Well, it’s Christmas Eve, and the day I am looking forward to, each year.
What’s happening today? Nothing. It’s just Christmas Eve, something I look forward to each year.
Yeah, you said it, but what’s making it so special? I don’t know. It’s just like the things I would be expecting, and put everything else on hold, like unlocking the OEM and rooting the phone, and chroot into it.
It worked, of course, I put in almost 3 weeks and half into the project, and chroot is working, Azure SQL Edge command is working, it’s really great! I have achieved something I wanted to do for years! But now what? What’s the purpose of the project? What’s the benefits? I never thought about that.
Just like the days I would be looking forward to, the day itself is just a mark, once it’s reached, it’s passed. So, what’s behind that? I never asked myself. See, that’s the problem.
I am sure, I can learn a lot of things during the journey, and maybe put timeboxing to it, and maybe learn some anecdotes on the side, but what’s the significance? No idea.
Just like my life up to now, I would be looking forward to something to happen, and once it happened, it happened, and I lost the next goal, and squandering with somewhat meaningless time, until I was able to find the next goal.
I need to ask myself, what’s in it for me? So what? What’s next?
So for this phase, I was spending about 3.5 weeks working on the Termux + Chroot + Azure SQL Edge, and the result was good, I was able to put the whole stack on the phone, and connect SSMS to it.
Another thing is I am able to generate barcodes with SQL, and learned some knowledge about the barcode. Barcode is much easier to create than QR code, which I am still struggling with to generate the polynomial. But, I know, it can be done, just taking it slow, contributing to the code every day, I will get there.
Another thing is to find a laptop to replace my X1C8. The screen is failed, it does not turn on. Tried a few options, still like Thinkpad, and just ordered T14 Gen 3, the same as office laptop. So I don’t have to get used to it, I already know the thing. This is one trick to save some time.
Well, it’s the last checkpoint for the year 2024. I have not crossed anything of the to do list of this phase, and I have not been running for quite a while, it has been snowing, and temperature is really low – it’s about -5 celsius these days.
Oh yeah, for the last 2 Sundays, I was having high fevers, so that’s another reason I was not running. Looking back at 2024, I was running a total of 344.58 KM, which was really below 2023, and of course, I did not hit the goal, which was 1000 KM, well, not even half of the goal.
Just like what I mentioned in the yearly review, to get to the goal, I need to see the goal. You don’t remember the goal, you need to see the goal to make it.
Task for this phase –
- See 135.8 Lbs.
- Maintain daily <= 142.5 Lbs.
- Finish one 48 hour fasting
- SQL for QR code
- Run one 15 km
- Apply for 5 jobs
- Complete all the new Leetcode SQL problems
Task for next phase –
- See 138.8 Lbs
- Maintain daily <= 143.0 Lbs
- Finish one 24 hour fasting
- Plan for 2025
- Organize devices and storages
- Run one 12 km