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XXXVI: The Nocturnal’s Struggle of Waking Up Early / Notes to Self XVI

If you have been following The Diary lately, you should know that I’ve been making gradual changes in my life. One of those changes is waking up early for work—ideally at 8:00am. I did just that on most workdays after ToyCon 2025, and there were times I even woke up at 6:00am. (That’s a feat for a nocturnal person like me, and even my family is shocked by the fact that I woke up before they did.)

Now it’s beyond the middle of August 2025, and I admit that I haven’t really been waking up as early as 8am lately… and that’s fine.

(Buckle up because this is going to be a long post.)

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10-Minute Warning CLXXXV

It’s around 3am, and I think I have a cold. But I’m also disappointed that August has reached 10 days, and I’ve blogged once so far. So here I am, writing for a maximum of 10 minutes.

The last time I blogged on The Diary, I said that I have been experiencing headaches. Thankfully, after blogging that entry, the headaches stopped. Hydration and Biogesic definitely helped in achieving that.

And I think I have a cold now because yesterday, I was relaxing by watching two movies, Dead Poets Society and Click, while drinking lots of ice-cold Coke Zero. One of the small changes I made in my life recently is to drink more water… except Saturdays, my cheat day. But I think I have a personal record (for the worst) because I have drunk way too many Coke Zeros tonight. Also, normally, I don’t get sick even if I stay up late every Friday or Saturday nights, but perhaps I’m paying the price now for being nocturnal during weekends despite my age?

Sometimes I forget that I’m getting older.

Anyway, I still have a few more minutes, but I just drank a Bioflu and hydrated more. I need to sleep now so I can attend Mass later today.

See you in the next post, everyone.

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I: One More Start

So, here I am again, resetting my blog, The Diary. I lost count of how many times I reset my blog for my mental health, published a few posts, and then lost my way. Why do I keep failing to update my blog frequently?

After reflecting, here are my reasons:

  1. I have too many grand plans for the blog, but lack execution.
  2. I can’t even make time for blogging, but I can make time for everything else. (I do write in my Moleskine planner/journal more often. Sorry, Diary.)
  3. I’m scared that I will make a mistake in my posts.
  4. I try too hard to write lengthy posts.

So, now that I’m resetting The Diary, this is what I will do this time:

  1. I will have simple, more achievable plans for the blog and truly execute them.
  2. I will dedicate at least one hour to blogging daily on my laptop or phone. But I will only publish posts on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
  3. I will rely on apps like Grammarly to avoid typos. But if I still make mistakes, those mistakes will serve as lessons. Besides, it’s my blog, my mistakes.
  4. I will take it easy and write short yet more personal posts. After all, The Diary is my personal blog. I will write lengthier posts when I’m truly inspired to do so.

Now that I know how to do better, here’s to one more start—a better start.

Hi. I’m The Deranged Writer, and welcome to The Diary.

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Updated January 30, 2026.