life Featured Short&Sweet: Baojia Historic Trail One of the major benefits of living on a countryside hillside is that there are numerous trails where I can refresh myself within just a few minutes' drive. Baojia Historic Trail(保甲古道) is one of them. It's short enough to finish one way in 30 minutes. It&
performance The Pitfall of Local Optimization I'm obsessed with optimization as an engineer. But here's the trap: improving one thing every day doesn't guarantee you'll reach your goals. When you've done everything right but you're still nowhere close, what you need is the big picture you've been ignoring.
life A Morning Hike on Shihmen Mountain Trail My son thinks walking is meaningless. My wife is a mosquito magnet. So Sunday mornings, it's just me and the trail. What I discovered on Shihmen Mountain: when you can't catch your breath, that's when you're finally forced to be fully present.
coaching The Seed of Slowing Down Balancing a coaching business, SaaS project, and community work while unemployed—I was spinning, not progressing. A coaching session revealed my pattern: never allowing myself to slow down. On learning to pause and reflect.
