my internship has been going well! recently i shipped several features; it’s pretty amazing how fast our development cycle. usually code i write at the start of the week makes it into production at the end of the week.
outside of work, i am consuming various comestibles (food—i learned this word recently) and exploring various locales. photo dump:
a swan at dusk on the esplanade
i made 热干面 “hot dry noodles”; noodles with sesame paste and chili oil basically. we also added carrots and scallions; it was very yummy
got a banh mi from Banh Mi Huong Que in chinatown while my partner got a haircut.
we then went to Phở Pasteur afterwards to get pho, and also Jia Ho Supermarket to get groceries. jia ho has a much better selection of asian groceries than the hmart at central square (though it is much more sus; there were many expired items on the shelves), so i think i will definitely be returning.
stretching after a jog along the charles, and saw this sunset over the esplanade
“tokyo masala” ramen from Red White Buddha Ramen, with friends
went paddleboarding with mitoc at this lake by tufts! yes the board is upside down
in addition, i have (somewhat surprisingly) started practicing violin again (though i think this was a summer goal i had lol)! i’m working on the lalo symphonie espagnole, and my partner is planning to learn the piano accompaniment. i think it will be super fun to play together so i’m really looking forward to it.
i feel very tired recently and i’m worried i may be trying to do too many things. i’m still working on a urop alongside my internship, i have a bunch of hobbies i want to do, and i have to take care of some personal tasks. and i’m supposed to resting and relaxing! i feel like simultaneously doing too much and too little.
i’m trying to free up some time by spending less time browsing the web (i have been frequenting youtube and hacker news a lot, so now i’ve blocked them) and by trying to be more efficient. unfortunately i’m not sure how helpful this will be because there are still more things that i want to do that i haven’t found time to fit in. furthermore, operating with high efficiency is very taxing and requires a lot of willpower.
ideally, i should cut down (or i guess i mean give up, but i don’t like how that sounds) on some activities, but doing so is very difficult for me because i care a lot about everything! this is a dilemma i seem to struggle with constantly and i still don’t know how to address it.
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