Category: Life

In Shop Talk Live(STL) eposide 241, Vic Tesolin talked about addressing the issues he sees in the shop while working. It doesn’t interrupt the workflow as much and it makes him feel good after that issue is resolved. I can relate to that. I found that I am always going to be bothered by the…

When I first came to the U.S, I was frustrated shopping at the grocery store. There are too many choices in every category! We have got 20 different flavors of chips, some are made out of corn while others are made out of potato dust. Which one would I like? It was a different experience…

The Internet never sleeps, but you do. Don’t try to compete with the Internet. Unplug, and rest up!

I purged all of my YouTube channel subscriptions last Friday. Why? YouTube keeps recommending the same content. It is easy to waste a lot of time watching new videos from channels I subscribed. I wanted a fresh start. Any channel that I love, I will remember and eventually subscribe again. Give it a try, it…

The CEO of Bronco Wine – which sells the Charles Shaw “Two Buck Chuck” wine at Trader Joe’s – was once asked how he’s able to sell wine for less than the cost of bottled water. He replied: “They’re overcharging you for the water. Don’t you get it?”

Caring too much often leads to unhappiness, burnout, or a stressful relationship with others. It leads to unhappiness because often the outcome of a project has too many variables that are out of our control, so rarely do a project turns out to be perfect. It leads to burnout because laser focused on something we…

I was reflecting on how the COVID pandemic has changed the way I shop. Here is the list: Shifted almost completely to online shopping. For example: grocery, household items, and tools. Hesitation to return unsatisfied goods. For example: a humidifier that leaves a puddle of water on the table. Brought forward purchase in anticipation of…

Time flies! I cannot believe it is 2022 already. In 2021, I wanted to introduce some changes to my life because I realized my lifestyle was not very healthy. Here is what I did: Daily push-ups from January to April Harvested some broad beans in May Finished a soldering station build for my wife in…

(Quote by Nat Friedman, former CEO of GitHub) This quote resonated with me today. Whenever we try something new, there is a good chance of failure. So it is easier and safer to stay pessimistic because we will probably be right. However, the optimist overcomes the fear of failure and sometimes their attempt will pay…

Inspired by Seth Godin, I started daily blogging on Dec. 7, 2021. I originally planed to post to this blog daily but soon found out that was not sustainable. So I tweaked my goal to post every weekday. Since Dec. 7, 2021, I did 18 posts. Missed 3 posts. Overall experience is positive. I read…