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Apologies for the absence in newsletters, enjoy ~2 months worth of updates and interesting things 😅

Welcome to Weekly Wonderings, a newsletter exploring the journey towards Digital Self-Actualization:

Here's a quick galactic overview of this edition:

• ​Breaking free from the default life path 🛣️​
• ​How I self-study using YouTube 🎓​
• ​Yearly review in progress 🤔​
• ​A sneak peek of my new app 👀​
• ​Using self-therapy for digital self-actualization 🫂​

First off, I hope the holidays have been fulfilling and relaxing. I'm grateful you're taking the time out of your holidays to read what some random person online has to say 😊

Virtually every memorable experience and event I've had throughout the year couldn't have been possible without your support:

• Giving back to my parents and becoming a home-owner in February
• Opening up unexpected opportunities to engage in deeply fulfilling work with Linking Your Thinking, and soon maybe for one of my favorite productivity apps? 😳 (more on that if the trial period goes well)
• Getting to meet like-minded internet people like my best friend Aidan Helfant (Building lifelong friends for self-actualization), or role models and peers (BASB Summit)
• Having a chance to just generally explore my curiosities and passions to make an impact on other people's lives with my videos and resources, chatting about these topics in my Discord channel or emails

I feel like a major part of being a good creator is correlated with self-actualization, similar to the Being mode over Having mode. Although I haven't been as active creating and sharing new things since my "creator" identity has been fulfilled through other mediums like software and personal creations, I feel more aware of who I want to be online compared to a year ago. It's easy to take the simple route of just following what works based on other people's success and current trends to achieve similar metrics, but I want to take a different approach. Becoming wealthy is not urgent and journey before destination — I think sustainability and fulfillment are more reasonable and important to prioritize.

To see it as a medium for altruistic personal growth, one grounded in self-awareness and self-expression, rather than just making videos for the sake of consistency.

To have clarity on what unique perspective I can share with the world, fulfilling a role beyond my inspirations of existing creators and sources.

I don't want to create as a means to an end like financial freedom or fame. I want creating to be a by-product of my own endless journey of self-actualization.

So as the new year begins, I'm excited to see how this unfolds :)

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