I am revisiting Obsidian after a few iA Writer and Logseq experiments. Logseq DB is a mess. iA Writer is only for Apple products. Obsidian's extensibility is unequaled. With LLMs it's easy peasy to fix old extensions or code my own. Like my calendar.txt formatter.

Health

A couple of weeks ago, I pulled a shoulder muscle. That sucked because I restarted my weight training routine. I felt I was able to lift heavy but my body disagreed.

Apparently, your tendons and connective tissue decondition significantly faster than your muscle. Tomorrow, I'll start with 50% the weights. :')

I've quit my quantified self obsession. Over the years, it gave me insight on how my body responded to change. It was fun but became an distraction. Let's just focus on getting healthy and feeling well.

Started 16/8 fasting, as well. This is the best caloric restriction method for me. It's the evenings where I spend most time snacking. This helps limit that. I do feel better with skipping carbs in the morning, too. Let's see how long I keep this up.

Music

Bought the Sennheiser HDB-630 headphones. Totally irresponsible purchase. But I'm keeping them. The sound quality is mind-blowing. I'm rediscovering so many albums. How good does From Mars to Sirius sound!?

I'm also learning sight-reading. Love improvising on the piano, but it's time I actually learn some recognizable compositions. Ryan Newsome's Notevision is great.

Writing

I haven't gotten to writing too much. Was distracted by 'cleaning up' my knowledge base. Got one an essay in the pipeline, though.

"Why you hate metal." It's an exploration of why uninitiated have a strong reaction extreme metal music. What I am struggling with is having academic articles influencing my writing style. It now has a normal sounding introduction and gets more complex as it goes. Will take some editing.

That's all for /now. Find something random on this site.