Reflections:

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September 2024

• Continuing through The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Finally got the print copies of my book after waiting over a month of delays
• Built a Chat GPT Prompt Creator
• Started working on a large Christmas present project
• Written 24,060 words worth of research and drafts for the next edition of The Mental Toolbox
• Created mind maps and an outline for the Learning section of The Mental Toolbox
• Technical interview prepping
• Song of the Month: Going Kokomo by Royal Otis

August 2024

• Published The Mental Toolbox First Edition
• Created multiple short video reels for a client
• I read 2 books: Fanatical Propspecting, and Do Hard Things
• Applied to more jobs
• Song of the Month: ALRIGHT by Ashes To Amber

July 2024

• Had an amazing graduation party!
• Made major progress on designing and implimenting a work project
• Finished the first chapter for my new book
• Created the second draft for 2 more chapters
• Created the first draft for 1 chapter (4 total chapters)
• Finished watching Season 3 of The Bear
• Officially beat Hades I
• Had a fun July 4th with family in PA
• Caught up with some childhood friends
• Bought a bookshelf, and many new (used) books
• Started a little book club
• Song of the Month: Northern Attitude (with Hozier) by Noah Kahan, Hozier

June 2024

• Officially graduated with a Bachelor in Computer Science!!
• Applied to 40 jobs
• Got a second part-time job as an after-school coding tutor
• Read 'Get Better at Anything'
• Father's day top golf
• Demo'd the Apple Vision Pro
• Visited Friends in Chicago
• Went to the Chicago Aquarium
• Created some custom stickers
• Roadtrip through New England (48/50 states visited)
• Song of the Month: Coming Home by beabadoobee

May 2024

• Working through 'Get Better at Anything' and 'The Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galazy'
• Finished 5 classes! Last in-person classes! (Guitar, Darkroom Photography, Physical Wellness, Weight Training, and UX Design)
• Creating The Reading System
• Creating The Learning System
• Created an experimented with multiple GPT agents
• Working part time/part time job hunt
• Updating Productivity System using single .txt file
• Had a Fort Night for the last night in dorms
• Helped Repair a Deck
• Attempted repair on the Mustang, cleaned out the drainage system
• Created a personal Almanac
• Went to many Doctors
• Song of the Month: MILLION DOLLAR BABY by Tommy Richman

April 2024

• Solar Eclipse
• Creating a Wellness Exam
• Went to a Job Fair
• Painted a bedroom
• Roadtrip to Mississippi (43/50 states visited)
• Song of the Month: End of Beginning by Djo

March 2024

• Finished 2 books: Slow Productivity and How to ADHD
• Focused for 63 hours using my new Focus System.
• Continued writing for my second book, The Learning Framework (At around 36,000 words)
• Completed a 16-day writing sprint to create a GPT-powered writing process.
• Sold lots of things on Marketplace
• Bought a new (to me) Steam Deck and Laser Printer
• All credits and classes are finalized to graduate in June
• Song of the Month: A1 - It's just a burning memory by The Caretaker

February 2024

• Continued writing for my second book, The Learning Framework
• Continued practicing the guitar
• Built a pocket reference book
• Wrote a detailed goal-setting guide
• Took, Developed, and Enlargened my first roll of film photos
• Created 'The Learning Corner' discord for sharing things I learn with my friends
• Went on a day-long road trip
• Updated the Suburban Survival Kit with a 13" laptop for 66% off.
• Song of the Month: Messages from the Stars by The Rah Band

January 2024

• Started last semester of college!!!
• Started reading 'How to ADHD' by Jessica McCabe
• Started writing and researching for my Learning Framework
• Got and started practicing the guitar
• Started learning Deep Tissue Trigger Point Massage Therapy
• Created a Fitness Plan
• Continued work on space trader game with Dad
• Went the Aquarium
• Best friend visited for a week!
• Was the DM for a D&D one-shot
• Song of the Month: Eleven by Last Dinosaurs

