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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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The Beeminder Experiment: A Complete Guide

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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Thirty: Spinning Plates

📅 September 22, 2020 🏷️ thirtieth-week
Week Thirty! For the first time in a long while, I feel as though I have too many plates that I’m trying to simultaneously spin. I had a weird experience this week, where I didn’t realize I derailed until the next day. I was perfectly sure that I ...
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Twenty-Nine: Getting Unstuck!

📅 September 15, 2020 🏷️ twenty-ninth-week
Week Twenty-nine! As @narthur mentioned in another thread, IFTTT is moving to a limit of 3 applets per account. Frankly, I’m surprised it took so long for this to occur, but it does seem disappointingly sudden. I don’t think that even IFTTT realiz...
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Twenty-Eight: Limits and Arbitary

📅 September 8, 2020 🏷️ twenty-eighth-week
Week Twenty-eight! Well, after talking about it for quite a few weeks, I finally finished the majority of work redesigning my website this Labour Day weekend. I look forward to dedicating my time working on little projects again, hehe. I am afrai...
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Twenty-Seven: Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit!

📅 September 2, 2020 🏷️ twenty-seventh-week
Week Twenty-seven! Rabbit rabbit rabbit! A little late, but I was in the process of a hectic moving and didn’t derail on any other goals, so I’m giving myself a break on that. (I also don’t have internet utilities set up yet either, thank goodness...
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Twenty-Six: Alerts and Restarts

📅 August 24, 2020 🏷️ twenty-sixth-week
Week Twenty-six! Another uneventful week for myself. Initially I had a bit of hair-pulling trying to figure out deployment with Django, and luckily DigitalOcean has a great guide on just that. I really need to start revamping my website, but it’s ...
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Twenty-Five: Bees, JAM, and Gardens

📅 August 17, 2020 🏷️ twenty-fifth-week
Week Twenty-five! I was feeling a little down and tired during the middle of the week (two derailments!) but I feel like I got a pep in my step again! I’ve got a lot of things going on, probably too many, but oh well! Re FOSS projects: Is it poss...
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