Time, as always, flies by very quickly. Several unexpected things happened in February, but overall, it's been a good month.
books 📖
365 Days With Self-Discipline — I kept skipping my morning routine so I didn't get through as much of this as I wanted, but March is just around the corner
Make Time — am about halfway through this! I do need to figure out how to better implement strategies in everyday life (and how to remember to actually do them lol)
I also downloaded (and briefly started reading) several new books, including Indistractable (Nir Eyal) and Designing Your Life (Bill Burnett & Dave Evans).
games played 🎮
Betwixt — a "mental health game" I briefly started playing
Merge Adventure: Magic Dragons — I lost all my data but it was honestly for the best
Fae Farm — enjoying the winter weather and little side quests!
also played some random games on MSN.com before I blocked that site completely
Night Stones — kinda sad and sweet, fun little game I finished
My Leisure Time — a cute little mobile game
Pocket Love — cute little house building/decorating game
Islands of Insight — collection of puzzles in an open world; very much enjoyed
Agent A — an escape-room style game I thoroughly enjoyed and finished!
Botany Manor — another puzzle-style game I enjoyed, tho it was a little dizzying
Starsand Island — really fun crafting/exploring/building game I love!
food pics 📸
frozen fries were on sale
CS building cafeteria food
made myself hash browns because I was hungry
homemade pizza for me and the sibs
salmon pizza thingy from Pastito 😋
made agar jello with coconut milk and canned fruit for the first time
made hot and sour soup for the first time
Egz smoked salmon combo meal at Central Bus Station with Theo (he ate New Deli)
afogato from Aroma
delicious sandwich from some place on Wolt
Asian Vegetarian meal on Etihad Airways
trip to the Gaza envelope 🫡
sign in front of the car memorial
rows and rows of destroyed cars
fifteen seconds to run
Nova festival memorial
in remembrance of Shani Gabay
Nova festival memorial
another memorial
red anemone flowers
some memorial in Sderot (police station?)
project updates 🛠️
Misc
- added some Make Time strategies and started working on the Agenda section for my Personal Hub
- started working on a digital "Inspiration Bundle"
- started brainstorming Stamp Collector app
- finished (mostly) setting up the Creativity & Exploration discord server (click on the link to join!) I'd been wanting to start
achievements & accomplishments ✨
checklist ✅
✅ wrote my 2026 January recap
✅ halfway through reading Make Time
☑️ partway through Module 2 of Brilliant, Passionate You course
☑️ partway through Module 2 of Design Fundamentals with AI course
other 🌟
⭐ fixed some bugs for a freelance project
⭐ continued to sleep with my phone outside my bedroom most of the month (before travelling)
⭐ managed to (barely) pass my CS classes after losing motivation 🤧
⭐ am reading nonfiction purposefully
things I'm thankful for 🙌
- Got a little sick in the middle of February (probably due to lack of sleep), but was able to take naps during the day and it didn't get as bad as it probably could've gotten. 😴
- Got to catch up with a former colleague, which was super fun! 💪
- Got to host a Chinese New Year event at our place with siblings and friends; was an amazing time. 🐎
on my mind 💭
- Quite tired of studying; after I finish my current program, I think I'm not going to contiue to grad school next year. At the very least, I plan to take a year off to recalibrate and work on a couple of things. I have a few ideas for the upcoming year, but haven't finalized anything yet.
~Catherine 💚