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Recording my voice a lot definitely makes me start to micro-adjust my voice to be more pleasing I suppose taking lots of selfies has a similar effect As does writing a lot Do 1,000 reps (of anything) and review them as you go; you’ll be a different person at the end of it
thinking with my mouth https://t.co/HyfeDuP9AV
For years, I have wanted to develop a habit of making periodic vlogs (to capture snapshots to retrospectively reflect on), but I always procrastinated on it, was too perfectionist something about the 2:20 limit makes it easier to make videos with low expectations https://t.co/EtuLa2PSvv
3. I don’t actually think of myself as a positive person. 😅 “Positivity” has some clunky connotations. I just treat people the way I’d like to be treated, and over time this has helped me make wonderful friends all over the world. It’s free! https://t.co/mjXyWZf5es
4. “What’s the next thing you’re going to explore doing a 1000 of?” - @procrastiwork These vids! 😂 once I’m done with @1000wordvomits and 1000 pullups and these vids, maybe something... cooking-related? Also wanna do numbered walks/dates with @sharanvkaur https://t.co/45Xaa5JMBO
5. “Someone you’re proud of?” - @b_cavello My extremely kind and nourishing twitter friends, who are able to be compassionate and nourishing even in circumstances where it would be so tempting to be mean. Kindred fools!! I love you all https://t.co/UIRSRsJnlQ
6. What’s up nightmares!!! Very cool, very fun!! It’s my turn now, I’m coming for u https://t.co/ExW3hMwHIt
7. “Planning” to get back to doing more long-form writing and kinda nervous about it 😂 even though it was what I used to spend most of my time doing (before Twitter). Probably trying a little too hard to force magic to happen; just gotta trust the process and have fun https://t.co/rWPx07JIo0
8. Disagreeable nitpickers can sometimes be useful - so it’s a shame that the needless antagonism and abrasiveness can detract from the message. If you really care about getting your point across, it’s worth taking the effort to be sensitive to the person you’re talking to https://t.co/hv1G6zvwpk
9. From a week ago - sleep deprived and thinking about rehabilitating fear and anxiety responses via controlled exposure https://t.co/YmsgpYjcmN
10. Sweaty post-run thoughts about being self-conscious (and the recursive loop of being self-conscious about being self-conscious) and letting that shit go https://t.co/bc9rl8kj1L
11. Gonna have KFC for dinner tonight (also,,, tired of racism) https://t.co/D2fbAGlJ8j
12. planning to work out hard for Q4 https://t.co/4sYoGxqxf8
13. Getting a little tired of tweeting, time to get back to writing essays https://t.co/s6pDXK29eQ
14. this is for @TheAnnaGat who asked about my accent - it’s Singaporean! https://t.co/Qvhf4ax9v9
15. been increasingly drawn to history as a way of contextualizing the present https://t.co/niJhUPq0op
16. really excited at my latest personal breakthrough in thinking about / conceptualizing all of my blog content. It’s like the signal in the noise has finally revealed itself to me https://t.co/uCtPc8JeXA
17. Making a second video just because I’m in such a good mood 🥰 I love writing https://t.co/QRJTISUEq9
18. I’m a different person at different hours of the day https://t.co/EzYSgCiiF2
19. “Omg why didn’t anybody tell me about this” https://t.co/EqgvFG8wZh
20. Been a guest on several podcasts recently and it’s been a lot of fun. Challenges me to be clearer about my talking points, to figure out what I should prioritize, and develops my sense of what resonates with people. Also just plain fun to talk with curious people https://t.co/j6U0YEejNK
21. What do I mean by “aesthetics”? I still haven’t managed a succinct description but I think it helps to frame it thus: consider the “cinematic universe” of the thing(s) you’re analysing. How does it all come together? What does it imply by association? What is the vibe? https://t.co/OMyVUZRKFK
22. taking things seriously but not taking yourself seriously turning up the heat means getting burned, turning it down means you lose the crispy https://t.co/Y0aEzMIRRx
