[📝] Today Was #45: A Thinking Life, the Best Tool for Stimulating Thought: Journaling

✨ GPT Summary 　

A day when I realized the importance of a thinking life and reaffirmed that daily journaling is an important tool for improving thought and action.

🎯 Goals

• Today’s Goal
  • ✅ Resume journaling
• Leading indicators of the three major goals
  • ✅ Goal 1 (Reach 65kg or below): 1800kcal▼ (Result: 1730kcal, 81.6kg)
  • ✅ Goal 2 (Deploy 5 apps): Write a Keymory development log
  • ✅ Goal 3 (Win 1 startup contest▲): View 1 video/article related to startups
    • Essential Guide to Startup Success in 2025_Support Project
• habit tracking
  • ✅ Reflection: Life Verses
    • Letting your waking hours go by the flow of your subconscious mind is the worst way to start your day.
  • ❌ Journal: Writing Bible Meditations
  • ✅ Diary: Write a development diary
    • [🧑‍💻] Keymory Development Log #7: Resolving FleatherViewer issue, Resolving HomeFeedPage Unexpected null value issue
  • ❌ Diary: Reading Writing
  • ✅ Diary: Write today
  • ✅ Church: Z, YT, Web
  • ✅ Certification: AIFFELthon, QT, Today, Diet/Exercise

💭 Diary

If you don’t live a life of deep thought

• They become unable to defy inertia, become complacent with the past and present, become unable to develop and grow, forget their brilliant dreams and visions, become chronically lethargic, and gradually die mentally.
• You lose objectivity, become swayed by your ego, become trapped in your own world, your ability to communicate significantly decreases, and you gradually lose your social skills.

In other words, waking up and going to sleep according to the flow of your unconscious mind is the worst way to start and end your day. Without realizing it, we are gradually heading down a path of unhappiness.

However, no human being can live thinking deeply about every moment. Therefore, we must intentionally set aside time to think and wake up every day. Whether that method is reflection, meditation, or prayer.

Recently, I kept wondering if writing a diary every day was an excessive waste of time. However, as I looked back on my recent life from the perspective of daily journaling, many of the above realizations came to me compressed at once.

My life after I started daily journaling was awake, energetic, active, and happy.

My life after I stopped daily journaling had become dull, lethargic, inactive, and unhappy.

Of course, daily journaling is only a kind of expedient thinking enhancement tool. Therefore, there will definitely be some inefficiency, especially in terms of time. However, I have never discovered a better thought-stimulating tool in my life. So, no matter how busy the day is, I must write a diary.

✨ Comment by GPT-4o (KPT)

✅ What Went Well (Keep)

• 🎯 Resume journaling: Writing in my diary again helped me organize my thoughts and regain my focus! It really means a lot to me that I experienced firsthand the importance of keeping a diary.
• 💪 Achieve 3 goals: Write a development diary, watch videos related to entrepreneurship, and even achieve weight control goals! I liked the process of achieving important goals one by one.
• 📖 Using a diary as a tool to improve thinking: By writing a diary, I was able to organize my thoughts and have time to reflect on myself objectively. It was a day where I definitely felt the effects.

❌ Problem

• 📉 Failure to write Bible meditation and reading records: Due to my busy schedule, my meditation and reading records were missing and my balance was disturbed. Consistency is important, but it’s a shame.
• 🔄 Repetition of past worries: I reaffirmed the importance of the diary, but the pattern of recommitting to what I already knew is repeating. Maybe you need a new perspective?
• ⏳ Concern about efficiency compared to time investment: It is helpful in improving thinking skills, but it takes a lot of time, so it seems necessary to balance it with other tasks.

🔄 Things to try (Try)

• ✍️ Write at least a short record of Bible meditation and reading: Even if you are busy, if you get into the habit of writing down at least one line, you will be able to stay consistent!
• ⏱️ Optimize your diary writing time: Let’s adjust it in a way that summarizes key contents concisely rather than writing excessively long descriptions. Efficient recording is the goal!
• 🔍 Explore thinking-boosting tools other than journaling: Experimenting with other methods, such as meditation, audio recording, and note-taking, may yield more effective methods.

Conclusion
It was a day when I felt that my thinking and action skills were definitely revitalized while writing my diary again. However, there are some issues that take a lot of time, so I need to find a way to improve them in a more efficient way. Still, I realized again that writing a diary consistently plays a really important role in improving my thinking skills and concentration. 🔥

📌 3 major goals achievement status board

Goal 1: Reach 65kg or below (-19.5kg)

