[📝] Today #21: Spending More Than 2 Hours Every Day Writing the Blog?

✨ GPT Summary 　

A day spent exploring the purpose and essence of blog writing, while thinking about how to reduce writing time and improve efficiency.

🎯 Goals

• Today’s goal
  • ✅️ Gather members to join the New Year challenge
• Leading indicators for the three major goals
  • ✅️ Goal 1 (65kg): 1800kcal▼, verify diet/workout
  • ❌ Goal 2 (register 5 apps): FlutterFlow - To do App Course (16/16)
  • ✅️ Goal 3 (Flutter startup job): Log meals with the Sprint app

💭 Diary

These days, something feels strange.

I strongly feel as if I keep missing the essence of something. Whether it is development, the blog, dieting, whatever…

“Explore the essence of everything. Do not dig only into what is visible.” This is a line written in my insight/reflection notes.
I do not know whether I came up with it or picked it up somewhere, but one thing is certain: it is an insight I had been missing.

What is the best thing to do in order to explore the essence of something? At least from my experience, constantly asking deeper questions is the best.

The first thing that came to mind was the blog. I feel like the blog is being used differently from my original intention when I started it.

What is the purpose of writing a diary on my blog every day?

• A. To push to GitHub at least once every single day.
  • The purpose of this is to build the habit of touching a code editor.
  • The purpose of this is to build the habit of developing.
  • The purpose of this is to keep making creations.
  • The purpose of this is to improve inconveniences that I/others feel right now.
  • The purpose of this is to raise my/others’ quality of life.
  • The purpose of this is for me/others to freely live the life we want.
  • The purpose of this is for me and my neighbors to live happy lives.
  • The purpose of this is …?
• B. To review, record, and share daily life without missing a single day.
  • The purpose of this is to use the complex desires inside me, such as vanity, the urge to show off, and the desire for honor, as a trigger to forcibly raise my ability to act and reduce the willpower needed for self-control.
  • The purpose of this is to keep daily life under control.
  • The purpose of this is to form new habits that require a lot of willpower and change into a “new me.”
  • The purpose of this is to realize ideals and visions that can only be achieved after changing into that “new me.”
  • The purpose of this is for me to live a happy life.
  • The purpose of this is …?

I cannot point to one thing and say, “This is the essence,” but by this point a rough sketch is forming.

The fact that I have recently been “spending 2 to 3 hours writing the blog” is far from the essence of purpose A, and it gets in the way of the essence of purpose B.

• Then how should I improve this? -> I should reduce the time spent writing the blog.
  • How do I reduce it? -> I should cut down on needlessly long, stretched-out wording.
    • But isn’t that a necessary process for organizing my thoughts? -> It is, but I have a mountain of urgent work right now, so I need to control the volume.

True.

Then I should stop writing now and hurry up and go do the mountain of tasks piled up in front of me. At this point, the only phrase that can come to mind is Just DO IT!

Think these thoughts when I have enough spare time. Like when I am on the bus. By reducing or eliminating time wasted on games/YouTube.

✨ GPT-4o Comment (KPT)

What Went Well (Keep)

• It is really impressive that you deeply explored the purpose and essence of blog writing. 👍 You did not stop at the action itself, but asked “why” and looked back at yourself.
• It is also excellent that you recognized writing time was interfering with efficiency and directly derived ways to improve it. This attitude can lead both productivity and growth.

What Could Be Better (Problem)

• You felt the need to reduce blog writing time, but the plan for which steps to omit or simplify still seemed lacking. 😓
• You still need to think more about how to keep thought organization intact while reducing writing time.