23. Been reading a book that I bought almost a 10yrs ago from a library book sale - The Energy of Life by Guy Brown. Might do a thread on that but rn I’m thinking about how when I was 19, I chose to spend food money on books because the books were on discount. Appreciate that kid https://t.co/i03yMm3zQi
24. reading about ambitious people makes me want to be more ambitious myself. And ambition feels like a very rarified thing to me, like something that can wither and die if you don’t protect it. (Prestige games contaminate ambition, in my frame. They compress & contain it IMO) https://t.co/5hRvtdWO3j
25. journaling last thing at night and first thing in the morning seems to be a remarkably effective way of establishing a sort of continuity. this seems obvious on retrospect, yet I went so long not doing it. without this handoff, I have to work harder to reorient https://t.co/pLPN7JLDVE
26. Currently deep in the weeds of editing and updating my blog, which is a tiresome and frustrating experience - will be funny to contrast this one with 16 above. The emotional rollercoaster of the creative worker is real 😂😭😂 I love it even when it sucks https://t.co/HNjG0GyWWV
27. been thinking a lot about the Venn diagram of what I’m interested in and what people are interested about me, and about how to arrive at a balanced configuration that feels right. Curious to hear how other people manage this, have dealt with this https://t.co/Syz5sOpU89
28. went to bed at 7am yesterday, woke up at 3pm, went to bed at midnight, woke up at 5am... gonna eat breakfast and maybe go back to bed. There’s something about feral life that I’m not sure I’ve seen/heard anybody talk about in an accessible way, something about strange rhythms https://t.co/xlMn5yU8rG
29. I don’t properly understand the science behind it, but I remember *losing fat* while eating more junk food and playing video games and sleeping weird after I left my job. I suspect it has to do with stress levels and hormone cascades https://t.co/SN5KZxKJ7L
30. The world is a different place at different times https://t.co/FCRnCHDHfV
31. it’s interesting to contrast the experience of making these videos vs being a podcast guest definitely get a bit excited and rushed in conversation, would like to get better at slowing down I think I’ve already made some progress on this front and that feels pretty great https://t.co/LG6n7DICZY
32. For @regancodes - for the most part, for me personally, I think I think of beauty as something that’s contextual - and I think the clever and cool win-win thing to do is to get good at playing with frames so you can find beauty in almost everything. Useful skill, too! 🤪 https://t.co/Adtb89P1LY
33. For @DestruReeva - on making friends, I think the most critical thing is to have the right fundamental frame, or “vibe” - which is to start by believing that friendship is *possible*. recognize that people have been friends for generations, and notice that people are doing it https://t.co/Hc6HWUaZu8
once you get the vibe ~ right, then it’s all about good reply game. being supportive + nourishing in a non-needy way with no expectations, just the understanding that some people notice + appreciate little positive gestures. Then it’s a numbers game. People will even refer you https://t.co/KS2Ytict91
35. been feeling stressed, silly and a little paralysed lately when I reflect + review on my past year - feel like I haven’t gotten as much done as I would’ve liked, feel like I’ve been squandering my runway. Now I feel relief having said it out loud 😂 it’s not *that* big a deal https://t.co/TZchjWdxJ6
36. does anybody else feel that weird feeling when... you’re sick, so you end up getting much more rest and sleep than you usually do, but you’re sick, so you’re “out of it”, so you’re somehow better and worse simultaneously https://t.co/fwE5vBsZ1i
37. considering my relationship with early mornings and wondering if it’s time to try being a morning person again https://t.co/vWlRgTxDUF
38. deciding to be more prolific than I already am https://t.co/i6pIpS0ehD
39. talking about talking about things: sometimes it’s cheaper + easier to just do the thing (as opposed to spending time and energy trying to figure out whether or not you should do the thing) 😂 https://t.co/Q9Zlj54iry