December 2023

• Read 1 Book: 4000 Weeks
• Continued buildling Space Trading Game with Dad
• Built a digital version of a family card game
• Updated my wardobe with new colorful button ups
• Finished my Fall Semester of Classes (Animation, Scriptwriting, Audio Production)
• Finished My Basic Animation Final
• Various Christmas Celebrations
• Year Recap Photo Presentations with Friends and Family
• Went to the Aquarium with my Friend
• Song of the Month: Engravings by Ethan Bortnick

November 2023

• Read 2 Books: Algorithms To Live By, Bunnicula
• Started Building A Space Trading Game with Dad
• Finished Last Computer Science Related Class for college
• Road Trip to College Station
• Finished Building A Conversational Card Game Demo
• New Project Evaluation Printable
• Lots of Social Time and Rest
• Big Extended Family Thanksgiving
• Lost A Fight Against Trying to Clean a Bean Bag Chair
• Tried and failed to fix car leaking problem
• LOTS of little ducks hidden around the house
• Started making Chocolate Strawberry Banana Smoothies
• Started learning ASL
• Switched to Spotify from YT music
• Song of the Month: Starfighter Pilot - Lost in Hyperspace Mix by Snow Patrol

October 2023

• Participated in Inktober 2023 (9/31 days)
• Built a video frame out of an old chromebook
• Experimenting with an online conversational card game
• Created a Suburban Survial Kit Fanny Pack
• Made a lil stop motion video for Animation Class
• Went as the Mad Hatter for Halloween with Alice
• Turned 22
• Celebrated 3 people's birthdays (19th, 20th, and 21st) with Jackbox, ant infested pie, and Lasagna
• Went bowling and to an arcade. Nearly set the high score for the machine.
• Went out for formal birthday celebrate with some close friends and family
• Got a Meta Quest 3!!
• Went to a friend's wedding!
• Joined a Girl's day
• Fully funded emergency fund!
• Completely saved for College Debt Free!
• Saved enough to not need to work, while finishing my last semester of college
• Song of the Month: Cigartte Night by Zeedox

September 2023

• Created a little author's log
• Got a Drawing Tablet
• Started Fall Semester Classes
• Create a 30 minutes for 30 days challnege
• Went to Chicago to surprise Jonah for his birthday
• Set the record for a Tetris arcade machine
• Song of the Month: PUNCHIN' by Will Joseph Cook

July 2023

• Read 1 book: The Demon-Haunted World
• Discovered the Harvard Special Reports, Read 2 of them.
• Conducted a week long experiment of using the Pomodoro technique
• Started writing 10 posts.
• Family wedding and vacation in Colorado Springs
• Hiked Seven Falls
• Beat Minecraft with a group of friends (we were under prepared)
• Trip to Chicago to see friends and family
• Spray painted shirts and outfits
• Made 6 really large muffins
• Watched The Bear, Mission Impossible IX, The Barbie Movie
• Went to the Field Museum in Chicago
• Started family road trip to Seattle

June 2023

• Published my first book: "Pocket Project Handbook: Websites"
• Finished 2 classes (Calculus, and Comparative Programming Languages
• Sold some stuff on Facebook Marketplace
• Started designing and building out this website (v4 of my personal website)
• Went on a week long road trip from TX to PA during major heatwave
• Went to Hot Springs and Mammoth Cave National Parks
• Created 8 new word problem generators for AKN

May 2023

• Read 2 books
• Wrote the 2nd draft for my book
• Nearly finished a big work project
• Started building the v3 of the dashboard
• Created a custom headset lav mic attachment
• Got new glasses!
• Won 2x Rocket League tournaments
• Went to a friends graduation
• Went on a photoshoot with a friend
• Got a new money tree plant
• Fixed a broken sliding gear shift cover by myself
• Went to my friends 21st at Top Golf

April 2023

• Read 2 books (520 pages)
• Wrote for 1154 Minutes (19 hours)
• Programmed for 1904 minutes (31 hours)
• Meditated everyday (177 day streak)
• Sketched everyday (Focusing on Heads/Faces) (130 day streak)
• Moved again
• Gathered and built a home gym
• Made 3 small Form-based apps with GPT
• Made 2 small website apps with GPT
• Spent a lot more time on the Ideas to Implementation Guide
• Started daily gratitude journal

