every decision now should make 5yo me proud and 80yo me thankful
Ritchie Wong on X: "i dont get enough out of this line https://t.co/uSdAuwrIeg" / X
it's dse chinese today
well while we the adults can always say: yeah exam not important blah blah (true tho)
but if i were 17/18 today, i would just say: go fuck off - bc you have already been thru that shit
that's kind of empathy i guess
Ritchie Wong on X: "how an old friend who is working in the same job for 5 years since grad taught me about focus just bumped into a childhood friend, whom i met since he was still in primary school while i was in middle school, for the first time in 4-5 years i remember the last time i checked" / X
but well, don't confuse insights from introspection = anything useful they mean nothing without actions
Ritchie Wong on X: "(too much) introspection (without timely actions) causes emotional disorders" / X
consistently, iteratively and patiently showing up with one thing you pick to work on is a rare asset in this age
Ritchie Wong on X: "more convinced that showing up thick skin consistently with balls is the only way" / X
Ritchie Wong on X: "just realised that i had been designing/making things for others' visions, not mine because i didnt think that i was good enough to make what i truly care/like to life - but just to be a tool man turning others' visions (which i mostly didnt care) no more. no more." / X
because i didnt think that i was good enough to make what i truly care/like to life - but just to be a tool man turning others' visions (which i mostly didnt care)
no more. no more.
@NarutoNolimits break the patterns before they break you
Ritchie Wong on X: "most don't care about the vehicle; they care about arriving" / X
Ritchie Wong on X: "intellectual obesity is when you consume more than create, just like eating more than exercising physically" / X
Ritchie Wong on X: "do the work, solve the problem & ship the feature as if you're already paid to work there, before even applying" / X
Ritchie Wong on X: "rigid with the what, clear with the why & flexible with the hows" / X
Ritchie Wong on X: "Time to write again" / X
Ritchie Wong on X: "maker v manager not just for mode of work but also tools maker tools: apple notes/google docs manager tools: notion/todosit know when to use what" / X
but also tools
maker tools: apple notes/google docs
manager tools: notion/todosit
know when to use what
Ritchie Wong on X: "why most struggle to 'start first, learn later' from a learning design pov, the reason why so many people struggle with this sequence is because how almost 95% of curriculum is designed the other way round for week 1-6, you learn these materials (maybe with mini" / X
from a learning design pov, the reason why so many people struggle with this sequence is because how almost 95% of curriculum is designed the other way round
for week 1-6, you learn these materials (maybe with mini
sidetrack
love this
Ritchie Wong on X: "think about this from time to time i believe that everything is just revealing and putting forward our data to find out if we (not just a person, can be a business idea or a city to live in) fit or not don't force, for it's already predetermined that your job is never to make" / X
i believe that everything is just revealing and putting forward our data to find out if we (not just a person, can be a business idea or a city to live in) fit or not
don't force, for it's already predetermined that your job is never to make
items before furnitures
data before structures
functions before forms
Ritchie Wong on X: "design should be a frictionless medium to discover what's worth working on beyond the status quo https://t.co/WzqoNVoMzH" / X
Ritchie Wong on X: "quick note on the debate between karri & ryo as a non-designer karri: codified design limits designers' range of possibility, skipping the important steps of boundless exploration without the technical constraints in the first place; ryo: expanding designers ability to bring" / X
karri: codified design limits designers' range of possibility, skipping the important steps of boundless exploration without the technical constraints in the first place;
ryo: expanding designers ability to bring
Ritchie Wong on X: "irl is making a huge return in 2026" / X
never use your ruler to measure someone's height, vice versa
breaking up is like opening your notion databases, say 'places', and then review all the linked pages (can be people, logs, journals etc) related to your ex
the pages are still here without being deleted - they are just no longer relevant to your daily operations
we all need spotify wraps for our own life data, but more regularly (like every week)
but first, we need to figure out what we want to find out, then what data really matters to monitor regularly
why staying in a new country is easier for new insights about yourself or life
because you literally can start a new spreadsheet without pre existing data, structures or insights
Ritchie Wong on X: "start what we want, finish what we started" / X
Ritchie Wong on X: "a great question either helps someone open a door they are excited to invite people in, or navigate a door they have forgotten (but have been searching), couldn't navigate before or didn't have the courage to open themselves" / X
Ritchie Wong on X: "we are rewarded with our actions, not potentials or intelligence https://t.co/eVGi7WlW6j" / X
Ritchie Wong on X: "token efficiency in dating you need 1 question to fall in love instead of 36" / X
you need 1 question to fall in love instead of 36