EQ

 EQ

The emotional quotient, or EQ is a set of abilities that include understanding, expressing, controlling, and using emotions. Unlike stable scores like IQ, emotional intelligence is a dynamic skill that can be developed through learning and experience.

First of all, self-awareness is the essential step. Recognizing your feelings, understanding their origins, and accurately naming them help people gain insights into themself. A rich, detailed vocabulary can facilitate the expression of one's status more effectively.

Articulating your feelings can calm down extreme emotions, and there are several techniques to ease negative thoughts such as walking, writing, or meditating. In addition, a positive mental state can be cultivated through memory recall or body language and can be amplified through self-suggestion.

While individuals can adjust their emotions, their feelings become tools that can be utilized in various situations. Those include self-healing, self-motivation, and self-happiness. They can also be leveraged to influence others in both personal and professional relationships.

To conclude, emotional intelligence is a vital skill that requires continuous improvement for a more fulfilling life and successful career.

057 -  jaken - 26/12/2023

ETH burned

This visual illustrates the burning status of Ethereum - the second-highest market capitalization cryptocurrency.

Following the implementation of the Ethereum Improvement Proposal 1559, over 3862000 ETH, currently worth 8.7 billion dollars, was removed from circulation. The ongoing burn rate stands at 3.73 ETH per minute, an approximate value of 8500 USD. This rate corresponds with a deflation rate of 3.2 percent, as depicted by the clock on the right side.

At present, the average base fee for Ethereum transactions is 43.5 GWei. The block utilization is relatively low at 50%. Given these traffic conditions, transactions can be processed swiftly at a reasonable cost.

Although the Gas Target is at 15 million, the Ethereum blockchain typically operates below its full capacity. Therefore the system has substantial capacity for more future users and applications.

052 - jaken - 21/12/2023

In your last

 In your last

What will preoccupy your thoughts in your twilight years? Are they your incompleted journeys, tangled career paths, or broken relationships of young ages? From my perspective, just as an adult forgets their cherished toys in kindergarten, who has one foot in the grave worries about very different things.

The aging process will slowly take away fundamental abilities from humans. Beauty, health, the precision of senses, memories, and even sanity will diminish by and by. Compared to those, the dreams of our youth seem like mere illusions.

Every morning, when I exercise jogging around my apartment, I often see an old man sitting in a wheelchair and sunbathing. A nurse, employed by his family to take care of his daily life. His children are affluent, and he may have an illustrious past. However, now he cannot eat or defecate by himself, suffering persistent pains in bed like my grandfather.

In my last years, my hope is to retain a lucid mind and enough power to control my death and life.

051 - jaken - 20/12/2023

Early bird

 Early bird

Typically, my alarm clock is set for 5 AM. Every morning, I wake up and snooze the clock several times before I fully awake. This indiscipline had made me feel disappointed with myself for years until I experienced a long insomnia.

During that hard time, I usually found myself waking up before the alarm, not only several minutes but hours. And after waking up, I could not fall asleep again. As a result, all of my day was filled with anxiety and exhaustion. My work efficiency plummeted to an all-time low. My dream records were empty for a while because the short time of sleep didn't have enough space for dreaming.

Once I can sleep normally again, I find joy in hitting the snooze button in the morning. In fact, that's the best time for dreaming, while I awake and asleep at the same time, I can stand on the border of The Dreaming and The Waking World, capturing lucid dreams.

050 - jaken - 20/12/2023

Expanding menu

Expanding menu

After enjoying the sweet flesh of a jackfruit, I usually collect its seeds for culinary use. Looking at this little dish, I think about a quote by an unknown author: "We expand our menu after famines"

Except the succulent flesh, jackfruit seeds are a treasure trove of nutrients. The rags, fibrous parts, can be incorporated into many recipes including fried, braised, or salad. However, most of the time modern people only consume the most delicious parts. They throw away the remains due to our plenitude of food. That's human nature: we will not optimize unless necessary.

Back in the hard times when ancient ancestors suffered from starvation, they sought sustenance from any available source, regardless of its shape or taste. Those were the periods of extending the boundaries in food realms. As a result, a myriad of plants, animals and even inorganic items found themself in cooking recipes.

Over time, the recipes have been diversified and perfected by numerous chefs, evolving into our current menu.

049 - jaken - 18/12/2023

Counting stars

Today is my monthly day of unplugging. I joined a team on trekking to the La Ngau Rock Stream. At the end of the trip, I found myself scrolling on social media apps immediately after reconnecting to the internet.

Our day began early in the morning, we woke up and gathered at Hoa Lu Stadium. A bus then drove all of us to Binh Thuan District, initiating our long journey deep into the forest, untouched by mobile phone signals. All members enjoyed the journey near the cool water and the untamed trees. As the day drew to a close, we left the stream and took a rest in a homestay. A rich and flavorsome BBQ was served, including chicken, pork, shrimp, oysters, and various side dishes. 

After the party, the majority of the team stayed at the table, cracking jokes. Some members explored the homestay, like little kids or curious cats. I caught myself and the rest laying on hammocks, scrolling the phone.

So, I let myself turn off the mobile network, walk into the dark, and count the stars.

048 - jaken - 17/12/2023

Food dream

 Food dream

Today I dreamed about Cempedak. The visual was so real that it made me drool after waking up. Therefore I bought a jackfruit to satisfy my appetite.

In my dream, I brought two cempedaks to a group of friends. One of them took the knife and started to peel the fruit's cover. Once he peeled a quarter of the skin at the side, I felt something wrong and told him: "No, It's not the proper way to eat Cempedak".

Another friend smiled, he took the peduncle and pulled out through the peeled skin. Then the flesh showed off deliciously and was ready for eating. But while I took one piece to eat, everything just disappeared and I woke up hungry.

Pursuing my dream, I went to the store but could not find any chempedak. Finally, I came back with a slide of jackfruit, a same genus fruit with similar delicious.

046 - jaken - 16/12/2023