March 2023

• Read 2 books (682 pages)
• Wrote for 653 Minutes (10 hours)
• Programmed for 2626 minutes (43 hours)
• Meditated everyday (147 day streak)
• Sketched everyday (Focusing on drawing hands) (100 day streak)
• Spent a decent amount of time on ToolDoBox
• Finished JavaScript Online Course
• Visiting family
• Started working on Ideas to Implementation Guide

February 2023

• Read 3 books (987 pages)
• Wrote for 625 minutes (10 hours)
• Programmed for 1862 minutes (31 hours)
• Meditated everyday (118 day streak)
• Sketched everyday (71 day streak)
• Started ToolDoBox Dev Log Series
• D&D One Shot with Friends
• Watched all of Evangelion and One Punch Man
• Played lots of Minecraft
• Got a second monitor for my laptop setup
• Went through the process of collecting my resume, and interviewing for a job
• Finished 2 recruitment videos for Hospital Client
• Apart of ChatGPT Plus
• Started Creating Ideas through design and development guidebook with ChatGPT
• Created Speed Reading Reference Guide with ChatGPT + past notes
• Completed UX & Web Design Master Course
• Completed Agile Fundamentals Course

January 2023

• Read 1 book (981 pages)
• Wrote for 893 minutes (15 hrs)
• Programmed for 1058 minutes (17 hrs)
• Meditated everyday (90 day streak)
• Sketched everyday (43 day streak)
• Created and deployed docker of ToolDoBox development environment
• Started taking UI/UX Design courses
• Sister's birthday celebration
• Mini Golf with my Grandpa
• Worked at my Campus's Bookstore
• Started Freelance editing again
• Car needed lots of repairs :(
• 3x a week strength training
• Started new diet and health regiment

December 2022

• Read 3 books (701 Pages)
• Wrote for 999 minutes (16 hrs)
• Programmed for 2431 minutes (40 hrs)
• Meditated everyday
• Started learning Japanese
• Started Sketching Daily (10 days so far)
• Finished Fall Semester
• Created Signup/Login pages for ToolDoBox (Not Published)
• Built a Mobile Nav Bar for ToolDoBox (Not Published)
• Added Heatmaps to the homepage of website (v3, previous website)
• Had some fun with product photography of a chess board
• Planning out a potential trip to Japan
• Celebrated Christmas and New Years with family
• Went to the Heard Museum with some friends
• Consumed lots of Peppermint Hot Chocolate

November 2022

• Read 2 books (524 pages)
• Wrote for 876 minutes (14 hrs)
• Programmed for 2034 minutes (33 hrs)
• Started daily meditation
• Celebrated 21st birthday with friends and family
• Set the high score for Big Buck Hunter machine at an arcade
• Binged Mr.Robot
• Recorded and Edited a Mini Documentary for a final project
• Thanksgiving with family in PA
• Helped grandparents install new Ram and Memory into their laptop
• Bought a racing steering wheel and started playing some racing games

October 2022

• Read 2 books (497 pages)
• Wrote for 253 minutes (4 hrs)
• Programmed for 1092 minutes (18 hrs)
• Turned 21
• Made Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo With Friends
• Finally got new photography lenses
• Started new nutrition and diet plan
• Visited San Francisco, and Los Angeles
• Went to DisneyLand, California Adventure and Universal Studios Hollywood
• Hiked around Muir Woods National Park
• Drove through Yosemite National Park

September 2022

• Read 2 books (368 pages)
• Wrote for 383 minutes (6 hrs)
• Programmed for 2589 minutes (43 hrs)
• Revisiting the Heard Museum
• Made lasagna with my friends
• Saying goodbye to family cat
• Started creating cadleta.dev (v3 of my website, outdated)
• Created a heatmap widget for my iPhone
• Friend's birthday celebration
• Started getting into photography

August 2022

• Helped out my family organize and clean their car shop
• Home from summer travels
• Finished moving out of old house
• Hosted some game nights
• Helped run a fund raiser for a friend
• Setting up room office
• Started college classes again

