WordPress – The Diary of The Deranged Writer

10-Minute Warning CLXV

All right. I’m supposed to write a longer post, but I opened my WordPress at 11:40pm. What can I share under 10 minutes?

Well, I really, really had a long day. I woke up earlier as I promised this week, but my sleep was not good, so I felt groggy. But I forced myself to do my morning rituals, fueled myself with extra-strong coffee, then ran today’s errands… and there were a lot of errands. My smartwatch is so happy that I got to walk 6,000 steps before lunchtime, and I honestly didn’t feel tired until I ran my last errand: having a watch fixed. I waited on the bench for several minutes, and I almost fell asleep. Looks like my extra-strong coffee is not strong enough.

With the caffeine out of my system already, I walked to the nearest Army Navy and ordered my favorite chicken burrito with extra orange cheese and a Coke Zero as my beverage. Once again, my heart and tummy are happy. (And this is why I’m fat.) After that, I enjoyed a slower walk around the area.

Crap. My 10 minutes is almost up. That’s it for now. Happy weekend, everyone.

Header image: Julia Sakelli of Pexels. Edited on Adobe Photoshop 2025. Uploaded on February 22, 2025 at 12:04am.

10-Minute Warning CXXII

So, what can I share here under 10 minutes?

Remember when I said I was about to buy a Samsung Galaxy S24+? Well, I was about to buy one the night before our family’s flight to Japan. But after another reflection and some convincing from my younger brothers, I bought an Apple iPhone 15 instead. Exactly 7 days after buying the newest basic iPhone, I can say that I’m happy with my purchase. 2009 Deranged Writer – a person who wanted an iPhone back then – would have freaked out with said purchase.

Anyway, I will try to make a review of the iPhone 15 soon. I will also try to write about my recent trip to Japan with my family. I will try. I will try. Blah blah blah. I know I keep saying that even if I already have more than 100 drafts on my WordPress dashboard. But I will keep on trying.

See you tomorrow!

Header image: Jayanth Muppaneni of Unsplash. Edited in Adobe Photoshop 2024.

XI: Full Circle I (The Diary’s 1st Anniversary)

The last time I celebrated a blog anniversary was in 2008 – I have been using WordPress for a year and I have a different name and persona. Since then (evolving into The Deranged Writer and all), either (1) I blogged for several months and then stopped it and gave my blog a hard reset, or (2) I forgot to acknowledge my blog anniversary. That is why it is so sweet to celebrate my anniversary today after many attempts and years to blog regularly. (Even if many people don’t read blogs anymore.) Good job, self!

So, what did I learn and do to blog frequently? Here are the things I learned and my writing process on The Diary. (Buckle up because this is going to be a long post.)