Beijing

I was forced to experience an entire day without my phone, hence the missing update.

Hello, everyone. I’m back! If you compare the entry numbers with the dates—does anyone truly have that much free time?—you will discover that I never actually stopped writing over these last two weeks. So why did none of it get posted? Because none of it was really a diary. The Sunday before last, I talked with a friend about time management. I always seem terribly busy while accomplishing absolutely nothing. His suggestion: record what you do every hour of every day. Then at least you will know “where did all the time gooo~” (suddenly bursts into song). I thought about it, decided he had a point, and redistributed my daily diary-writing time into filling out a table instead… ...

Somehow, it has already been two full weeks since I started recording how I spend each day. I am thoroughly ashamed of those two weeks—so ashamed that I hardly dare share them—because my time management has been an absolute disaster! Each day contains enormous blocks of “watching videos” and “playing a little MC.” (A little? Even I laugh when I write that.) The rest goes to puzzle hunts, puzzle walks, and every other way of avoiding serious work. The hours genuinely spent on what matters can be counted on one hand. I have not even managed one early-morning run in these two weeks. (Soon to be three!) ...

0:00-1:00 Puzzle hunt, lights out 1:00-7:00 Sleeping 7:00-8:00 Getting up, washing up, making coffee, puzzle hunt 8:00-9:00 Calling a classmate to wake him up, catching the metro to Niujie, listening to an audiobook, solving Fish Puzzle Poker 9:00-10:00 Riding the metro to Niujie, solving Fish Puzzle Poker, buying bread 10:00-11:00 “Dreaming of Xuannan” puzzle walk 11:00-12:00 “Dreaming of Xuannan” puzzle walk 12:00-13:00 “Dreaming of Xuannan” puzzle walk 13:00-14:00 Collecting prizes, resting, buying a drink 14:00-15:00 Catching the metro home, organizing Xiaohongshu material 15:00-16:00 Picking up a package, bathroom break, showering, doing laundry, making lunch (?) 16:00-17:00 Thawing lamb chops, eating homemade pork-floss bread and xiaolongbao 17:00-18:00 Hanging laundry, solving the puzzle calendar 18:00-19:00 Solving the puzzle calendar, writing diary entries (actually catching up on all the previous days right now), playing a little MC 19:00-20:00 Playing a little MC 20:00-21:00 Playing a little MC, cutting up the thawed lamb chops, roasting lamb chops 21:00-22:00 Eating dinner, watching videos 22:00-23:00 Watching videos 23:00-24:00 Writing a write-up

0:00-1:00 Playing a little MC, lights out 1:00-8:00 Washing up, sleeping 8:00-9:00 Getting up, washing up, making coffee, morning reading (1 John 5) 9:00-10:00 Morning reading, watching videos 10:00-11:00 Watching videos 11:00-12:00 Puzzle hunt, threading beef onto skewers 12:00-13:00 Roasting beef, eating lunch, watching videos 13:00-14:00 Watching videos, puzzle hunt 14:00-15:00 Rushing to basketball 15:00-16:00 Playing basketball 16:00-17:00 Playing basketball, listening to Mingchao’s talk 17:00-18:00 Cycling home, buying dinner, watching videos 18:00-19:00 Getting home, eating dinner, playing a little MC 19:00-20:00 Puzzle hunt, playing a little MC 20:00-21:00 Puzzle hunt, playing a little MC 21:00-22:00 Puzzle hunt, solving Dong’s puzzles, playing a little MC 22:00-23:00 Puzzle hunt, playing a little MC 23:00-24:00 Puzzle hunt, playing a little MC

0:00-8:00 Sleeping 8:00-9:00 Getting up, washing up, making coffee 9:00-10:00 Morning reading (1 John 4), puzzle hunt 10:00-11:00 Watching videos 11:00-12:00 Watching videos, playing a little MC 12:00-13:00 Watching videos, playing a little MC 13:00-14:00 Roasting beef 14:00-15:00 Rushing to NT 15:00-16:00 NT 16:00-17:00 NT 17:00-18:00 Eating dinner with a classmate (Yoshinoya), heading out to geocache 18:00-19:00 Geocaching, catching the metro home 19:00-20:00 Playing a little MC 20:00-21:00 Playing a little MC 21:00-22:00 Playing a little MC 22:00-23:00 Playing a little MC 23:00-24:00 Playing a little MC