40. woke up early (by my standards) to meet a twitter friend for breakfast, did a work call at night, feeling happily tired, feels like a day well spent https://t.co/Kz4ChOQhpu
41. Thinking again about how dramatically I underestimated the value and effect of travel - I always kinda thought everyone was overselling it. But *experiencing* different realities expands your mind and recalibrates your conceptualization of everything to a tremendous degree https://t.co/brKRtAW23Q
42. Been getting a lot of pleasure out of my collection of desktop wallpapers lately, and expanding this collection feels like a very worthwhile endeavour - because each corresponds to some idea or mental state I intend to revisit. Definitely a voltage-raising practice for me https://t.co/gqHoYpR28P
43. (Sleep deprived) just listened to the podcast I did with Erik on Village Global. I thought it was pretty good, and I can already hear room for improvement in how I articulate and present my talking points. Going on podcasts is a pretty powerful tool for refining your ideas https://t.co/HFUK48Dm6e
44. Experimenting with sleep by trying to wake earlier rather than trying to sleep earlier (which hasn’t been working out for me). What are your experiences? Would love to hear your stories, trials and tribulations https://t.co/XtkWAhsV0W
45. For @PeterIsaacSimon, on the college class I would teach. I know it sounds vague and nebulous, but the point is really to respond to the students’ interests and needs and to co-create something with them that *they* care about, and remember https://t.co/1eC2x5xi8j
45b. More on what I know about talking with young people. Technically I think this applies to all people, but there is something about young people- they’re used to not being taken seriously, to being treated like humans on probation or a trial period https://t.co/kcg0mul4VF
47. Been trying to do more new things this year. Big new things like flying across the planet, small new things like trying new flavors of chocolate. It’s fun to make a little game out of it, I highly recommend it. Small new things make big new things feel less daunting https://t.co/JtxYaSgN3c
48. Spent 4 hours last night reading just two months worth of my tweets from 2019, and it’s gotten me thinking about what I’m really doing here, as a writer/creative. There are whole books worth of content in here. What does that mean? How should I be spending my time? 🤔 https://t.co/7jCmJcfJP4
49. Thinking about the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon (once you learn about something you start seeing it more) and remembered a funny discussion I had with a guy who couldn’t see how it might be a psychological phenomenon rather than a divine one (I know, why not both? 😂) https://t.co/Bd7aH3PRSn
50. Visa (and Sharan!) ✈️ NYC🗽 April/May 2020 https://t.co/Xs1au7ti2J
51. For @Crunchumz - what do I mean by self-authorship? It’s about taking responsibility for the narrative(s) of your life. It’s about practicing framing your shots in a way that serves you. Some people find this to be scary, but I think it’s scarier not to do it. Take baby steps https://t.co/tH0A807THW
52. On confronting limiting beliefs around asking for help and accepting help. Some part of me feels averse to it, interpreting it as a weak and low-status thing to do. But I know there are people who *want* to help, and I can do so much more for others *with* the help of others https://t.co/J055YfeV61
53. Why did I even think of help-seeking as “weak and low-status”? Where does that idea come from? Is there any truth in it? It’s about framing, I think. Am I being a selfish free-rider? Or am I serving others, serving a mission that others believe in? A lot to explore here https://t.co/ACqyWVn7WO
54. Rage against the breaking of threads 😡🤬 https://t.co/o2dfaOWVlZ
55. I like receiving DMs. It’s totally cool to reach out to people you’re following - just put in some effort to think about what it’s like for someone to receive your message, and how you want them to respond. Make them feel comfortable. Keep it short and breezy. Blogpost soon https://t.co/gOq1LAhco7
56. Fascinating to experience the replies and QTs of my “alternate universe with scholarships for self-directed kids” tweet. Some love it, some hate it, lots of valid nitpicks. Sad to see scarcity mindsets re: learning. We out here to earnestly keep learning new things, always 🔥 https://t.co/fxxlUda9h4
