Frosthaven puzzle 1:
Where every symbol is a digit 1-9
Solution
With dot := 1 and line := 2, figured out digits 1-8
Got stuck at why X := 9 
Got external help when showing the problem to others: “Is the X two or four lines?”
The second picture (8 listening days in yellow) is okay I think. You could extend from the 17 to the 19 or even 22 then 6 rest days for washout period. This is something I do on the regular but I do Sunday, Tues Thursdays as my listening days per week. After 22 days in the ZP cycle I take a 6 day washout period.
Your third picture is okay too I think. The ZP cycle is slightly longer with more rest days.
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Thanks! If I understand your schedule correctly, it’s similar to the third picture but take Day 24 away to have 6 days washout?
I’ll try the third since the next three months are convenient for it
Yes you can do that. The last listening day would be day 22 then 6 day washout.
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Meeting today, standing in for supervisor who was sick.
Tried to emphasize a couple of things I think were overlooked, I don’t think I did a good job of expressing them but from the person taking notes on the screen, it seemed like they got the points.
Limitless 3.30min KB4custom 5min
Nothing stood out on Friday.
Saturday: Was practising drumming and then suddenly having a moment of despair:
What’s the point?
I started learning this year on a burst of interest, and to prove to myself that I can still learn and overcome my shitty coordination.
But I’m not going to join a band anytime soon, even if I get good someday I don’t know if I’ll ever get to show it to anyone.
Two branches of thoughts on this:
- I need to learn to sustain a pursuit without external validation.
Just “liking” something should be enough.
But is that sustainable?
And is external validation a bad thing?
Metamorphosis’ journal title: There’s no point being the greatest undiscovered talent in the grave - I need to find some kind of end goal to each of my hobbies.
But, it slides into everything becoming a pursuit of value. My father’s reasoning for preventing me from pursuing anything in my youth, because he saw no value in anything that wasn’t “studies->good job->money” (stereotypical Asian parent meme)
Not sure how to resolve this. Maybe I’m jumping to extremes too quickly.
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Everyone’s on their own path. Understanding what your path is, is the first step.
All the best my dear friend in finding your path…
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Went to a jazz-japanese fusion performance tonight. Got some of the inspiration back, though I don’t know where I myself am heading.
Limitless and KB4custom on Sunday night.
Nothing particularly interesting.
Was soaking beans last night and wondering if there was a solution to phytic acid like nixtamalization of corn.
Drum lessons moved to Tuesday, introduction to toms. Difficulty following the metronome.
Frosthaven puzzle 2. Seems like a substitution cipher.
Third QL4 listen tonight, hope I won’t get the hand pain again.
3min of QL4 again. No hand pain this time, less intense but still woke up with tension in head. Cleared around lunch.
Dunno if it means anything, but before QL4 if I felt head strain it’d be in the center of my brain. Last week it was both upper parts (as if ‘itching’ under my skull), today the right upper part.
Bit cranky and listless. Yesterday someone asked me if I was still doing any “creative pursuits” as in acts of creation, and I said no. ROMhack endeavour over, scanlation over, now picking up stuff but still haven’t figured out the end goals.
All the previous practice on push shots but I can’t make one in a game. 
So my country’s Prime Minister changed last night. I don’t care, but my rotated-out colleague did enough to notice:
He recommended it to me this morning, said his brief read was helpful.
Also talked to me about his interest in modifying our testbed to look into something. Two years ago we were explicitly forbidden from looking into it by others down-the-pipeline, because they themselves were apparently looking into it… But after this time it doesn’t seem so. The problem is there may be outside solutions now.
Recon.
Two cognitive titles is probably too much. Woke up wanting to drop both and buy BDLM.
Kinda want to rerun Emperor but somehow it doesn’t feel right this time.
I’ll see if this persists over the weekend.
Yeah, I think two cognitive titles is too much. Pick one.
You could take more rest days and re-evaluate.
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Was thinking this morning that I’ll delay Limitless (again) and finish up the QL cycle. Then was thinking if I should run something in Limitless’ place the next two weeks. TWTP was planned for a while.
Attempted @Malkuth’s meditation tips tonight.
Having some small realisations that seem TWTP-related. On one hand they anger me, on the other they make me realize I have a bit more value/power than I thought.
A little of the weariness yesterday. Feels like brainwork again, just regarding social situations.
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Cipher was easy, hung up about the last number for a bit. Dunno about the right blanks, but could need to unlock something else first.
Had dreams yesterday, will take the hint and start TWTP.
Started TWTP.
Nothing to note today. I guess it’s a positive, in the sense that I don’t have to deal with bullshit today.
Actually as I typed that I wonder if I’m thinking about TWTP the wrong way? I kept thinking “run TWTP to handle shit”, but I don’t have a constructive goal for it, just a preventative one.
Should I be aiming for something? Promotions? Not interested atm, and ambition seems better served by Emperor/Stark Black. Power? Not sure what kind, maybe to get eyeblights out of this office. The closest I can think of is being an effective lead when I have to lead starting July.
What do TWTP runners aim for?
“Why, no, of course not. Whatever made you think that?”
Past trying, past treating them as anything but vermin. Ironically, LB led me to this conclusion.
Leverage, hm.
I don’t intend to leave, I’ve been here before the vermin started on their majors in pestilence.
Hm, have witnessed this before (excessive food during family gatherings). I should watch for it in my own actions.
Energy “bloat” into “heatiness” and dry throat. Experienced once during KB3 and once during KB4. Perhaps next cycle I need to go back to KB1/2…
Out with a few colleagues and near the end one began talking about a spiritual retreat he went for. In his words, he went in as a “Muggle” and went 0->100 in terms of spiritual experiences. He was careful to start off with “scientifically it doesn’t make sense and you’ll probably want to call the mental hotline when I’m done talking, but that’s what I experienced”, because most people in this workplace are “scientific” and “logical” (my cubicle-neighbour mocked qigong practices quite often)
So when I asked him about more details when we were 1-1, he was surprised that I know what chakras are.
A thing he mentioned: “…like when you’re angry it’s in your head and that day I felt my emotions in my heart…” I thought I was the only one who experienced anger in my head.
I didn't publicly journal this before, but this was the result of my LB listen in March
During the washout, the anger I have over the offensive people, moved from my head to my heart. I’d experienced this once a few years ago after a 30-day Mars/Mangal mantra to control my emotions, while my father was giving me shit. Unlike head-anger, which is mixed with misery and headaches, this heart-anger feels clean. Vindicated. Justified. And it’s been permanently relocated there regarding these topics. That’s why I’ve become more comfortable with being contemptuous towards offensive people, instead of the old “what did I do wrong” etc.