Week 52 of 2025: A few interesting papers this week

One-liner

I started reading some interesting papers and thinking through a few ideas.

Time feels too precious, so I did not finish many papers this week.

I started thinking about what time really is.

I always feel there is not enough time, but what am I actually spending it on?

That is a question worth thinking about and discussing.

Work
Tech
- - I started thinking through the best incident handoff/triage systems and methodologies in the industry: YouTube talk.
Life
- 1. A quick review of my sleep this week: on Wednesday morning I had the best sleep score I've ever recorded, 97. But my weekly average is still below the 8h Garmin recommends. Thinking back to that night: I played Honor of Kings for a long time before bed and got pretty mad, so my mood wasn't great. That makes the score feel a bit confusing. Anyway, I should try to sleep better going forward. I keep feeling that when I sleep very deep it's because I need deep sleep — like my body has been worn down to a point where it basically says, "sleep better, now."
  2. Exercise was a bit light. I only started a 1km run on Wednesday night. It's cold today, but it should still be suitable for running. The best time to start is now.
  3. Did one hour of cardio on Friday night.
- <Social/family: one high-quality interaction>
  1. Played Switch with my partner — we finally made it happen. We played Kingdom Two Crowns together.
- 1. Attached.
Thinking

Keep doing
- I started playing Switch this week. I think it was one of the right things I did, because it means my creativity is starting to open up. While gaming, some creativity naturally got unlocked, and it also became a way to examine my inner state—though we ended up playing for quite a long time.
Stop doing
- I probably played games for too long.
One lesson
One small thing