Dec 2023

Learning:

• The Art of Documentary - Module One!

Creative Outlet:

• Flush out the idea for the Documentary: SINGLE

• Write about my experimentation with GPT, and also my accumulated knowledge of living in the UK (e.g. tax)

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Nov 2023

Idea:

• Make a documentary! Flush out the idea some more…

Learning:

• Driving - 2nd attempt on the test 15 Nov! -> postponed to 5 Dec

Creative Outlet:

• Writing more. Thoughts, ideas, feelings, knowledge…

Exploring:

• Create the Services page and iterate.

• Explore what I can do with the leading-edge products and platforms, starting with GPT4.

  • Tested using it for formalising complaint letters -> works well!

  • Tested using it for improving personal blogs -> hit and miss. I don’t really like its style, so I need to write most of the content and only use GPT to find alternative words and rewrite certain sentences.

  • Tried “day dreaming” with ChatGPT about participating in Documentary making -> It gave me a lot of interesting ideas! I ended up going to the surf film festival and met a few directors and producers of documentaries, and the connections also led to me joining the Art of Documentary!

  • Tested using it to generate video scripts -> I fed it with my writing and asked for 3 styles. I liked what it generated on the first glance, but incidentally 1 saw some other peoples videos which clearly was using GPT generated scripts. It made it look very unoriginal and uninteresting. It tend to use the same words and lump “pretentious” words to make it look professional instead of writing actually interesting and original stories and points of views. I think I prefer writing my own original stories, but maybe using GPT for inspiration.

Habit:

• Monday morning weekly planning for work

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Oct 2023

Loads of travels! US, Bali, China…

Exploring:

• Family Office opportunity -> George wanted someone with fund due diligence experience. It makes sense. While I felt excited about the doors this opens, I find myself less excited about the financial and fund research aspect and more excited about the philanthropic and private investment from a project perspective. The appeal comes from seeing more of the world and learning more about making high-impact decisions. I was also not so thrilled about losing the flexibility in my current lifestyle and going back to office-based jobs. So all in all it’s an interesting exploration but I was not too gutted that I didn’t get the job. It revealed / confirmed my true calling which is a balanced life with abundant adventures and wellness, and embracing the world through deep and meaningful interactions and projects. Jake’s book was an interesting revise and a confirmation that I know more about the financial world than I give myself credit for.

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Sep 2023

Try:

• Be kinder to people, especially those I tend to lose my patience with (sales people on LinkedIn, customer services with inadequate service, my parents…)

Creative Outlet:

• Writing more: 2 articles/month - one on analytics/work, one on freediving/life

• Consistent video output: 1 long-form video/month + 5 shorts / week

• Submit to GoPro challenge: 1/week

Learning:

• French (try a language partner and practise consistently - one call/week) -> didn’t manage to start the partner practise but been keeping up with the daily Duolingo exercises!

• Driving - pass the test on 22nd Sep! -> Oh no, I failed with one main fault - touching the curb!

Exploring:

• My next career move, talk to more people and get wisdom. Book 1 conversation/week with someone new!

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Aug 2023

Learning:

• Driving (4 hours a week, aiming to get a license this year)

• Spanish (keeping the Duolingo 300+ day streak)

• French (started listening to podcasts while walking or doing chores. This is one that I am loving now. Finding it quite effective in picking up some foundation utilising fragmented time)

Exploring:

• My next career move, discovering Venture Capital

Completed:

• NEW EYES: Got the laser surgery done for my eyes. Still in recovery period but really enjoying the renewed eyes!

• Refreshed website: changed the structure to my writing page after the conversation with Nik so it’s more logical.

Started:

• Prioritise health (neck pain and some other stress-induced symptoms reminded me that my health should be #1 priority!)

• Write more (can be the challenge for Sep onwards)

• Making more videos (both shorts and long-form)