From fabbf52f70c0e26889ea8193456f22f6c4b72311 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luis Victoria Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 14:29:21 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] writeup: create `.txt` draft of my 27th birthday blog post --- drafts/2025-12-04-twenty-seven.txt | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 drafts/2025-12-04-twenty-seven.txt diff --git a/drafts/2025-12-04-twenty-seven.txt b/drafts/2025-12-04-twenty-seven.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3087c3f --- /dev/null +++ b/drafts/2025-12-04-twenty-seven.txt @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +27 + +- this is an arbitrary age I've been thinking about for a very long time + - probably stems from the fact that it was my dad's age when he had me + - been thinking about it quite hard since I was 19; the two big ones was 21 and 27 + - maybe it's also an aesthetics thing? + - In many ways, it's an age that I stupidly assigned myself as "The age where I really begin to live my life" + - realize it's so incredibly dumb in a lot of ways + - I had certain goals way back in covid, mainly physical body goals + - certainly did not succeed in this regard, in many ways I've been a failure in regards to the objectives I set myself out for 6 years ago + - but I'm living in NYC, make good money, have a good gig, and am still the same good person I believe I am + - I would consider myself extremely successful today, irrespective of my failures to meet my objectives and goals set out years ago + - But the goals and the things I thought as important, shifted throughout time as it should've + - Lesson here is that I won't make the same mistakes in setting out goals for things so far into the future, because the things I find important today may (likely) not be important in the future + +The main takeaway is to continue heading in a good general direction and see what unfolds + +BUT DON'T COMPROMISE ON YOURSELF + +Promises to myself for this year: + - I will publish more, and follow through on my creative cravings + - Whether that would be PRs for my personal projects, YouTube videos, or blog posts + +Promises to myself for the rest of my life: + - The moment where I will "begin to really live life" will always be the present, and never delegated to the future + +Things that I radically need to improve in my life: + - Sleep earlier, and better + - Wake up earlier + +Things I'm grateful for: + - Family, genuinely. I am the luckiest person in the world in this regard, in the context of both immediate and extended family + - Friends. I don't know what I've done to deserve such good people throughout my life + - Luck. I realize how lucky I've been in the hand I've been dealt with in life. Not only do I have great friends and family (my support system), I also grew up in all corners of the world, graduated debt free, somehow got a good gig in NYC, and am living a dream I couldn't have imagined a mere 6 years ago. + - The only thing is that I need to realize that I'm living this dream instead of losing this focus and being unhappy because I'm "not enough" + - There's always something better I can do, and that alone will never satiate the feeling of being "enough". That's just being human though. + - What's more important is to keep being the person that I am because, at least so far, it's been what has taken me to where I am now, and is what keeps me feeling like I'm headed in a generally 'good' direction. + - The person that I am is caring, funny, curious, inventive, and vulnerable. + - Foregoing the person that I am now and have been, would be a great tragedy.