Minute Warnings – Page 19 – The Diary of The Deranged Writer

10-Minute Warning CXLIX

A quick update: After weeks of no exercise, I finally left the house to walk and jog for an hour tonight. It feels so good to exercise after work hours. I want to do this more often again.

That brings me to a resolution for 2025: I need to fully work out more. In addition to walking and jogging, I should add more aerobics, calisthenics, or weight training. To start my resolution early, I will slowly add aerobics and calisthenics this November and December 2024, and then add weight training in 2025. That means I will apply for a gym membership or find a way to work out at home. Wish me luck on this!

And that’s all I can say for now. See you tomorrow.

Header image: Anete Lusina of Pexels. Edited in Adobe Photoshop 2024.

10-Minute Warning CXLVII

So, what can I write here under 10 minutes?

I planned on writing a new Notes to Self post this week, but I’m too lazy to finish it honestly. So I focused more on working on proposals and billings. (I lost count of how many they were.) And in my free time, I watched Lucifer and The Flash and ate a lot of baked macaroni. And I mean, a lot.

I’m sorry I can’t say much. I’m so lazy today. I hope to be less lazy tomorrow.

30-Minute Warning XXXIII

What can I write here under 30 minutes?

Firstly, today is my Father’s birthday. After our monthly grocery shopping, Mother, Younger Brother and I surprised him with an avocado cake. Before Father blew the candle, he closed his eyes and wished for 15 seconds. He has never done that before – not in front of me anyway. But knowing him, it looks like he wished something for the family.

Anyway, happiest birthday to you, my Father! If you’re reading this, you are one of the strongest, most hardworking, and most determined people I have ever met and I aspire to be like you. The entire family and I would like to thank you for working so hard so my brothers and I can have a good education, among other things he has provided for us. I love you very much and I wish you all the best in life!

After my Father blew the candle, we had some cream cheese pepperoni pizza and fried chicken… but Father only had a bite of avocado cake because he is following a keto diet. The diet plan I mentioned is working for him so he has been preaching about it to us for months. I’m glad my Father has found a way to be healthier for his age and I would like to lose more weight, so I’m considering following the keto diet… but I don’t want to follow the way my Father started. How did he start? Right after discovering the keto diet, he immediately lowered his carbohydrate intake. And based on my experience, going cold turkey does not work for me. What works for me is the slow, gradual way. Wish me luck on my journey to a healthier self.

Speaking of getting healthier, I will start drinking less Jack and Coke/Coke Zero this weekend. I usually drink 3 or 4 cans or glasses of my favorite alcoholic drink, and I admit that getting tipsy or drunk is fun. Also, drinking and getting drunk at home fits my introverted self, it’s safer, and it does not hurt my wallet. But sometimes the morning after getting drunk, I would feel groggy. So this weekend, I will refrain from drinking more than 2 cans of Jack and Coke/Coke Zero, and from there I will lessen my intake slowly. Again, wish me luck!

Oh, I almost forgot to say… my Mother and Father bought enough Jack and Coke Zeros for October to December 2024, if I were to start drinking 1-2 cans of it weekly. My heart is so happy. Thank you and I love you, my beloved parents!

And time’s up.