Raphael

Total Working Time of The Week (31 August 2020 - 06 August 2020) 31 hours 31 minutes

06 September 2020 Wake Up Time: 06:28 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 10:10 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep Work Sessions: 01:01 PM - 01:44 PM: I did a few design tests for my website. Work Duration: 43 minutes @Raphael That's was a good day of rest, good job. But please have some empty time before going to sleep. Love from your higher self ♥ Total Work Duration: 43 minutes, including 43 minutes of Deep Work (objective 0 minutes) Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Misunderstanding Enlightenment I feel like I have a lot of misconceptions and misunderstandings about enlightenment. I also feel like all these concepts, ideas, and mental models that I learn here are very far away from the reality. I have the intuition that enlightenment is not understandable through logic and ideas, but only through the emotions that one's feel. I feel that it's a way of being, not a description of being.

05 September 2020 Wake Up Time: 06:39 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 09:30 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep Work Sessions: 10:21 AM - 10:39 AM: I had a call with my client. Work Duration: 18 minutes 03:49 PM - 04:59 PM: I worked on my website's footer, the fonts, and the text colors. I had a lot of difficult thoughts of the past that came back. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes Deep Work Sessions: 09:15 AM - 10:03 AM: I fixed some bugs on my client's website. I distracted myself a little. Deep Work Duration: 48 minutes 10:42 AM - 11:48 AM: I completed the payment validate page for the desktop version. I distracted myself a little too much. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 01:37 PM - 03:09 PM: I did more corrections and work on a navigation link bug. I'm a little stuck. I also distracted myself. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 03:15 PM - 03:40 PM: I finished the fixes for the navigation link and also changed the inputs design. Deep Work Duration: 25 minutes 07:40 PM - 08:41 PM: I worked on the fonts and the home page layout of my website. It looks very good so far, I'm super satisfied. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 1 minute @Raphael Good, that's much better Have some proper rest tomorrow, it's very important. Total Work Duration: 6 hours 20 minutes, including 4 hours 52 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours) Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Complimenting people, praising them, putting dreams into their minds, saying how great their company is, etc. are classic stage orange manipulation tactics to get people to work a lot without getting paid a lot.

I'm a mixed kid of the exact same background (white mother, indian dad). No, mixed kids are not necessarily obsessed with beauty. I had a lot of hate towards my dad too but only because he is the most egocentric, narcissistic, racist, xenophobic, sexist, homophobic, and authoritarian person that I know. I'm currently trying to let go and transforming this into love because it wasn't its fault as he had a terrible abusive childhood. Concerning the look, many people have told me that I look very good so I guess that it's true. Look for mixed kids is a double-edged sword because we feel at the same time closer to most people and more different than most people. Because of that I personally can more easily see life from different perspectives, so when they are racism issues I usually feel slice in half. It's very painful because whatever we say, people will always judge us from the other ethnic background. As a mixed kid, I experienced strange questions and also racism from white people, and I also experienced racism from Indian people. I get it from all sides. Personally, the thing that I would like the most would be the be treated as an equal human being. I'm sick of hearing people talking about my look (even if it's positive), debating me, and noticing things about my physical appearance. However as most of the world is not mixed and is unconscious, it's not going to happen now, so for decades and decades, mixed people will have to suffer until finally everyone is mixed and the problem is solved. P-S: The person that you mentioned seems to have huge self-esteem issues and I don't think that it's about being mixed. Edit: I checked out the forum and the subject. This place looks super unhealthy and super racist, it's not worth focusing energy and being angry after such reactions. I guess that they are many similar subjects on this forum.

04 September 2020 Wake Up Time: 07:41 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 10:15 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep Work Sessions: 09:34 AM - 10:08 AM: I had a call with my client. Work Duration: 34 minutes Deep Work Sessions: 03:10 PM - 04:57 PM: I worked on the payment completed page design. I distracted myself at some moments. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 07:45 PM - 08:28 PM: I did the mobile version of the payment completed page. Deep Work Duration: 43 minutes I almost didn't sleep for the entire night, got super lazy, and felt a lot of difficult emotions. It seems like I'm sabotaging myself to go back to my previous state. Total Work Duration: 3 hours 4 minutes, including 2 hours 30 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours) Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Girls obsessed with makeup are stage orange

@Extreme Z7 Yes, that's probably the case. Also, the computer that I bought is just a laptop dedicated to web development so it's not a highly powerful machine, but I was happy to see that it was able to run Crysis.

