow it is.

I did ask my AIs to answer this for me. The things they tell me are not as accurate as I would have expected them to be. Or is this a Johari Window situation? I also realise I had no business writing about it if I was going to come here and write about it anyway. But fine.

One of the things my AIs told me: My values are reflected more in what I won’t do compared to what I currently do. I liked it on some level. I’ve always said I am a loud hater, not a loud lover. In the sense, I know what’s not for me. From the elimination perspective.

And again, everything that exists is always WIP. So are my values. So is my way of finding them. Maybe I will just use the Cerebral Quotient personal values finder.

Three. I do not feel like cooking these days.

Most of meal off late have been — ordering from Zomato’s healthy mode. Or eating out. Or eating at someone’s place. Or just whole foods and eggs. Which is not the best thing for my tummy. OH IS THAT WHY I DO NOT FEEL THE BEST? (teehee)

Perhaps it’s the heat. I no longer want to stand in my kitchen, feel sweaty and worry about the pimples on my face. Fun fact: I’ve only been in AC this past week and I love it. Cabs and gyms and Starbucks and home. I went for a long walk. It was good. But I want to do that in AirCon mall nows. And Infiniti is not really infinite.

Well, I don’t have much to say to this. Other than, I don’t know what to have for dinner today. Maybe I can have Reliance Fresh whip me up some Guac. Which is a brilliant service they offer. Free Guac when you buy Avos.

That’s all for today. Brain not braining. Gut-brain connection, lol.

Ciao!