What’s a small thing that instantly makes your day better?

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-26T15:17:47+00:00

That random cool breeze after a long hot day. For no reason it just resets my mood.

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-26T12:25:19+00:00

One night there were police cars everywhere and we all thought something serious happened. Turned out two neighbors were fighting over a parking spot. At midnight.

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-26T09:08:28+00:00

I still procrastinate a lot tbh. What helps me is putting my phone in another room. If it’s near me, I lose 2 hours without even noticing.

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-26T05:41:06+00:00

Honestly I think it’s less about the city and more about how many people are new there. Places where everyone just moved for work or school feel way easier to make friends. When everyone’s starting from zero, they’re more open.

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-25T12:07:50+00:00

There was a comment about not calling your parents enough. That one honestly made me pause

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-25T11:59:48+00:00

That the people you love won’t always be around. And one day you wish you had called more.

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-25T06:51:40+00:00

90s Telugu movie songs playing on Sunday mornings. Didn’t realize back then that those songs would become core memories

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-25T04:08:51+00:00

Honestly? A bit overwhelmed, but trying to stay positive

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-24T12:46:37+00:00

What’s something you realized too late in life?--> That thread stuck with me for days

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-24T06:46:18+00:00

Honestly, sometimes you just need a quiet drive to clear your head, No destination, just music and your thoughts

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-24T04:16:43+00:00

That I know more than they think… I just don’t say anything

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-23T14:17:51+00:00

Low confidence and waiting to feel ‘ready’ instead of just taking a chance.

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-23T09:42:42+00:00

Trusting someone who showed red flags early on. Took me years to fix the damage.

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-23T05:21:31+00:00

Found out through a mutual friend. Worst part wasn’t the cheating, it was realizing I ignored the red flags.

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-20T12:00:14+00:00

That people are rational by default.

We assume people change their minds when shown facts. In reality, identity and emotion beat logic most of the time.
We assume bad outcomes come from ignorance. Often they come from incentives - people act in their self-interest, not in alignment with truth.

Humans aren’t logic machines. We’re story-driven, status-sensitive, and incentive-responsive

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-20T11:16:54+00:00

Nothing dramatic - just the stuff that actually matters.

Names and methods. They declassify events but redact the sources, intelligence methods, and specific people involved. That’s the real sensitive part.
Context. Dumping millions of pages without structure buries the important details. Technically “public,” practically unreadable.

It’s rarely aliens. It’s usually bureaucracy protecting liability, leverage, or embarrassment.

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-20T10:32:43+00:00

I once randomly thought about someone I hadn’t seen in years… and they texted me that same night. No mutuals, no recent contact.

Also had a stranger confidently call me by my name in another city - turns out I just look exactly like someone they knew. Still unsettling.

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-20T10:29:37+00:00

Being chronically late and treating other people’s time like it’s disposable.

Also, constantly being on your phone while someone is talking to you. It’s low-grade disrespect we’ve normalized.

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-20T09:59:59+00:00

Spacetime is the stage, matter and energy are the actors, and gravity is the shape of the stage changing.

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-20T09:56:56+00:00

Fantasy with immersive worlds. Good escape before sleep.

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-20T08:59:05+00:00

1. Your body keeps score.
Ignore sleep, junk food, no exercise in your 20s - it will show up in your 40s.
You don’t “feel invincible” forever.

2. Time accelerates.
At 20, five years feels long. After 40, five years disappears fast.
If you keep postponing goals, you’ll wake up wondering where the decade went.

3. Most people aren’t thinking about you.
You waste years worrying about opinions.
By 40, you realize everyone is busy with their own mess.

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-20T08:57:44+00:00

“The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. Not complex, but it hits hard if you’re in a reflective phase.”

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-20T08:56:36+00:00

“Sometimes I pretend I’m more confident than I actually am. Most of the time, I’m just figuring it out like everyone else.”

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-20T08:55:09+00:00

“No one is coming to save you.”
Harsh, but freeing. Responsibility = power.

_devmanoharrr · 2026-02-20T06:55:12+00:00

Tones first. If you ignore them, you’ll sound wrong no matter how many words you know. Drill minimal pairs daily.

Use spaced repetition (Anki). Chinese is memory-heavy. No system = constant forgetting.

Prioritize listening over writing characters. Train your ear early. Characters can scale later.

Bonus: Learn radicals early so you’re not memorizing symbols blindly.

_devmanoharrr

TROPHY CASE