July 2022

• Kayaking with friends and family
• Beat Muck
• Fourth of July Fireworks with binoculars
• Moving into Apartment
• Watched a bunch of Tv shows + movies
• Ice Skating in Chicago
• Made a giant pancake (18+ inches in diameter)
• Hiked up Starved Rock
• Visited Chicago's Ba Hai Temple
• Dyed my some of my hair blue
• Created the hit game "Mr.Lefty" in 6 days with Justin

June 2022

• Spent a bunch of time on building a Minecraft Server
• Went to a friend's play
• Continued blacksmithing with friend
• Continued minimalizing belongings
• One last Pizza party/pool party at house
• Created Goal Bar Web App
• Found and signed into apartment
• Won a few Bro vs Bros
• Went on a hike with a close friend
• Close friends arrive in TX

May 2022

• Finished College Drawing Class
• Finished UoPeople Data Classes
• Finished Pixar Xperiential Course
• Finished HTML + CSS Udemy Course
• Published AKN Handwriting Practice Worksheet Generator
• Went Jet-Skiing with Dad
• Hosting a friend's birthday, Nostalgia cartoon evening
• Had a friend visit for half a day before heading to base
• Learning Blacksmithing from a friend

April 2022

• Read 1 book
• Went to Value Select LIVE (got my forehead signed)
• Best friend visited for a few days
• Bought a ton of new film equipment
• I went outside and did an art (in a suit)
• Met some pretty cool people at college
• Hosted a pool party
• Escaped a difficult escape room with 47 seconds remaining
• Started trying out Slow Social to keep in touch with friends and family
• Started Data Structures and Databases classes
• Created some amazing UI designs at work

March 2022

• Read 3 books
• Friend visited for a few days
• Daily Meditation Streak: 97 days
• Lots of time spent outside, and on walks
• Finished 3rd Term of this year
• Completed: 50 Website Projects Course (60% done this month)

February 2022

• Read 1 book
• Daily meditation streak: 66 days
• Trip to Orlando and Hollywood Studios
• Made a mini godzilla movie with a friend
• Created & Purchased ToolDoBox.com
• Created Productivity Bar (WebApp)
• Create ToDoRunner (WebApp)
• Purchased a GoPro for Time lapses
• Finished Cinematography & Videography Course
• 40% done 50 website projects course (30% done this month)

January 2022

• Read 5 books
• Surprised my sister for her birthday
• Visited Longwood Gardens
• Painted a mural on bus bus
• Continued to expand ChristianAldeta V1 Website
• Designed and Printed a Chess Set
• Started In-Person classes at local community college
• 45% done JavaScript Course (35% done this month)
• 25% done HTML and CSS Course (25% done this month)
• 10% done 50 website projects course (10% done this month)
• 35% done blender course(15% done this month)

December 2021

• Read 6 books
• 3x Monthly Challenges: Blender, Programming, and Reading daily
• Christmas
• 10% done JavaScript Course
• 20% done Blender Course
• Started daily meditation practice
• Started working on some personal research projects

November 2021

• Created a video on my college workflow (which I can't show for legal reasons :/ )
• Finished 2 classes
• Welcomed Bella(the cat) to the family
• Thanksgiving Festivities
• Christmas Photography Exhibit
• Resting

October 2021

• 20 yrs old
• Read 10 books
• Designed and printed 2 gifts for friends
• Designed and printed wallet wall mount
• Programmed a Note Taking Application
• Programmed an Anki Note Batcher
• Created 300+ notes in less than an hour
• Finished first college term of this year
• Battlefield 2042 beta
• Programmed for 38 hours
• Read 1812 pages
• Reviewed 3277 flash cards
• continued to develop up ChristianAdleta site V1
• Created Heat Map Graphs

September 2021

• Went to an arcade with my sister
• Completed lots of renovation projects
• Installed pool cover
• Surprised a friend for his birthday
• Went boating around Chicago
• Went to a Cubs game
• Played 3D battleship
• Finished 4-month trip
• Got a 3D Printer
• Begun learning how to 3D model

August 2021

• Met gaming friends in person for the first time
• Played Oreo Poker
• Forcibly cleaned a friends room
• Hiked up Beacon Rock
• Hiked to the base of a waterfall
• Moved (2nd time this year)
• Learned how to replace outlets
• Installed a heated tile floor

