Minsoo's Mind Palace

  [Link to Opensea] It is the last day of January already. This month was kinda rough, started off big but couldn't really sustain my 'above average' expectations. Thankfully I think I'm in a better position now compared to last week, but I still have times when I don't want to do anything. And going for a walk in the morning is just over now - maybe I can continue when it gets warmer, and when I can wake up earlier, regularly. I really need to read more though. And stop procrastinating.

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  [Link here!] I felt like shit until just now. I wrote my diary in Naver Blog, which is more preferable since expressing my feelings/emotion descriptively in English is always a second option. I wish I was more fluent in English... It's probably because I don't know enough vocabulary in the first place. And, not reading enough English literature. Teachers and parents always emphasize about how reading is so important, yet I can only realize the true importance of reading when I experience difficulties myself... Not saying that I am going to read a lot of English books from now on though, I'd rather read a lot of Korean books and just study English vocabulary a bit. I'm too tired to do such stuff, and I don't have the time or the money. Maybe this is an excuse, not maybe, but probably. Anyway writing a diary certainly helps normalize one's mood, releasing the emotions and thoughts through words. I think I've found out a few things to do when I feel depressed

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  [Link to Opensea] Friday already! How time flies fast. This week we had a lot of earnings report from various companies like Tesla, Microsoft, LVMH and so on. Surprisingly they had pretty good earnings than expected, which made the markets soar up high. But Apple, Amazon, and Google are yet to report their earnings - probably next week if I remember correctly. I wonder how the tech sector will perform(or rather, have performed?) in general. I hope the stock market doesn't crash, but at the same time I hope they get a bit cheaper so I can invest a bit more. I find it really hard to buy more when the stocks I have purchased have already gone up by a far margin. Which is a very stupid thing because momentum exists in stocks - but as a human being I cannot be entirely rational. Being a good investor is harder than I thought. It is hard to buy more when everything is falling, and yet when it goes up it is also hard to buy more.

  [Link to Opensea] Today I watched a youtube video called 'The first horror movie written entirely by bots'. It was an ai-written script, which means it cannot be good... at least for now. It surely was a comedy gold, but I could catch some of the references that it had for generating the 'horror movie' plot. I'm definitely not a film geek, so I probably missed several well-known horror films - but here's some I could discern: 1. Saw series 2. I know what you did last summer 3. Interview with a vampire 4. Friday the 13th And finally here's the youtube video. It surely is funny, but I wonder what this will become in 10-20 years from now on. I mean ai has proved itself capable of doing artsy stuff (stable diffusion, Dall.E, etc) AI being used for creative stuff, will it be able to 'create' something that everyone enjoys from tons of references? I kinda doubt it now but... if music/movie/gaming industry gets disrupted by ai it would certainly cause a v

<Link to Opensea > The colors remind me of a certain brand, but I can't recall which one... Anyway Microsoft missed its earnings. Is this going to be the reverse trend downwards for the market? Everyone is guessing that the stock market is going to go up until April, according to history and data. I still remember last year (especially October~December) people saying 2023's first quarter is going to be awful. Does the sentient and the actual market have a inverse correlation? But that also seems impossible since everyone would replicate the same sell-buy action if they all believed this theory. Hmm, I guess I only know that I don't know anything about the future.

  [Click to go to Opensea] This week's company earning calendar to remember: Tuesday(today): Microsoft(MSFT), Johnson&Johnson(JNJ), 3M(MMM), Lockheed Martin(LMT) Wednesday(25th): Tesla(TSLA), ASML(ASML), Servicenow(NOW) Thursday(26th): Visa(V), Mastercard(MA), LVMH(LVMUY) Friday(27th): Chevron(CVX), American Express(AXP) How much will they miss? Everybody said last year's last quarter results were going to be awful, and so 2023's 1st quarter is going to make the stocks plummet. I doubt that is actually going to happen though... It really seems like the market is super optimistic now, so even if some companies miss their sales or revenue/eps, it won't come down as much.

Guess that's the price Price that I pay For falling so hard for you in less than a day Guess that's the price Price that I pay For falling so hard for you in less than a day   Don't click it's pointless

 Happy Lunar New Year! Some may call it different depending on where you live, for example, like  春节, 설날, etc. It may sound/read different, but it shares the festive spirit for everyone. I hope people don't fight for how it is perceived. Just enjoy the day, and wish good luck throughout the year! Click to go to Opensea Link

  [Click me to go to Opensea!] Dear diary, today I wanted to finish reading the book but I fell asleep :( I wish I was more consistent with stuff... I was so determined yesterday but today I just felt like doing nothing. But... at least I'm writing my diary now. I'm happy with that.

