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December 2025 Morning Creativity Mini Showcase

Translated from Korean

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December 2025 Journal Analysis (with Lolo)

1. Writing: Wrote 3 blog posts / 1 essay / 1 LinkedIn post and published them

2. Event Planning: Netflix Love Story Meetup Open!

  • 12/4 Initial Concept → 12/17 Open Confirmed → 12/18 Officially Opened
  • Title: "How to Know Yourself Better Than GPT - Establishing Your Unwavering Standards Amidst Algorithms"
  • Scheduled to begin January 16th
  • 4-session curriculum finalized (Recovery of Experience/Subjectivity/Relationships/Society)

3. Seocheon House Project

  • First major renovation of the 1997-built house (12/21~24)
  • Comprehensive remodeling: roof waterproofing, wallpapering, flooring, sink replacement, etc.
  • Before/After video filming completed
  • Construction process documented in Obsidian IMG_8852

4. Piano Practice

  • Ongoing lessons and practice: The Rose / Isn't She Lovely / Joy to the World / Nocturne

5. Year-End Reflection & New Year's Plans

  • Participated in "Tattogat" - Year-end reflection on one sheet of paper (12/13) -> Visualized the year using a 24-season graph, expressed quarterly moods with graphs and colors
  • Participated in "Tattogat" - Decided on New Year's motto: "Let's Shine!" (12/27)
  • Organized income and expenses for the year (12/27) KakaoTalk_20251213_070539299_01 KakaoTalk_20251227_090438791

6. Routines/Habits

  • Successfully reestablished morning window-opening routine
  • Daily stretching, preparing healthy breakfasts
  • Brewing and drinking ginger tea/pumpkin tea
  • Practiced morning exercise multiple times

7. Tool/Environment Setup

  • Completed Obsidian setup (linked to Google Drive)
  • Wrote Obsidian organization script using Claude code (12/27)
  • 2026 diary setup complete (12/14)
  • Record tool integration work (Notion → Obsidian + Claude) Obsidian!

🚧 Ongoing tasks

  • Seocheon House video/content production - Filming complete, editing and writing remaining
  • Blog reorganization - Considering switching from Bear Blog to GitHub self-hosting
  • Reading phenomenology books - Husserl's Cartesian Meditations, Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception (not yet formally started)
  • Additional Seocheon House tasks - Organizing the hearth, yard, greenhouse, basement, etc.

📝 What I planned to do in my self-introduction vs. What I actually did

  • [Routine] Establishing a morning window-gazing habit ✅ Practiced almost daily ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 100%
  • [Video/Planning] Editing Seocheon House video ⚠️ Filming complete, editing incomplete ⭐⭐⭐ 60%
  • [Writing/Blog] Technical philosophy essay ✅ Completed & submitted ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 100%
  • [Writing/Blog] Blog reorganization ⚠️ Still considering, incomplete ⭐⭐ 30%
  • [Book] Reading Phenomenology Book ❌ Almost no progress ⭐ 10%

Unexpected Achievements

  • ✨ Netflix Love Story Group Opened (The biggest achievement not planned!)
  • ✨ Major Seocheon House Remodeling Completed
  • ✨ Obsidian Setup and Record Tool Integration
  • ✨ Consistent Piano Practice