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Wellness Wednesday for June 10, 2026

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New Year's resolution check-in:

  • Posted my thirteenth blog post of the year yesterday, concerning the murder of Henry Nowak and how the case was covered by the progressive media (expanded from two comments I posted here).
  • Went to the gym three times last week, two days of cardio and one day of deadlifting. Planning to go this evening. Can deadlift 1.84x my bodyweight for 3 reps, squat 1.22x for 8 reps and bench press .87x for 6 reps.
  • Have not consumed any pornography since waking up on January 1st.

How goes it @self_made_human, @thejdizzler, @birb_cromble, @ThomasdelVasto and @falling-star?

  1. Work. Paper was published! Feeling a bit anxious about work because of the possibility that we don't have microscopes when I get back from the UK and just poor time management in general
  2. Fitness: Did 2x tempo sessions last week and hit 57 miles with some biking. Did not make it to the gym: will be better about that this week.
  3. Intellectual Stuff: Novel clearing is going well, and writing my Italian update for this month.
  4. Finances: Nothing to report
  5. Dating. Brazilian women is "too overwhelmed" by living in a new country to be in a relationship, which is such bullshit because she just changed all her hinge photos. I just wish people would be honest when they rejected me. Anyway, have a date with someone else this weekend and a third person the weekend after.
  6. Tarot. No session this week
  7. Socializing: EA meetup, Spanish Happy Hour, various parties. Again too much socialization.
  8. Screen time: 1.4 hours phone. Getting that last little bit below an hour is proving to be a big challenge.
  9. Mental health: feeling bad because of rejection and poor time management at work.

Congrats on the publication!

Did you abandon meditation completely? Not worth your time?

Outside chance: it's now so embedded in your routine, like brushing teeth, that it doesn't need mentioning... 😌

Work. Paper was published!

Congratulations

Brazilian women is "too overwhelmed" by living in a new country to be in a relationship, which is such bullshit because she just changed all her hinge photos.

In her defense, Brazilian women tend to be very promiscuous. Just because she doesn't want to be in a relationship doesn't mean she doesn't want to fuck lots of American boys. Also, I thought you'd already lost interest in her?

Yea but I'm the one who has to express that not her, it hurts my self esteem to be rejected (mainly kidding).

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