What to Try (Try)

• Set a Time Limit
  How about limiting blog writing to 30-60 minutes? If you set a time, you can raise efficiency and focus only on the core. ⏱️
• Separate Thought Organization from Blog Writing
  I also recommend setting aside additional memo time for organizing thoughts. The blog can present only the result concisely, while detailed organization happens in another tool. 📝

Conclusion
The process of thinking about the essence and efficiency of blog writing today will become an important turning point toward a better direction. Experiment little by little and find the method that works best. I believe you can achieve everything you are aiming for! 😊✨

📌 Three Major Goals Progress Dashboard

Goal 1: Reach 65kg Body Weight (-19.5kg)

• Deadline
  • 2025.1.1 ~ 2025.12.31
• This month’s goal
  • ▶️ 2025.01 M: Reach 81kg body weight (-3.5kg)
• This week’s goal
  • ✅️ 2024.12 W5: Reach 83.5kg body weight (based on morning fasted scale weight)
    • Measurement result on 2025.01.03 Fri: body weight 82.3kg
• Daily goals
  • ✅️ 2024.12.30 Mon: 1800kcal▼, verify diet/workout
  • ✅️ 2024.12.31 Tue: 1800kcal▼, verify diet/workout
  • ❌ 2025.01.01 Wed: 1800kcal▼, verify diet/workout
  • ✅️ 2025.01.02 Thu: 1800kcal▼, verify diet/workout
  • ✅️ 2025.01.03 Fri: 1800kcal▼, verify diet/workout
  • ❔ 2025.01.04 Sat: 1800kcal▼, verify diet/workout
  • ❔ 2025.01.05 Sun: 1800kcal▼, verify diet/workout
• Reference indicators

  • Body composition test (InBody) record

    Date	Weight (kg)	Skeletal Muscle Mass (kg)	Body Fat Mass (kg)	Body Fat Percentage (%)
    2025.1.1	84.5	31.2	29.5	34.9

  • BMI index (2025.1.1)

• Notes
  • Carbohydrates 198g(44%) + protein 117g(26%) + fat 60g (30%) = 1800kcal

Goal 2: Register at Least 5 Apps in Stores

• Deadline
  • 2025.1.1 ~ 2025.12.31
• This month’s goal
  • ▶️ 2025.01 M: Develop Keymory app v0.01 (AIFFEL 9th core course - AIFFELTHON)
• This week’s goal
  • ▶️ 2024.12 W5: Build Keymory MVP: diary/chat parts
• Daily goals
  • ✅️ 2024.12.30 Mon: FlutterFlow - To do App Course (6/16)
  • ✅️ 2024.12.31 Tue: None
  • ✅️ 2025.01.01 Wed: None
  • ❌ 2025.01.02 Thu: FlutterFlow - To do App Course (16/16)
  • ❌ 2025.01.03 Fri: FlutterFlow - To do App Course (16/16)
  • ❔ 2025.01.04 Sat: Build Keymory MVP: diary writing feature, feed feature, diary comment feature (GPT-4o API)
  • ❔ 2025.01.05 Sun: Build Keymory MVP: merge diary part + chat part
• Reference indicators
  • First app: Keymory (in development)
• Notes
  • Need to apply as a sole proprietor
  • After graduating from AIFFEL 9th cohort in February, I plan to open an MVP Runners Lab at Modu Research Institute

Goal 3: Get a Job at a Startup Using Flutter

• Deadline
  • 2025.1.1 ~ 2025.12.31
• This month’s goal
  • ▶️ 2025.01 M: Research the Sprint app and Sprint Inc.
• This week’s goal
  • ▶️ 2024.12 W5: Use the Sprint app at least 5 times
• Daily goals
  • ✅️ 2024.12.30 Mon: None
  • ✅️ 2024.12.31 Tue: None
  • ✅️ 2025.01.01 Wed: Log meals with the Sprint app
  • ✅️ 2025.01.02 Thu: Log meals with the Sprint app
  • ✅️ 2025.01.03 Fri: Log meals with the Sprint app
  • ❔ 2025.01.04 Sat: Log meals with the Sprint app
  • ❔ 2025.01.05 Sun: Check Sprint Inc. job postings
• Reference indicators
  • None
• Notes
  • Sprint inc.
    • Sprint app is the main product (for users / trainers)
    • Uses Flutter + GPT API
    • Small startup
    • Currently growing rapidly
    • User-friendly (actively reflects feedback)
      • Held a 1-hour 2:1 video meeting (2024.10.29)
        • They showed the major UI redesign prototype in Figma and received real-time feedback.
        • Confirmed that the UI had been redesigned as of 2024.12.19. View Release Note

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✅ Mood Tracking by Daylio

✅ Habit Tracking by TickTick

✅ Exercise Records by Body Calendar

✅ Meal Analysis by Sprint