I now face a conflict between finishing the diary and sleeping early enough to wake for a run. (Though over the past week I appear to have achieved neither.) After careful consideration, I have decided that I want both.

I indeed had too many things going on in the past week, and subjectively it felt like one wave after another without pause. And right now, when there is nothing much to do (left a loose end on a paper, will rush out a draft tomorrow first) and other activities haven’t started yet, this might be our freest time. Coincidentally under the chilly spring wind of Beijing’s brief spring, it’s naturally time to go out for a stroll.

Therefore, I decided I must wake up tomorrow morning to run.

The earlier Cryptex Hunt indirectly caused me to oversleep on visa-interview day—at least according to Mom, and I admit I have no better explanation. A hunt that extracted that much effort from me naturally deserves a postmortem. Today I filled out the feedback form, replayed the whole process in my head, and successfully wrote an opening.

Therefore, I must finish this writeup tomorrow.

And of course, as mentioned earlier, I must rush out a draft of the paper tomorrow. Added together, these are three big (?) tasks. I’ll just leave everything to my future self upon waking up.