• Deadline
  • 2025.1.1 ~ 2025.12.31
• Monthly Goal
  • ✅ 25.01 M: InBody fasting weight 81.0kg▼ achieved (25.02.01: 84.5 → 80.8(-3.7)kg)
  • ▶️ 25.02 M: InBody fasting weight 78.0kg▼ achieved (25.03.01: 80.8 → ?(-?)kg)
• Weekly Goal
  • ▶️ 25.02 W1: Fasting weight 80.0kg▼ achieved (25.02.09: 81.3 → ?(-?)kg)
  • ❔ 25.02 W2: Fasting weight 79.0kg▼ achieved (25.02.16: ? → ?(-?)kg)
  • ❔ 25.02 W3: Fasting weight 78.5kg▼ achieved (25.02.23: ? → ?(-?)kg)
  • ❔ 25.02 W4: Fasting weight 78.0kg▼ achieved (25.03.02: ? → ?(-?)kg)
• Daily Goal
  • ✅ 25.02.03 Mon: 1800kcal▼ (Result: 1730kcal, 81.6kg)
  • ❔ 25.02.04 Tue: 1800kcal▼ (Result: ?kcal, ?kg)
  • ❔ 25.02.05 Wed: 1800kcal▼ (Result: ?kcal, ?kg)
  • ❔ 25.02.06 Thu: 1800kcal▼ (Result: ?kcal, ?kg)
  • ❔ 25.02.07 Fri: 1800kcal▼ (Result: ?kcal, ?kg)
  • ❔ 25.02.08 Sat: 1800kcal▼ (Result: ?kcal, ?kg)
  • ❔ 25.02.09 Sun: 1800kcal▼ (Result: ?kcal, ?kg)
• Reference Metrics

  • Body composition test (InBody) records

    Date	Weight	Skeletal Muscle Mass	Body Fat Mass	Body Fat Percentage	BMI Index
    2025.1.1	84.5 kg	31.2 kg	29.5 kg	34.9 %	31.80 (severe obesity)
    2025.2.1	80.8 kg	30.3 kg	27.4 kg	33.9 %	30.41 (severe obesity)

    (Click) 2025.1.1 View results

    

    (Click) 2025.2.1 View results

    

• Memo
  • Carbohydrates 198g (44%) + Protein 117g (26%) + Fat 60g (30%) = 1800kcal

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Goal 2: Deploy 5 apps

• Deadline
  • 2025.1.1 ~ 2025.12.31
• Monthly Goal
  • ❌ 25.01 M: Keymory app v0.0.1 (pre-release) development (AIFFEL 9th core course - AIFFELthon)
  • ▶️ 25.02 M: Complete the Flutter beginner/intermediate course
• Weekly Goal
  • ▶️ 25.02 W1: AIFFELthon presentation preparation: Keymory
  • ❔ 25.02 W2: Modulabs - MVP Runners LAB opened
  • ❔ 25.02 W3: 100% completed Flutter beginner course
  • ❔ 25.02 W4: Flutter intermediate course 100% completed
• Daily Goal
  • ✅ 25.02.03 Mon: Writing Keymory development diary
    • [🧑‍💻] Keymory Development Log #7: Resolving FleatherViewer issue, Resolving HomeFeedPage Unexpected null value issue
  • ❔ 25.02.04 Tue: Writing Keymory development diary
  • ❔ 25.02.05 Wed: Writing Keymory development log
  • ❔ 25.02.06 Thu: Writing Keymory development log
  • ❔ 25.02.07 Fri: Writing Keymory development log
  • ❔ 25.02.08 Sat: Writing Keymory development log
  • ❔ 25.02.09: Writing Keymory development log
• Reference Metrics
  • First app: Keymory (in development)
• Memo
  • To register an app on PlayStore, you need to apply as a sole proprietor.
    • To participate in the ‘Preliminary Startup Package’ that will be announced in February of this year, you must not be a sole proprietor.
    • Therefore, for now, hold off on applying for self-employment!
  • When the 9th class of AIFFEL graduates in February, the ‘MVP Runners’ Lab will be opened at ‘Modulabs’.
    • Individuals/teams produce one MVP (minimum viable product) app per month and announce it at the end of each month.
      • After filming each person’s presentation scene, it will be uploaded to the Growing Inghyuk King RPG channel (mosaic upon request)

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Goal 3: Win one ▲ start-up contest

• Deadline
  • 2025.1.1 ~ 2025.12.31
• Monthly Goal
  • ❌ 25.01 M: Research and organize the list of 2025 startup contests
  • ▶️ 25.02 M: Preparing to participate in the 2025 preliminary startup package
• Weekly Goal
  • ▶️ 25.02 W1: View 4 or more videos/articles related to starting a business
  • ❔ 25.02 W2: View 4 or more videos/articles related to starting a business
  • ❔ 25.02 W3: View 4 or more videos/articles related to starting a business
  • ❔ 25.02 W4: View 4 or more videos/articles related to starting a business
• Daily Goal
  • ✅ 25.02.03 Mon: View at least 1 video/article related to starting a business
    • Essential Guide to Startup Success in 2025_Support Project
  • ❔ 25.02.04 Tue: Watch at least 1 video/article related to starting a business
  • ❔ 25.02.05 Wed: Watch at least 1 video/article related to starting a business
  • ❔ 25.02.06 Thu: Watch at least 1 video/article related to starting a business
  • ❔ 25.02.07 Fri: View at least 1 video/article related to starting a business
  • ❔ 25.02.08 Sat: Watch at least 1 video/article related to starting a business
  • ❔ 25.02.09 Sun: Watch at least 1 video/article related to starting a business
• Reference Metrics
  • None

• Memo
  • Essential Guide to Startup Success in 2025_Support Project
    • Standard startup route: ‘Preliminary startup package’ → ‘Initial startup package’ → ‘Startup leap package’
  • Pre-startup package
    • Application period: February 2025 (TBD)
    • Attendance period: ?
    • Contents: ?

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