I'm being so fucking productive while also taking the time to celebrate myself and my mental health. Before I begin explaining, I want to say that I have a healthy level of self-esteem. There are things I would change about myself, but this is coming from a place where deep down I know that we're all imperfect and there's great beauty in that. I love myself, and I'm the best friend I could ever have for myself.

Anyways, long ago I created a list of things that I would like to change about myself or insecurities I would've liked to address. For example, I wrote about how I wanted to learn several languages (which turned into understand the science of language learning), I wanted to not bite my nails, learn how to dress better, I wanted to go vegan, I wanted to have flawless skin, get over particular aspects of socializing that gave me anxiety, etc.

I'm proud to say that I've been able to cross off four things on that list.

For the past three weeks, I've been intensively studying how to learn a language (reading scholarly articles, reading blog posts of famous polyglots, and watching many videos). I genuinely believe that I've developed a tremendous system for language learning, and I've been applying it to the language I'm learning (Norwegian) and the language that I already have a high level in, but I'm trying to have a flawless accent (Spanish). I've been making great strides, and I'm super excited for the future with my languages because I'm already seeing how my Norwegian and Spanish are improving. (I'm also not a complete novice at language learning because I have a degree in a foreign language).

Also, I've been spending a lot of time on /r/malefashionadvice and have spent I don't even know how many hours there. I've been making my own personal guide about everything I'm learning so that future me will know what to buy and how I can dress better. I'm almost done my guide, and it's tremendous how much I've learned. Now when I wear the clothes I have, I can say, "oh, the armhole of this T-shirt is too high, that's why it cuts into my armpit" or "the armhole of this sweater is too low and that's why it moves when I bring my arms up and straighten them out." I've literally developed a passion for male fashion within this past week and I'm super excited to come out of this quarantine after my own personal metamorphosis because I feel like a different, more grounded person. This will be physically reflected in the clothing that I wear!

I've also been reading a lot, and I just finished reading Broke Millennial 2 days ago. I highly suggest reading this book, it's the reason why I let go of my TD Bank account and switched over to Charles Schwab and Vermont Federal Credit Union. Fuck TD, they stopped caring about me when I stopped being a college student, haha. Also, that book taught me so much useful information about investing, and literally, when I'm done with my fashion guide, I'm pouring all of my energy into being more financially literate especially about investments.

After that, I'm pouring my energy into creating exercise routines at home (I have a very basic one at home that I do every day, but I want to be more knowledgable at workouts away from the gym). After that, I'm just going to see what else I can do to take advantage of this period in time!