  [Click to go to Opensea Link] Today I felt a lot better compared to how I was this week. I think it was all thanks to reading a book, which I had applied last November (if i recall correctly) for the new library book. It was called 'Fully Automated Luxury Communism' by Aaron Bastani. I don't have to appropriate vocabulary skill to explain what the book is about in English - hell, it was even hard reading it in my native language. I was just amazed at myself for being full of energy after reading a book I enjoyed. To be frank, I wasn't in my best conditions since Monday. I struggled to do anything, and did not want to do daily tasks including writing these posts every day. But today I really felt like I wanted to do something. From working out to writing stuff.  And most importantly, I don't feel depressed at all, which is kinda amazing because I felt super depressed since Wednesday. I blamed something I ate or waking up too late/getting to sleep too late, but it s

  [Link to Opensea] I wish I was more consistent. I wish I was more loving. I wish I was more smart. I wish I was more decisive. I wish I was more focused. I wish I knew myself more thorough. Maybe one day I will be.

 [ Link to Opensea ] Polygon network freezing is acting weird lately. Usually metadata freezing option was quick, but nowadays even if the transaction popup says it is done, it shows as if centralized. For sure the blockchain is unstable at some times. I wonder if I have to choose another blockchain for my nft. Wish I could use Ethereum, but the gas fee is still way too high. I saw some new options when minting, such as optimism and arbitrum - I thought they were ZK rollup solutions? I guess I really don't know much about blockchains and layers. BNB chain might be a safe option in the long run, if they don't go bankrupt like FTX.

  [Link to Opensea] Today is dad's birthday. Happy birthday dad!

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  Today's color scheme came out really well. I think I really like pink and purple-ish colors, which I did not know until I used these random color generators. Good to know. I guess you have to try out new stuff to know what you really like, since preferences change throughout time. Some radical changes are made while living life, whether if it is caused by ourselves or eventually. I personally don't like changes, but I think adapting to things around you tend to  have a positive effect(especially when you NEED some type of change not to plateau). But I still want to live forever just like now. I don't want to change. Can I?

  Time flies. I wish we had infinite time. Infinite resource. Infinite energy. Reverse entropy. Click to go to Opensea Link

 Didn't intend it but the picture kinda looks like a restaurant logo... I wonder why? Click to go to Opensea link Reminds me of Papa John's for some reason.

 Today's To-do List: 1. Post this 2. Extend my library books' return dates 3. Translate The Vaccines' song lyrics on Naver Blog 4. Optional: collect ETF data and write an article about weekly/monthly best performance 5. Listen to WEB1 lecture on Inflearn.com Link to Opensea

  Click here for Opensea link Today I felt a lot better (less exhausted) after having an early dinner at 3PM. Couldn't sleep until 3am in the morning, so eventually I got up at 10:30. Had to make lunch, cooked something I had in mind - stir fry veg+sausages - but failed miserably because I added too much chicken stock. It was way too salty. Went for a quick workout, but couldn't finish my regular schedule because I felt really tired. But thankfully after coming back home and having some Don(pork)-katsu leftover that my sister ordered (from Yeon-don, a rather famous don-katsu franchise in Korea) I instantly felt a lot better. Since yesterday I did not have the motivation to do anything, I really don't know why. (Probably because of the workout I did on Monday, I assume.) But today my overall condition was... well, not superb, but definitely better than okay-ish. So I decided to leave another diary note, writing in English. I really haven't written anything in English sin

  Link to Opensea (Click) It's only been a year But it feels like a lifetime here How's it been for you? Does it feel like a lifetime too? What would you do now in light of it all? I don't regret it in spite of it all If I can't convince you then nobody can I guess I've got too much time on my hands But you don't understand Or you won't understand Would I make it right? Would it make you less uptight? What would it achieve? What should I put up my sleeve? What did you think would come out of it all? That we'd quit pretending we doubted it all? Oh, you don't make me nervous, hell, nobody does these days I've got too much time on my hands But you don't understand Or you won't understand I've got too much time on my hands But you don't understand Or you won't understand Are you ready, are you ready, are you ready for this? Should I shake your hand or should I give you a kiss? Is this everything you always hoped that it would be?

 I finished playing Detroit: Become Human on steam. It was a really great experience, since I have only watched Heavy Rain & Beyond: Two Souls playthroughs on youtube. Playing an interactive movie with realistic graphics was a phenomenal experience. I couldn't save Kara and Alice in the first playthrough, but managed to save everyone and get the save-all achievement in the second playthrough - it wasn't that hard because luckily the route was what I was already aiming for in the first playthrough. I just had to save Simon, Kara and Alice. Playing the same route all over again was a bit of a pain in the ass, but Kara going through the Canadian border and saving Alice and Luther was fun enough to compensate it. Most importantly, seeing the best ending just felt really good.

First post on blogger, hope I can post non-stop, 1 per day. Click me to go to Opensea link