For the last two days, I haven’t gone to the gym because I wanted to let my forearm heal fully – so instead I’ve just been going to the treadmill at work before I go home. Both days I ran a mile at a 9:13 pace, and it didn’t even feel like I was dying. I had a moment of foresight of how that isn’t going to feel as monumental as it does right now, but I still remember how much I wished and how much I worked for just a mile at a 6.5mph pace. My shins have gotten much stronger, and can sustain running for a while now compared to before. I remember when I first had PT I couldn’t run for more than a few steps before my shins made the pain unbearable. A couple hundred pounds of calf raises later and here I am! I’m really grateful to calf raises, and even though my calves don’t grow it’s a nice thing to be able to go up to anyone on the calf raise machine and work in. There are some massive bodybuilders at the gym I go to, and it’s a nice feeling to be able to warm up with the machine fully loaded.
Also, I got the delivery date for my car! This Thursday it’s coming, and I cannot wait. I’m looking forward to the sound system so fucking much.
Hearthstone buddy season ends today, and this was the last thing we said to each other before logging off for the night. I’m excited to go to Japan with all of them.
My car finally got its VIN assigned; the delivery date is sometime this week, so I am very excited about that! I need to figure out if they approve me for the 1.99% APR, because if not I need to sell stock to buy the car. I should have insurance and everything else sorted out, so I’m excited to get the new car soon. I want to wrap it eventually, but that’s made me think about how money is so disproportionately considered. A wrap would be ~6k for matte PPF, but a trip to Japan with friends for 11 days is 2.5k. It’s a no-brainer what’s a better use of money. A dream computer for me was 1k, with my childhood lottery dream of 3k on a computer. And that’s just the price for a change in color for the car. How crazy relative costs make things.
I was praying I’d never see it again but my left forearm is in incredible pain. I’ve been nonstop icing it, but it keeps flaring up and killing me. I pray it heals soon.
Me S, L, and T are planning a trip to Japan and I’m incredibly excited. Thankfully the yen is weak against the dollar, so the trip is incredibly affordable right now. I’m not a huge fan of Japan, but I have been wishing to go on a trip with friends for a long time so I am praying this happens. This is going to be chaotic and I can’t wait.
I came home, and instead of playing games I worked on writing the blog. Hopefully sometime soon this very post will be on my new website! I used a lot of github copilot, and holy shit it’s so nice for react. Give it a little bit more, let it auto create stuff like tests and I’ll become a god damn web dev. It instantly created a login page for me with what would have taken me days of tailwind. I’m just proud of myself.
Oh yeah, I also fucking RAN 2 MILES FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!!!! I just told myself no matter what I would not stop, and when I ended I was gasping for breath for a good few minutes. I’m so proud of myself.
Super short post since I’m barely lucid, it’s almost 3 in the morning. We stopped playing games like 3 hours ago and then just sat talking the rest of the time, and just opened up and went through each others tiktok likes to harass them lmao.
I turned on my camera a few times and I was weirdly self-conscious about my body, not from insecurity but because I don’t want to look attractive or muscular. I just think it’s a funny horseshoe coming from being super insecure about my looks, to not wanting to show off.
I’ve been playing a decent amount of Asseto Corsa recently, and even got myself a cheap steering wheel from amazon. Part of me wants to be a driver that can terrify the passengers in my car, and I think about why that’s the case. I feel like it’s maybe because I want to be feared, as maybe that’s a bit adjacent to respected in my mind. I’m not really sure.
I’ve already started daydreaming of another car. I also talked with my therapist today about the hedonic treadmill that S brought up when I was excited to buy my current car. My therapist said that one of the views of philosophy is that the hedonic treadmill applies when you feel like you need something to fill a hole in your life, and when you believe that something will give you happiness. Almost like when you feel you need something. I think that’s something I can be aware of, but also something that I may try to game in my own mind – if I can convince myself that something that would be part of the hedonic treadmill is not, does that mean I’m deluding myself or that I’m breaking free from it? I’m not sure if I’m even making sense at this point, for some reason I’ve had a bad headache and my brain just isn’t working today.
When I only had a limited amount of time, I held onto it way more. I savored every moment and really cherished it. That same thing felt monotone when I knew I'd have it forever. I think there's a valuable takeaway there.