A Fluttering Friday

A Fluttering Friday Filled with Warmth (04/11/2025)

How do you feel today?

After taking a break from exercising yesterday, my condition has recovered, and I feel thrilled and grateful to have encountered such a wonderful book today.

What do you want to do today?

Reading, exercising, and practicing becoming the version of myself I admire in the future.

Good

Due to consistent workouts during break, I experienced delayed muscle recovery from overtraining and entered a deloading phase. After patiently resting for two days, my stamina has fully recovered, and I feel amazing.

Until I’m fully recovered, I’ll avoid strength training or weights, focusing only on light aerobic exercises that support my condition.

I’ve realized again how much exercise enhances my brain’s efficiency and productivity. After two days of rest, creative ideas have surged—what a delightful feeling.

I’m reminded once again that there are no fixed answers—maintaining moderation and flexibility is essential.

Bad

Although the first class of the semester went well overall, I felt I should tone down my reactions and excessive laughter a bit.

It’s one of my biggest strengths, but moderation is key—too much of anything can become an issue.

Also, when giving examples in presentations or discussions, I need to cultivate the habit of using more positive language.

Example: “I don’t like texting when communicating” → “I prefer face-to-face conversations or phone calls where I can hear the other person’s voice.”

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� Today’s Learning

For Haruki Murakami, style isn’t just about the tone of his novels—it includes his entire lifestyle. To build a style, one must first set clear principles they will always follow—not abstract ideals, but specific, repeated actions that accumulate over time.

He believed a writer’s style was formed through harmonizing every part of life—from eating, sleeping, and exercising to human relationships, work habits, and writing environment.

At the beginning of his writing journey, Murakami sat at his desk every day for two and a half months and wrote whatever came to mind.

“Even if it’s slow, even if I feel like quitting, even if I’m distracted by excitement—I just keep writing. I get up at 4 a.m. and write until afternoon. Then I do it again the next day. Eventually, I reach a peak and enter deep immersion. But if I’m physically exhausted at that moment, all the preparation becomes meaningless.”

To endure two intense core weeks, two and a half months of preparation are required.

That preparation is powered by stamina.

The “golden time” comes through a rhythm of consistency and immersion.

– The Conditions of the First-Class, by Takashi Saito

✨ Today’s Realization

I feel like I’ve found a book I want to savor for the first time in a long while.

Like meeting a fated soulmate, discovering Murakami’s book today feels like a true gift.

All the dilemmas and doubts I’ve had were resolved, and I felt as if I received a message saying, “You’re doing well—keep going.”

On top of that, I learned how to build an even stronger and more refined routine—what a happy, grateful day.

I’m reminded to live sincerely in each moment without obsessing over results.

There is no greater power in this world than purity.

Never tell even the smallest lie.

Always remain pure, kind, and sincere.

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Gratitude Note

I’m sincerely thankful to start my day with no worries, feeling healthy and refreshed,

and to live a day filled with things I love.

Today’s Joy

Today’s One Thing:

I have many things to coordinate in my new routine—calmly working through them throughout the day.

Keywords

Daily repetition → skill → quantity → quality shift

Focus = persistence = synergistic force

3 months of focus → 2-week core

Condition & Energy

Sleep: 8 hours (5–2)

Sleep quality: High

Skin: Good

Stamina: High

Emotion: High

Productivity: High

Efficiency: High

Creativity: High

- Maintain regular body massages and half-body baths to support sleep quality, condition, and skin

- Keep at least one detox day per week

Workout & Diet

Ultimate Goal: 30-minute workout = dopamine spike

Today: No isolated workouts, focus on light-weight, compound, aerobic resistance training

- Lower body (hip contraction)

- Lower body (hip & hamstring relaxation)

- Upper body (back)

- Upper body (shoulders, triceps, biceps)

- Overall compound muscle & cardio workout

A master responds calmly in any situation.

An elite creates an environment where calmness is always possible.

Work out not for the sake of working out, but for supporting your condition.

Weekly Goal

- Spend Saturday at the Four Seasons

April Goal

- Spend at least one day per week at the Four Seasons

2025 Goal

- Train my character to become a version of myself that is pure to the soul, kind, polite, humble, calm, and filled with sincerity and grace

- Increase outdoor activities

- Introduce variety in time, people, and spaces

- Become a billionaire

Daily Practice

- Act as if you’ve already achieved it. Today is for practicing the future me.

- Flow like water

- The art of true love is to be without artifice

- The art of true conversation is to be without artifice

- What I see and think now determines who I am now

- If I’m not enjoying it, it’s a sign something is off

- Where I am now is where my future lies

- Avoid scattering my luck on unnecessary things—focus on one thing

- Routine is a sacred act of finding optimal simplicity through long trial and error

- Greet with your whole body

- Posture of mind is posture of body

- Silence, moderation, immersion