57. Finally got around to watching @ContraPoints videos and am quickly becoming a big fan of Natalie’s work. She understands aesthetics *and* argumentation. She’s rigorous, intellectually honest, and so much fun. A real artist. Likely gonna watch the rest of her stuff 💅🏾 https://t.co/4C1xkawpBK
Oops 👇🏾 is actually 58 https://t.co/Lg9j3Zcpr8 https://t.co/edMQpHW4rU
59. In this video I just fanboy about the moon for 2 minutes https://t.co/eBGmuSamuF
60. My neighbourhood has been getting brighter and more cheerful over the past few years, which is pretty nice https://t.co/1JVSICZLgg
61. Been getting frustrated again with my blog, which feels dated and lifeless. Think I need to move a big chunk of stuff to draft and be a more ruthless editor https://t.co/k9vBck8jCD
62. Been trying to sleep at regular human hours. 3 nights ago I forced myself to run on a couple of hours of sleep so I’d get sleepy by 11pm. Then slept 12.5 hrs. Last night slept at 11pm again, up at 6am this time. Lots of feelings https://t.co/nCLUJZQtLH
63. Withdrawal symptoms always feel so cruel, like your body trying to fuck you for doing a good thing 😂 what is the deep dysfunction that keeps something “simple” from being resolved? https://t.co/EB3jmIcT1L
64. Have started on my YouTube videos at https://t.co/hr5WDiQInd Gonna keep doing these (twitter vlogs) until I hit 100 too because why not Thinking about the inevitability, even necessity of repetition, and the challenge of staying interested... gotta pay attention to nuance https://t.co/H56ucesPtc
65. fasting is always a mindfuck for me, in a good way. It could be bad for others, but I reject the blanket assumption that it’s intrinsically a disordered thing to do. The status quo is more disordered in a myriad of ways, IMO https://t.co/Kt5h1YoXkC
66. haven’t uploaded one of these in a while, should be interesting to contrast with the first one since I’ve posted almost 200 videos on YouTube since https://t.co/RoqyGaN4YO
@visakanv no but if you were on the other side of the cat https://t.co/X3motbceg5
67. “Do 100 thing” might seem trivial if you’ve never tried it. But scroll up through this thread yourself and get a sense of what even 2/3rds of it feels like. It takes 2 mins each time to film but it’ll take you 2+ hours to watch all of it. Baby steps fucken add up!! https://t.co/w2Tjuh7gkj
@visakanv you've still got 933 to go https://t.co/xcGM3gKgg5
4. “What’s the next thing you’re going to explore doing a 1000 of?” - @procrastiwork These vids! 😂 once I’m done with @1000wordvomits and 1000 pullups and these vids, maybe something... cooking-related? Also wanna do numbered walks/dates with @sharanvkaur https://t.co/45Xaa5JMBO
Oops 👇🏾 is actually 58 https://t.co/Lg9j3Zcpr8 https://t.co/edMQpHW4rU
59. In this video I just fanboy about the moon for 2 minutes https://t.co/eBGmuSamuF
60. My neighbourhood has been getting brighter and more cheerful over the past few years, which is pretty nice https://t.co/1JVSICZLgg
61. Been getting frustrated again with my blog, which feels dated and lifeless. Think I need to move a big chunk of stuff to draft and be a more ruthless editor https://t.co/k9vBck8jCD
62. Been trying to sleep at regular human hours. 3 nights ago I forced myself to run on a couple of hours of sleep so I’d get sleepy by 11pm. Then slept 12.5 hrs. Last night slept at 11pm again, up at 6am this time. Lots of feelings https://t.co/nCLUJZQtLH
63. Withdrawal symptoms always feel so cruel, like your body trying to fuck you for doing a good thing 😂 what is the deep dysfunction that keeps something “simple” from being resolved? https://t.co/EB3jmIcT1L
64. Have started on my YouTube videos at https://t.co/hr5WDiQInd Gonna keep doing these (twitter vlogs) until I hit 100 too because why not Thinking about the inevitability, even necessity of repetition, and the challenge of staying interested... gotta pay attention to nuance https://t.co/H56ucesPtc
65. fasting is always a mindfuck for me, in a good way. It could be bad for others, but I reject the blanket assumption that it’s intrinsically a disordered thing to do. The status quo is more disordered in a myriad of ways, IMO https://t.co/Kt5h1YoXkC
