July 14, 2024

Dear Diary,

Today is Sunday, July 14, 2024. The weather is sunny.

I went swimming this morning and learned the backstroke! The feeling of continuous movement in the water is really good. When I use the breaststroke, I always struggle with my breathing and get very tired after one lap. But with the backstroke, I feel my breathing is smoother. I think after I practice the backstroke a bit more, I can enjoy myself more freely in the water.

After swimming, I went with my wife to dye her hair. While she was getting her hair done, I kept using Duolingo. Recently, I found out that a friend is also using it, and he spends two hours on Duolingo every day. That's crazy.

In the afternoon, I started studying the words I organized, mainly focusing on the advanced part. I threw all the words into ChatGPT and asked it to write an article for me. I hope that by doing this, I can connect these unrelated words. I'm not good at rote memorization; I'm better at associative memory.

Now, I can already remember a part of it. If I keep it up for two more days, I should be able to remember all of it.

Last night, I watched Interstellar. After watching part of it, I realized that I seemed to know the ending of the movie because I had come across it on a short video app. This somewhat diminished my anticipation. But I still think it's a really good science fiction movie.

Goodnight, Diary. Until tomorrow.

Best, Jasper Van