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Core Beliefs 2
I have no idea how I’m going to do this today but I’m going to try. I feel so shitty about myself right now. Maybe I’ll add another core belief.
Core Wound 1: I’m not good enough (attractive physically and personality-wise)
Evidence to the contrary (I am good enough):
- Sometimes when I look at myself in the mirror I think I look quite handsome
- With online dating when I took better photos, a lot of girls liked me
- When I was in college, I once hit on a girl who won a beauty pageant and she gave me her number, we flirted really hard for a few days but ended when her dad found out
- When I was in art class, one of my friends told me that when he asked a bunch of girls in our class whether they would choose me or this guy called Michael, they all chose me (and said the choice was obvious) even though Michael was taller (and better looking in my opinion).
- A really beautiful girl in college in my art class who I liked at first invited me to her apartment for dinner when we were flirting.
Core Wound 2: My emotions are not good and push people away
Evidence to the contrary (My emotions are good and bring people closer):
- Once I was mad at my mom and I wanted to stay mad at her, but instead, I told her I was sorry and that I didn’t mean it. She told me that she knew I didn’t mean it and it was so sad and sweet. Usually, my mom is really hard and unwilling to show emotion.
- I cried for the first time in a very long time recently and it helped me move on from a major heartbreak. It also brought all the men in my support group closer to me.
- Being vulnerable and showing my emotions is what got me into the longest-running relationship I have ever been in. Even if it has issues, the emotions really made us close.
- When I complained about being upset to my friend in my art class, she seemed to feel closer to me when she comforted me
- Another friend in art class told me I was able to read her emotions very strongly. I felt so much sadness from her, I changed the subject before I would start to cry.
- A co-worker from work once started crying when she opened up to me about how she didn’t seem to be able to get it right with her relationships. She is usually very emotionless but I think she opened up to me because of how accepting I am of emotions.
Core Wound 3: I am a bad person (it is my fault that I hurt people)
Evidence to the contrary (I am a good person, and it’s not always my fault people get hurt):
- I’m always looking to mentor new people at my work who seem to be having trouble
- I found a new career path that makes sense for someone who is lost and I really care about
- I always try to give up my seat on a bus for someone who is old or injured
- I’m trying to make a difference with the environment at my workplace
- I stayed around to help my grandmother get to the hospital and offered to give my parents thousands of dollars to help pay for her medical costs
Finding the First People On Social Media
I had a thought today. I have a friend on Instagram who has a handle @theirname1. I was wondering who got the handle without the number at the end. I was thinking, they cannot be that old since Instagram itself is not that old. And why stop there…why not look at the people who old the handles for the most common names? Like who owns @bob? Or @john or @mary? Do famous or rich people ever buy those handles or are they owned just by early adopters?
Workpost 36: Satisfied
I feel tired today. Back is stiff. Eyes are blurry. Fatigue racks my body.
At least today, I tried to nap and relax in the morning. Will, try to continue today.
My goal is to feel satisfied enough by the end of the end so when I enforce strict bedtime at 11PM, I will feel good about it.
Valorant 30: Resetting
Rank got reset yesterday. I am sliding back into gold 1.
I thought about a few things today:
- Creating a Valorant learning course syllabus
- Focusing on playing the perfect game
- Focusing on effort and energy
- Focusing on the personal journey I am going on and the lessons I learn about myself
- Alex Hormzi approach of making it impossible for you to fail
Lessons I’ve learned about myself so far:
- Success means love to me
- Anger and rage covers hopelessness and out of control feeling of something that is uncontrollable or difficult
- I yell at myself because I’m afraid of failing
UNIT 1: VOD Review
- Day 1 – TenZ – 3/9/23
- Day 2 – CNED – 3/10/23
- Day 3 – Yay – 3/11/23
UNIT 2: Map Understanding
- Day 1 – Icebox – 3/12/23
- Day 2 – Split – 3/13/23
- Day 3 – Ascent – 3/14/23
UNIT 3: Mechanical Breakdown
- Day 1 – Crosshair Placement – 3/15/23
- Day 2 – Flicking – 3/16/23
- Day 3 – Spray Control – 3/17/23
Sova Fanart 1: Class Unit 1 Day 1
UNIT ONE: Sova Model Studies | Day 1 – Portrait
Since this unit was all about model studies, I went into a custom game and used the model as a reference for drawing sova portraits.

I started with this side view of Sova.

Then I did colors:

New rough sketch of Sova:

Followed by a more refined outline:

Then by a painting attempt:

Something wasn’t clicking. I still didn’t like the painting job. I decided to try again and learn from another tutorial on shading.
I tried to color again.

This time I felt something clicked with using large soft brushes and the lasso tool. I used the soft brushes to create nice gradients and the lasso tool for the clean edges. Looking closely at the painter I see that he also uses the smudge tool a lot.
Tactics For Sleeping In A Hotel Room
I love love love traveling but one thing I cannot stand is sleeping well in hotels.
Hotels rooms always feel:
- Too stuffy somehow, not enough circulation (I hate that you cannot open the window)
- Too cold
- The mattress doesn’t feel firm enough
- Blankets aren’t soft or warm and fluffy (they are thin and scratchy)
I strategized last night to get the best nights sleep and here are the things I did:
- Ate dinner in the lobby where the air circulation was better and feels like more fresh oxygen
- Turn the heat up as high as it would go (78 degrees F)
- Made the bed as comfortable as possible moving the blankets and pillows around to create a nice nest
- Took a shower, then went back down to the lobby to unwind
- Feel asleep in the lobby then went back to the room to sleep
I feel like this actually was a REALLY good routine but I didn’t sleep well because the spicy wings I ate the day before made my stomach uncomfortable. I’m going to try to see if tonight I can fall asleep like in a coma.