66. haven’t uploaded one of these in a while, should be interesting to contrast with the first one since I’ve posted almost 200 videos on YouTube since https://t.co/RoqyGaN4YO
@visakanv no but if you were on the other side of the cat https://t.co/X3motbceg5
67. “Do 100 thing” might seem trivial if you’ve never tried it. But scroll up through this thread yourself and get a sense of what even 2/3rds of it feels like. It takes 2 mins each time to film but it’ll take you 2+ hours to watch all of it. Baby steps fucken add up!! https://t.co/w2Tjuh7gkj
@visakanv you've still got 933 to go https://t.co/xcGM3gKgg5
4. “What’s the next thing you’re going to explore doing a 1000 of?” - @procrastiwork These vids! 😂 once I’m done with @1000wordvomits and 1000 pullups and these vids, maybe something... cooking-related? Also wanna do numbered walks/dates with @sharanvkaur https://t.co/45Xaa5JMBO
57. travelling with family is a trippy experience 😂 as I get older I get better at surfing the waves of my family’s... rhythms... and not getting needlessly anxious or upset about things https://t.co/VIC20tQH0w
58. Mailing out some t-shirts, which is one of the many things I do. Always fun to reflect on how I ended up with this business without ever really having a plan; I just followed my nose and did whatever seemed fun or interesting. Worked out so far so I plan to keep doing it https://t.co/RdVoHqN0nA
59. 2019 was “the year of Twitter” for me, I want to experiment with making 2020 “the year of YouTube” https://t.co/3iW8NMtciV
60. A podcast episode I’m on just went live today, which got me thinking about the differences between anticipated pleasure (having a vacation planned) vs surprise pleasure (buying yourself something and forgetting about it until it shows up unexpectedly) https://t.co/b76U2vjqnE
61. Been sucked into @RoamResearch - can see how different people will use it differently; for me the cose graph view is a game changer for my associative-web brain. Still early days for me, looking forward to seeing what emerges as I get more comfortable + put more stuff in https://t.co/0FkNMSNkRb
62. Gonna make at *least* 100 new YouTube videos in 2020 😂 mostly book reviews for a start, then blogposts & threads translated into video with some flourishes and visual aids, and eventually, hopefully, some fresh/novel style of video content altogether https://t.co/jL6MgRFMHe
63. I’m about 4 days into trying to sleep and wake early (in bed before midnight, no alarm). Cautiously excited. The change is pretty disruptive; my appetite and my energy levels etc are all out of wack. Feeling absent-minded, listless and body-anxious. But gonna persist https://t.co/3SXFZgTt2Q
64. Still waking up body-anxious every time https://t.co/XOHmS617vN
65. Does anxiety make one likelier to be fooled by randomness? 🤔 https://t.co/ukBtCRFkBC
66. box-breathing seems to be *substantially* reducing my body-anxiety 😮 https://t.co/ZzK5meMjOJ
67. Been doing breathwork every day (which is itself remarkable because I‘m bad with new habits). My sleep is better. I boot up faster and fresher. I feel more “embodied”. Funniest thing might be: I think I’m also getting quite a bit more emotional,,, you may have noticed 😂😭😍 https://t.co/UuOYmyNz56
68. Can’t sleep, going running!! Might regret it but it’ll be interesting regret for a change!! https://t.co/qPXHH0ECip
69. (nice) Trying out a new running program I call “run like a child”. 😂 First session has been fun https://t.co/2Kn83BkU3G
70. gonna finish the final 30 of this thread by reposting 60sec no-prep tiktoks. Here’s riffs on being constrained by low-res models https://t.co/4ca5pEMbOS
71. simply become hot https://t.co/MDvcRNANTk
@visakanv Loving these videos. Last year I discovered the joy of getting up super early, but only because I was doing Write of Passage and it was the only chance I had to write before work. Having something fun to get up for (unlike with school) changed my experience entirely.
@visakanv Everyone has an inner circle of listeners that they half-subconsciously set up while writing or recording speech. If you pay attention to it, you can catch yourself switching them out for a more or less critical circle. Does it help if you were sincerely listened to as a child? https://t.co/snsUq6VEWA
