Sam's Sanity Diary

I think I need to find some new things to do. My main things are: I need to feel like I am creating, I need to feel like I am getting better at something and I need to be able to talk to people (other than my wife and son). The past few weeks, I've just been a hermit, watching Depp vs Heard videos and Netflix. Sometimes, I chat with Tuck on messenger. What can I do? I could go back to livestreaming/podcasting for a bit. It's easy to do and I don't have to work too hard if I don't want to, but then again, that would result in a shitty podcast. I do wonder if people still want to be on a podcast or livestream though. If they are a small time performer plugging a show, they wouldn't mind. If they are established, they'd probably not want to unless I already have a following, which I don't. I want to catch up with some friends like Jimmy Earll, and I think it's a lot of fun for me, but I also think it is not really good content. It was okay in 2020 during th...

I am learning accounting. I hate it. I find it hard to understand. I did some back in secondary school almost 40 years ago and I don't remember much of it except I had to write the word "Tunai" (meaning Cash) a million times and that the left and right side always had to be equal when you added it all up. Now I'm learning it the same way I learn anything - I just watch videos and read articles and ask one question at a time and and run into a million dead ends. At first, none of it made any sense and the whole thing seems futile. Liabilities and Revenue are on the same side? What?!?! I thought Liabilities and Revenue are enemies. I just couldn't find good explanations on the Internet and I was too embarassed to ask anyone. Everything I came across just said to accept it and memorise it, so I tried to do that, which is against my nature. After a long time, I started to kind of understand it, I think. Basically, you have to follow where the cash goes. Liabilities ha...