@Leo Gura Haha That's a crazy synchronicity. I recently bought a computer and installed the original Crysis on it to test the performances. I was not able to run it at max in Full HD above 30 - 35 FPS. I'll maybe try the remaster, but stay careful to avoid an explosion. It's so sad

Being obsessed with video game graphics is stage orange

03 September 2020 Wake Up Time: 06:46 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 09:25 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep Work Sessions: 09:15 AM - 09:52 AM: I had a call with my client. Work Duration: 37 minutes Deep Work Sessions: 12:02 AM - 01:00 AM: I worked on the trending category page. I was quite distracted because I was listening to Leo at the same time. Deep Work Duration: 58 minutes 02:30 PM - 04:16 PM: I completed the desktop version of the trending page. I was quite distracted. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 07:47 PM - 08:56 PM: I completed the mobile version of the trending page and also did some analysis for the thank you page. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes I didn't want to work that much today because my ego felt like it worked more than necessary yesterday (yesterday was supposed to be a break day). I was also quite distracted in my work, but also sad thinking about spiral dynamics, the 9 stages of ego development, how unconscious the world is, and how most people don't understand anything of what's happening around them and judge and hurt others out of ignorance. @Raphael Ok, you had a down day. That happen, let's accept it. You will do better tomorrow Total Work Duration: 4 hours 30 minutes, including 3 hours 53 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours) Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

The 9 Stages of Ego Development This model is so precise that it almost made me cry.

02 September 2020 Wake Up Time: 05:41 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 10:12 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep Work Sessions: 09:47 AM - 10:12 AM: I had a call with my client. Work Duration: 25 minutes 11:47 AM - 11:55 AM: I had a quick call with my client. Work Duration: 8 minutes Deep Work Sessions: 09:13 AM - 09:47 AM: I worked on my website's header. Deep Work Duration: 34 minutes 10:35 AM - 11:47 AM: I worked on localized link boxes on my client's carousels. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 12:04 AM - 12:45 AM: I completed the positioning of the link boxes. I distracted myself too much. Deep Work Duration: 41 minutes 07:45 PM - 09:00 PM: I worked on the header menu of my website and also a little on the layout. It looks very good, I'm very satisfied with the results. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes @Raphael Good work. Stay careful to rest properly and go to bed early. Continue moving forward Total Work Duration: 4 hours 15 minutes, including 3 hours 42 minutes of Deep Work (objective 0 minutes) Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

01 September 2020 Wake Up Time: 06:14 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 09:30 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) ✅ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep Work Sessions: 08:29 AM - 10:06 AM: I verified the work done by a freelancer, contacted a client, and started to work back on my website. Work Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 10:22 AM - 11:05 AM: I had a call with my client. Work Duration: 43 minutes Deep Work Sessions: 11:16 AM - 12:34 AM: I fixed some issues on my client's website. I distracted myself a little too much. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 01:38 PM - 02:08 PM: I did a few fixes. Deep Work Duration: 30 minutes 02:15 PM - 04:16 PM: I continued the work on my website. I worked on the fonts, the base colors, the structure, and the header. It looks way better now. Deep Work Duration: 2 hours 1 minute @Raphael Superb work! You did a lot of progress since you started Total Work Duration: 6 hours 7 minutes, including 3 hours 49 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours) Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

The Importance of a Good Presentation I have never been the kind of person to judge people on the way they look and the way they dress. How someone's dress is not important for me, what's more important is how conscious the person is. I thought the same most of my life and therefore never really cared about wearing sleeve shirts, suits, etc. I would most of the time only wear a t-shirt with a hoodie. However, I noticed that in the professional world many times people will judge our competencies from our looks especially if we are young and inexperienced, so a good first impression is important. People who care about how they dress are seeing as people who put effort into themselves, who have high standards, and care about themselves and therefore are expected to deliver better results. I think that many of my bad results in freelancing are coming from self-esteem issues and bad marketing. I used a picture that I took three years ago in a simple t-shirt. I look like a totally inexperienced kid in this picture, also my descriptions can sound a little too childish. I will change my presentations and therefore my identity. I will wear a white sleeved shirt now so that I look much more mature and trustable.

Health: The Foundation of Deep Work I just realized how important health is for deep work. There's a minimum of health needed to be able to work properly, otherwise, the brain gets crazy and we can easily feel unmotivated, tired, and lazy. Basic habits like meditation, yoga, eating healthy, exercising a minimum, having a lot of empty time, minimizing entertainment (in particular the internet and social medias), and going to sleep at regular times are super important. They are the foundation of a proper work ethic and also the foundation of a great life.