0:00-1:00 Puzzle hunt 1:00-9:00 Buying meat, sleeping 9:00-10:00 Getting up, washing up, making coffee, morning reading (1 John 3), puzzle hunt 11:00-12:00 Puzzle hunt, thawing beef cubes, grilling beef skewers 12:00-13:00 Eating lunch, packing beef skewers, calling a classmate to wake him up, rushing to the metro 13:00-14:00 Heading to NT, listening to an audiobook, writing my diary 14:00-15:00 NT, telling my story 15:00-16:00 NT 16:00-17:00 NT 17:00-18:00 Eating dinner (Yoshinoya), catching the metro home 18:00-19:00 Riding the metro home, talking with Mom 19:00-20:00 Talking with Mom, tea gathering (James 2:8–13) 20:00-21:00 Tea gathering, performing a skit 21:00-22:00 Tea gathering, solving Dong’s puzzles, bathroom break 22:00-23:00 Showering, lights out, sleeping 23:00-24:00 Sleeping

0:00-8:00 Sleeping 8:00-9:00 Getting up, washing up, making coffee, playing the Phigros April Fools’ chart 9:00-10:00 Morning reading (1 John 2), rushing to the bookstore, making lyrics 10:00-11:00 Puzzle hunt, solving Lilac puzzles 11:00-12:00 Solving Lilac puzzles, watching videos 12:00-13:00 Watching videos 13:00-14:00 Watching videos, solving puzzles 14:00-15:00 Solving FISH puzzles, fixing weights 15:00-16:00 Fixing weights, solving Lilac puzzles, uploading songs 16:00-17:00 Solving Lilac puzzles, going home for a charging cable, catching the metro to Financial Street 17:00-18:00 Riding the metro, reading Beuys, listening to an audiobook, eating dinner 18:00-19:00 Eating dinner (absolutely stuffed, www), Art History 19:00-20:00 Art History, solving Ming’s puzzles 20:00-21:00 Art History (a friend bought each of us a Starbucks!), catching the metro home 21:00-22:00 Riding the metro home, solving puzzles 22:00-23:00 Solving Ji’s puzzles, puzzle hunt 23:00-24:00 Washing up, lights out, puzzle hunt

0:00-8:00 Watching videos, sleeping 8:00-9:00 Getting up, washing up, making coffee 9:00-10:00 Morning reading (1 John 1), playing a little MC 10:00-11:00 Playing a little MC 11:00-12:00 Playing a little MC 12:00-13:00 Playing a little MC 13:00-14:00 Eating lunch, running to the bookstore 14:00-15:00 Organizing computer files, watching videos 15:00-16:00 Watching videos 16:00-17:00 Watching videos 17:00-18:00 Watching videos, talking with Mom 18:00-19:00 Rushing to Starbucks, watching videos 19:00-20:00 Watching videos 20:00-21:00 Watching videos 21:00-22:00 Rushing home, puzzle hunt, making lyrics 22:00-23:00 Solving Ji’s puzzles, making lyrics, playing some Cypher (for learning English, don’t get the wrong idea) 23:00-24:00 Washing up, lights out, buying beef, sleeping

0:00-8:00 Puzzle hunt, sleeping 8:00-9:00 Getting up, washing up, making coffee 9:00-10:00 Meeting 10:00-11:00 Meeting, group discussion 11:00-12:00 Group discussion, handing out candy 12:00-13:00 Going home to roast meat, puzzle hunt 13:00-14:00 Eating lunch, playing a little MC 14:00-15:00 Playing a little MC 15:00-16:00 Playing a little MC 16:00-17:00 Playing a little MC 17:00-18:00 Playing a little MC 18:00-19:00 Playing a little MC 19:00-20:00 Playing a little MC, finishing lunch leftovers 20:00-21:00 Going to Starbucks, watching Gavv, picking up a package, going home 21:00-22:00 Puzzle hunt, preparing a package to mail 22:00-23:00 Solving Ji’s puzzles, playing a little MC 23:00-24:00 Washing up, watching videos