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Why I replaced Bear, Obsidian, and Roam Research with Craft

I used to use and pay for Bear, Obsidian (free), and Roam Research. These days, Craft (https://www.craft.do/) is my notes app of choice because: * I find it the most pleasurable app to read, write, and annotate (bold and highlight) with. With Obsidian, I found it a pain

When does one learn ethics in technology and business?

I was talking to a lawyer friend about the Netflix show, The Social Dilemma. To most people not in tech, the negative impact of technology on our lives is shocking. As someone who’s worked in tech all her life, I am not surprised at all. In law, they take

My implementation of Zettelkasten in Craft

I have been using a new notes app called Craft.do [https://www.craft.do/]. I love it and have been obsessively using it for the past three days. In this blog post, I share how I’m implementing the Zettelkasten method in Craft. For the best experience and links

How to not waste your youth while you are young

> Youth is wasted on the young. I first heard this quote from Adam Levin’s song Lost Stars. Ever since, I’ve been mindful not to waste my youth while I am young. Here are some directives I have for myself: * Build good habits. * Learn. Don’t act like

3 Rules on How to Be Happy, according to Alexander Green

Rule #1: Don’t pursue it. Searching for happiness is a chief source of unhappiness. Why? Because happiness is a by-product, not of searching for it, but of getting busy with other things. Which things? See Rule #2. Rule #2: Get busy on things that produce happiness as a by-product.

I Have Met the Enemy (And It Was Never My Job)

Sometimes, people ask what my biggest learning was during my time wrestling. My answer: I learned not to blame my job for my unhappiness. Before wrestling, whenever I felt unhappy, I would tend to blame my job. Something about this job is hard. Frustrating, Stressful. If only I had that

Why I moved to Germany

It was easier to move from the Philippines to Germany than it was to move from Caloocan to BGC. I think it’s the Filipino-Chinese. Perhaps, it’s just my family. Either way, it was frowned-upon and kind of unacceptable to live on my own. When you already live in

The last time I cried

was 6 days ago. It was during a 1 on 1 with Timo, our CTO. Oli and Lukasz had told him that I seem to be feeling much better about my work these days. That is true. Ironically, it prompted me to tears. The thing is, I cry a lot.

Notes: How do I prepare for my German B1 Exam?

Update: I took and passed the B1 Exam in December 2020. These were very helpful: * I took SmarterGerman's B1 Exam Preparation [https://courses.smartergerman.com/p/b1-exam-preparation] course taught by Michael Schmitz (the person in the YouTube video). * For speaking practice, I hired Andrea from Lively German [http:

Monthly-ish Personal Update (Oct 2020)

Overcoming anxiety, Coaching Project aka "Gen Propel", learning German.