July 2021

• Completed 100% of Gunfire Reborn
• reconnected with some old friends
• Demo'd a Pool House
• Built more fence
• Had a friend fly out and help with house renovations
• Traveled to friends house
• Started learning the harmonica
• Had my friends cut my hair
• Escaped The Office room

June 2021

• Read 5 books
• Built a fence with the bois
• Escaped 1 room, failed to escape another
• Rode a horse
• Held a snake
• Went on lodge trip with family
• Began helping family fix up house
• Took some time off

May 2021

• Read 3 books
• Amazing Grand Canyon Trip
• Shadowed a professional videographer and photographer
• Wrote a 5000 word summary of Speed Reading Knowledge
• Create a 30 minute video for a client
• Recorded a time-lapse of a day during quarantine
• Built a Discord Bot - Cherry Pin Bot
• More minimalization
• Started recording time estimates of school assignments

April 2021

• Built V1 of ChristianAdleta.com
• Completed Healthy Minds course (200 meditations)
• 133 day meditation streak
• Recorded 4 client videos
• Created large Sumi-e art wall for my room

March 2021

• Read 5 books
• Finished 3rd term of college
• Built System Shutdown Timer
• Built Sitting Health Bar
• Built Session Timer
• Updated Speed Reading Pacer
• Published 3 client videos

February 2021

• Read 2 books
• Pool tournament (with family)
• Got LED lights for room
• Started animating
• Getting Things Done system setup
• Texas Winter Snow Storm

January 2021

• Read 5 books
• Completed move
• Minimized all paperwork
• Full month of Kovaaks training
• Game Stop and DOGE "day trading"
• 66 day Anki streak
• 119 days of meditation
• 16 days of reflections
• Guitar lessons

December 2020

• Christmas, Zoomas, New Years
• Read 6 books
• Finished Speed Reading Pacer Program
• Built graphic display for my room
• 36 day Anki streak
• 88 Days of meditation
• 18 days of Kovaaks training
• Cyberpunk 2077!
• Moving *again* *again*
• Survived Covid-19

November 2020

• Finished Speed Reading Course
• Started Online Drawing Course
• Built Productivity Bar
• Beat Minecraft Hardcore
• Had Thanksgiving with extended family

October 2020

• 19 yrs old
• Read 1 book
• Voted for the first time
• 2 work out sessions

August 2020

• Read 2 books
• Started morning meditation practice
• Moved *again* to Dallas

July 2020

• Released 3 episodes on YSB
• Official end of YSB creation
• Started learning web app development
• Shaved my head
• Submitted application for University Of The People
• Created 26 client videos
• Finished ToFilter: Spreadsheet Edition

June 2020

• Read 1 book
• Released 4 episodes on YSB
• Moving road trip PA -> TX
• Worked Full-Time for the first time

May 2020

• GRADUATED! (In Quarantine)
• Goodbye picnic with friends
• More minimalization
• Started move to TX
• Created Pong with Jonah
• YSB hit 5,000+ downloads

March 2020

• Read 2 books
• Released 6 YSB episodes
• Interviewed Ex-NFL player Jedidiah Collins
• Created 2 songs with Jonah
• Purchased my first car from my papa
• School closed - Quarantine
• Got rid of 95% of personal belongings
• 5 weeks of strength training
• Created my first Zettelkasten - 230 Nodes

January 2020

• Read 8 books
• Released 4 YSB episodes
• Finished 2 client videos
• 4 weeks of strength training

December 2019

• Read 4 books
• Released 4 YSB episodes
• Finished 2 client videos

October 2019

• 18 Yrs old
• Read 3 books
• Released 3 YSB episodes
• Created art 23/31 days
• Birthday paintball
• Better sleeping routine

September 2018

• Got my license!
• Released episodes 1-3 of YSB
• Wore chainmail for picture day
• Edited 14 podcast episodes for a client
• Edited 3 videos for a client
• Made a brain hologram
• Read 7 books
• Got to 70 push ups
• Intermittent fasting 24/30 days
• Morning routine 30/30 days