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Journal.Kim —A Metasystem Experiment

It gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. But you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part. But it does get easier.
—Bojack Horseman

Hi, I'm Brennan! I created this website to provide weekly updates regarding my goals (systems) that I currently have on a website called Beeminder as a way to keep myself accountable, as well as a place for general draft writing.

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Discover how I transformed my life through 24 months of data tracking. 160k+ words written, 2.5M steps walked, 700+ commits, and more—all documented with lessons you can apply.

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Forty-two: Edge Skates

📅 December 16, 2020 🏷️ forty-second-week
Week Forty-two! After another interesting and productive conversation on the Beeminder discord, I’ve come to the (obvious) realization that edge-skating is bad! Take it from the test subject who has more than a dozen Beeminder goals that are set t...
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Forty-one: Study List

📅 December 9, 2020 🏷️ forty-first-week
Week Forty-one! It’s been a bit of a difficult and introspective week for me. The cold weather and diminishing hours of the winter day are taking a bit of a toll on my morale and productivity. I’ve made a point to wake up around sunrise, and take ...
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Forty: Intentionality

📅 December 1, 2020 🏷️ fortieth-week
Week Forty! I cannot believe that it’s the final month of the year. there’s been such a weird fluctuation of things going by too quickly and also dragging on at other times. Unintentionally, I chose a rather interesting year to conduct this exper...
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Thirty-Nine: Collecting Notes

📅 November 25, 2020 🏷️ thirty-ninth-week
Week Thirty-nine! I’ve been rather busy this week with a variety of things, specifically adopting a ten-year-old Tuxedo cat by the name Oreo! It also looks like a second lockdown is (finally) occurring locally, so I’ll be spending more time in fro...
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Thirty-Eight: Obsidian Highlights

📅 November 17, 2020 🏷️ thirty-eighth-week
Week Thirty-eight! Not a very eventful week. I’ve been getting really interested in a program called Obsidian, which is a “a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.” The really cool thing is that ...
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Thirty-Seven: Garden Weeds

📅 November 10, 2020 🏷️ thirty-seventh-week
Week Thirty-seven! Alright, let’s get into the weeds this week (or perhaps flowers?). Overall, I think I’ve found a good equilibrium with Beeminder. I don’t often derail, but at the same time I have over a dozen beemergencies every single day. I’...
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