Best of 2016: (not another list!)

App of the Year: Stitcher

Gadget of the year: Huwaei Phone with fingerprint scanner[on back *.*]

Article: Wait but why, and anything on AI, http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html

Top New Show: Westworld, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475784/


Top Podcast: Decoding Westworld/ Gen Pop, https://soundcloud.com/decodingwestworld


Top Podcast episode: Political Podcast: Aftermath of Orlando, http://www.npr.org/2016/06/17/482454191/politics-podcast-the-aftermath-of-orlando

Top Fiction Book: The Circle, by Dave Eggers. http://news.psu.edu/story/379221/2015/11/05/academics/%E2%80%98-circle%E2%80%99-chosen-penn-state-reads-2016-17-common-text

Top Non-fiction book: Tools of Titans, by Tim Ferriss, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31823677-tools-of-titans


Front Page Tech: Uber’s Self-Driving Cars Debut in Pittsburgh
http://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-ubers-new-self-driving-cars-in-pittsburgh-1473847202

Top Failure: United States Economy, https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&country2=China&city1=Philadelphia%2C+PA&city2=Beijing

2017: A Year of Writing

Its that time of year, the time of looking back and making New Year's Resolutions. I see people critique and rate their top 10 of 2016 on anything. I am one of them. This post was going to be about my top 10 favorite everything. I can't believe I have read that MANY books, and seen COUNTLESS movies, and read boring web pages. I am like a never ending millennium consumer. .
:(

I like things, favorite, bookmark, highlight, and poke at my phone all day long. Things have to change this year. That's why I won't read any books, instead work on writing, not only in english but in Chinese and French.

It must have started as a challenger I read somewhere. I either started writing from when I had joined a writers club, or started a challenge to write 200 words a day (which was tough). Here it goes, as I flush through the last chapter of my books, and ponder my last audio-books of 2016. 2017 will be quiet without the notes from other books, instead filled with writer's block and never ending challenger.I should probably invest in a good keyboard (OR A TYPEWRITER!?!)

My goal as a writer? One might ask what keeps a writer, keep writing. Its a little bit of everything, its the unknowing, the knowing, the motive, the fans, the second life they create. To me, I have a photo of my favorite authors signing their books with a big smile. Its the smile they share with others, the real person people like, and the stories they tell their fans.

Sign your name below if you want to take this challenge with me!

Weekend Jot: End of Jaunary

People I am following on twitter:@KyloR3n

Project: Global Internship: Is it true Shanghai, is the center of the world.

Viral feature: Undercover Boss, Sith Lord, https://t.co/jSLyVjf2aO

Movie I am watching: The King's Speech in lieu of the Oscars' best screenplay category

Tv Show: While Making a Murderer is good, I can't get into it. This week, its all X-Files

Podcast: "Welcome to Nightvale" https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiGhKym_MjKAhUKPiYKHQUEAq0QFghHMAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fwelcome-to-night-vale%2Fid536258179%3Fmt%3D2&usg=AFQjCNFymxpzhhO0K7VPRxe4uzYn81-b_g&sig2=rEsF1FFuADTZB_MM2yNXpw

Are we programmed to work out regularly?

   

    Survival of the fittest is a term loosely thrown around, and sometimes we blame our genetics for our success. Are we programmed to get better at something until we have achieved something? In other words, do we work out because we enjoy it or is it our primal instinct? I believe when hard labor was a part of our every day thousands of years ago, that was humans' equivalent of doing overtime. Not many people did it, but it helped if you could push yourself to run a little extra or lift a little more.

  As I head to the gym, I wonder if I like working out because of all the options and results or if I have an instinct? No one pays me to look good or do I have a strength enduring job. People sometimes ask me when is the best time to work out? You might have heard the answers such as 4:30 a.m., after work, or 3 times a week. My answer is twilight because when I go for a run I usually pick a pretty deep forest and run around until it starts to get dark and I become lost. Then twilight happens and I start to run faster because I know it will be harder to find my way back in the dark.

Picking up the laptop, and just writing. Where I got my inspiration to write WDIJRT

A month ago, I decided to quit journaling. I have been journaling all of my travels in Paris, London, California, New York, and college. I decided I didn't see any immediate benefit. I actually was hoping to transform my journaling into a job somehow. Moreover, I wanted to share my journaling and hear what people thought about it.

My inspiration for "Why Did I just read that?" was inspired after the grandmaster blogger Scott Dinsmore died hiking in the Himalayas. I actually become disconnected from the world of inspirational bloggers. I then looked for someone else to connect with about finding your passion and started following Tim Ferriss. Tim Ferriss uses a personal journal, but he also makes podcasts with others. He is more of a collaborative writer and shares how other people succeed while testing out their methods and writes about it.

  I won't be someone to try micro dosing on Ibogaine anytime soon. I did want to write about my recent ice bath experience. I picked up about 10 pounds of Arctic Glacier ice bags and put myself in a tub on Christmas. I should also mention that it was 70 degrees outside. I felt calmer while reading a book in the tub for 10 minutes.