Week 1501

As I sit to reflect on this previous week, I don’t find it to be a very memorable one. 

Maybe it’s that I should reflect more in the moment. Maybe it’s that I have a dog whining at me like a smoke detector that needs new batteries and that is distracting me. 

Either way, there isn’t much coming to mind right off the bat. 

This also will feel ironic as I get to the end of the week. 

I tried to implement leveraging AI to help more organize my week but there is friction due to limitations of how I connect my work and home life. 

I did, however, continue to find it useful for Japanese tracking and I am hoping that portion provides nice structure for you. 

What I found is that having to jump across multiple conversations or LLMs causes more friction than I want to deal with; especially if I have a singular focus like Japanese. 

I still managed to walk the dogs and trained them most days. I even took them on an off leash walk around the neighborhood while the rest of the lazy-bums were in bed. 

Early bird catches the worm, ehh? 

Just kidding. I’m still not a huge fan of getting up early. Mainly because staying up late has been my form of rebelling against the expectations of society my whole life. A small signal that I am reclaiming myself. 

Now, reclaiming myself is going to bed on time so I am rested when I roll my ass out of bed at 4:30 so I don’t have to deal with too many people at the gym. 

Speaking of, some dude was a dick for no reason when I asked how many sets he had left. Not my favorite question in the world either but all 3 freemotion machines where taken (the last appeared empty only to be marked by somebody’s stuff) and homeboy had been on them for 20 minutes. I didn’t interrupt his set and instead had asked him when he had walked away from the machine.

Dude was clearly not happy that I interrupted to ask such a horrible question, told me he had another 20 minutes and told me to use the machine that was clearly pissed on marked by the stuff of another gym-goer who had spent the last 10 minutes away from the equipment working his communication muscles. 

Anyway, I’m sure he was a dick because I interrupted his music when it appeared that a machine was open but this is a friendly reminder that it’s okay to ask how many sets you have left as long as you aren’t disrupting someones’ set. 

I also started my cut (RP Diet has me at 2400 calories and I can just about guarantee that the rate of loss will be too fast) and that will go through May. 

Saturday night, Syd’s last grandparent died. 

We’ll visit Missouri next to be there for her mom. 

This smoke detector dog keeps chirping so we’ll wrap there. My non-memorable week turned out to have a handful of noteworthy events and work kept me on my toes. Perks of taking the time to reflect! 

The chirping almost made me forget that I created a nice little toolkit for myself, wired in a 7 day programmable light to stop having to turn on and off the porch light, rewired our thermostat, and thought about wiring another light before waiting because I ordered a second 3-way programmable switch for our garage light.

I also discovered that Unifi has a great system for integrated home management and specced out a build for our house instead of hiring a contractor to run ethernet cable.

I kinda want to learn all of this myself because I like being capable… I just don’t like wasting my time and doing things wrong… I’m gaining a dangerous amount of confidence here.

週2 (Week 2) — March 9–15, 2026

Monday: WaniKani — cleared 81 reviews (454 → 373). Good momentum to start the week.

Tuesday (Grammar): Cure Dolly grammar session completed.

Wednesday (WaniKani): Reviews done but low effort — end of day, bandwidth shot from new 4:30am gym schedule. Should have been in the 200s with a morning session.

Thursday (Immersion): Black Clover with Japanese subtitles — easily hit the hour. Immersion highlight of the week.

Friday (WaniKani): Missed — rolled into Saturday.

Saturday (Reading + WaniKani catch-up): 4 level 0 tadoku graded readers completed. WaniKani cleared from 542 down to 379 across multiple sessions throughout the day.

Sunday (Immersion): Black Clover with Japanese subs. WaniKani continued. Passive YUYUnonihongo during walks.

Reflection

• Weekend showed strong capacity when bandwidth is available — weekday structure needs work.

• New 4:30am gym schedule is compressing evenings significantly; WaniKani must move to mornings.

• Multiple WaniKani sessions per day is the right approach — shorter, more frequent passes improve accuracy and graduation speed.

• Black Clover with Japanese subs is a consistent bright spot — immersion feels natural and enjoyable.

• Tadoku readers still humbling but the gap is identifiable now — vocabulary and grammar, not mechanics.

• Week 3 focus: morning WaniKani sessions, multiple daily passes, protect Saturday reading.