The 4 Discipline Framework (from Deep Work: Rules For Focused Success In A Distracted World - Cal Newport) Discipline #1: Focus on the Wildly Important Aim execution at a small number of wildly important goals. This simplicity will help focus energy to a sufficient intensity to ignite real results Identify a small number of ambitious outcomes to pursue with deep work hours Discipline #2: Act on the Lead Measures: Measure success with two metrics Lag measures: describes the thing to improve Lead measures: measure the new behaviors that will drive success on the lag measures Discipline #3: Keep a Compelling Scoreboard Have a public place to record and track lead measures A scoreboard creates a sense of competition that drives to focus on the measures, even when other demands vie for attention. It also provides a reinforcing source of motivation Discipline #4: Create a Cadence of Accountability If you work alone: set a regular day each week to analyze your results If you work with a team: put in place a rhythm of regular and frequent meetings

Don't Work Alone (from Deep Work: Rules For Focused Success In A Distracted World - Cal Newport) For some types of problems, working with someone with a shared whiteboard can push a working ability deeper. Two Guidelines: Separate the pursuit of serendipitous encounters from your efforts to think deeply and build on these inspirations. Each effort should be optimized separately, as opposed to mixing them together into a sludge that impedes both goals. Even when you retreat to a spoke to think deeply, when it's reasonable to leverage the whiteboard effect, do so. By working side by side with someone on a problem, you can push each other toward deeper levels of depth, and therefore toward the generation of more and more valuable output as compared to working alone.

Breathwork to Release Immediate Anger and Dirtiness Breathwork is super powerful to release immediate anger, greed, feeling of dirtiness, or other similar emotions. I was feeling quite angry today and decided to do a breathwork session. I didn't had a super mystical experience (I never cried nor had visuals), but I felt a lot of tingling sensations notably in my forearms and they also became quite tight near the end. I felt super empty and super lightweight after the session, I was back in my higher self as if I was not a human anymore. The anger and dirtiness almost completely vanished. Breathwork is like magic.

31 July 2020 Wake Up Time: 06:07 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 09:23 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) ✅ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep Work Sessions: 01:29 PM - 02:51 PM: I went back working on my personal website. I got some very annoying errors caused by the SSL certificate because it was not working with the www subdomain. I chose to contact my hosting provider. Work Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 03:01 PM - 04:03 PM: I searched for a theme for my website, contacted a freelancer, and started the layout. Work Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes Deep Work Sessions: 08:35 AM - 10:02 AM: I started to make the colors and fonts adjustments for the mobile view. I had a lot of unrelated thoughts about spiral dynamics, communicated, and triggering people. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 10:20 AM - 12:20 AM: I completed the mobile view updates. I had a lot of thoughts about past difficult experiences with stage blue. Deep Work Duration: 2 hours 04:10 PM - 04:51 PM: I started to design the header. Negative thoughts of the past and anger came up. Neighbors also decided to put loud music, it was a little difficult to work. Work Duration: 41 minutes Total Work Duration: 6 hours 32 minutes, including 4 hours 8 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours) Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

I have a lot of distaste, resistance, and rejection toward stage blue.

30 July 2020 Wake Up Time: 06:08 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 09:10 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep Work Sessions: No work for today @Raphael Good, you had some rest today. Also, try a have more empty time of doing nothing on Sunday. Total Work Duration: 0 minutes, including 0 minutes of Deep Work (objective 0 minutes) Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

The more aware I am, the more I seek silence and solitude.

29 July 2020 Wake Up Time: 06:18 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM) In Bed Time: 09:40 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM) ✅ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep Work Sessions: 02:34 PM - 03:26 PM: I went back working on my website. I had a few issues with the page builder license. Work Duration: 52 minutes 03:33 PM - 05:01 PM: I continued setting up my website. I also set up SSL. I distracted myself a little too much. Work Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 07:48 PM - 08:14 PM: I set up the main pages of my website. Work Duration: 26 minutes Deep Work Sessions: 09:27 AM - 10:32 AM: I continued yesterday's design corrections. I was distracted because I was listening to some videos at the same time. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 10:56 AM - 12:42 AM: I continued the colors and fonts updates. I had a lot of unrelated thoughts. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 01:47 PM - 02:27 PM: I finished the desktop design fixes. They will maybe be a few more fixes to do, I will see that with my client. Deep Work Duration: 40 minutes @Raphael Good job again. Keep staying aware of the distractions and pushing it up. Total Work Duration: 6 hours 17 minutes, including 3 hours 31 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours) Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)