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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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Twenty-Four: Apple Pie

📅 August 11, 2020 🏷️ twenty-fourth-week
Week Twenty-four! Another rather uneventful week. I’ve been working with Python frameworks like Flask and Django recently, and I’m starting to piece together a plan to start an independent project, probably with something like Stripe integration f...
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Twenty-Three: Identity Risk

📅 August 3, 2020 🏷️ twenty-third-week
August 3rd Week Twenty-three! I know I said this entry would be late, but I couldn’t help myself. I’m currently in a rather comfortable hotel room that I managed to book last minute as I make my way back to the city and back to work. I tried my ...
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Twenty-Two: Community Searching

📅 July 27, 2020 🏷️ twenty-second-week
Week Twenty-two! As someone who’s inherently anti-authoritarian, it’s weird to be happy about how the status quo and how its been going. I don’t really have much to say in the way of updates, since everything is working as intended. For instance,...
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Twenty-One: Unify Thyself

📅 July 20, 2020 🏷️ twenty-first-week
Week Twenty-one! I always had this thought that being more mindful of my time, and being intentional would lead to a sense of time going by slower–since you’re taking everything in and thinking slowly. But time is going by for me just as quickly a...
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Twenty: Bare-minimum Days

📅 July 12, 2020 🏷️ twentieth-week
Week Twenty! I started this experiment back in February, meaning that I’ve been my own accountability guinea pig for just over half a year now. Of course, I feel as though I’ve barely chipped away at my bad habits and negative traits, there is sti...
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Nineteen: Creative vs. Technical

📅 July 5, 2020 🏷️ nineteenth-week
Week Nineteen! I’m relieved to finally be finished with the React.js portion of the curriculum that I’m studying, and moving onto Python. I find the language to be a lot less hair-pullingly frustrating than JavaScript is. I’ve also finally had the...
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