Q2: April, May, June.
Priorities
This quarter, I will focus on being healthy, happy, and learning well.
I will improve my discipline, self-understanding, and personal confidence.
- Continue to maintain and iterate on a good baseline routine.
- No phone in the morning or night.
- No social media on weekdays (except nightly Twitter check).
- Light (ideally natural) in the morning.
- Smoothie w/ creatine + protein in the morning.
- Skincare, especially at night.
- Sunday cleaning, sabbath, and reflections.
- Exercise consistently.
- Figure out what this looks like on Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat.
- Improve the existing routine.
- Dance, because it is fun and I have the time.
- Learn. Spend daily time on the main subjects.
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The “main” subjects:
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Probability / Stats
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Foundation Models
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Interview Questions and Prep
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Systems and/or web
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Religion
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Finance / Econ
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The recurring threads, if time allows:
- Analysis
- Biology / Chemistry
- EVMbench
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Religion is important because it directly impacts my values and how I approach love.
If I want to work an ML job, I will need to know: probability/stats, linear algebra, and modern ML (e.g. CS336). On top of this, RL knowledge is handy. So it is important that this quarter I at least gain strong probability/stats knowledge.
Finance and economics are important because they help me understand the world.
Systems and web are important because they help ground me and make me more broadly capable. Additionally, they will make it easier for me to make things.
Schedule
There are 12 weeks in this quarter. It is important that I make progress on my main subjects and goals every week. I will be doing some travel, but even in a single day I can make progress on all of the main subjects.
People
Who do I care about and prioritize?
- Ben, Mom and Dad
- Aaditya and Freeman
- Ben Margolin, HS friends (Nick, Jakob, Sid, Surya, Jason)
There is definitely a dropoff after these. Next:
- Kevin
- Sam
- Aadil
And then Contrary friends and others from the years.