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-Jonah Tran | Wednesday, February 15, 2023
10/24/22 5:30 wakeup 6:00 lift 7:00 run 8:00 finish workout 8:30 NDH breakfast 9:00 finish breakfast 9:30-10:45 Micro 10:50-11:25 relax 11:30-12:20 Calc B 12:30-1:15 NDH lunch 1:20-3:15 study 3:30-4:45 Latin 5:00-6:00 relax 6:10-6:45 dinner 7:00-11:30 HW Sleep by 12 I copied verbatim my schedule of the day Oct. 24, from the pink journal, a planner,
Jonah Tran | Monday, January 30, 2023
My birthday was last Saturday. It was the 19th one to date and certainly the most memorable one. I have had a complicated past with birthdays. I have never had a birthday party. I can never seem to blow out all the candles in one quick motion. I usually do not love the cake because of
Jonah Tran | Wednesday, January 18, 2023
I like the idea of New Year’s resolutions. No, in fact, I love them. I think New Year’s resolutions are a fantastic, nearly foolproof way to commit yourself to new goals. They improve productivity, promote ambition and summarily eliminate procrastination. Here are my top three favorite resolutions of all time! Number 1. Go to the
Jonah Tran | Monday, December 5, 2022
The year is 5000 B.C. You just completed a successful three-day hunt. You speared the mastodon to death and harvested its organs. Your personal chef prepared for you a feast of grilled ribeye steaks, raw liver, testicles, and bone marrow. Before you settle into your makeshift straw bed inside the cave, you inject yourself with
Jonah Tran | Monday, November 21, 2022
I have seen snow less than 10 times. Nine times to be exact. My first time was years ago while snowboarding at Big Bear Mountain in California. The other eight times were at Notre Dame. Snow is still a novel idea to me. I vaguely remember what snow is like from the trip to California,
Jonah Tran | Monday, November 7, 2022
Gym bro 1: Hey, bro, you want to try my effective 2 RIR push day that I use as Push A on my current mesocycle? Gym bro 2: Brah, just lift heavy circles. Eat big, get big, brah! Gym bro 1: Bro, since it sounds like you dirty bulk, you really should calculate your basal
Jonah Tran | Monday, October 3, 2022
The temperature is dropping. The leaves are changing colors. The flannel and gray sweatpants combo have arrived. It is sweater weather if you will. As of Sept. 22, at 9:04 p.m. EDT, fall has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere and at Notre Dame too. You might be tempted to think that the most important development
Jonah Tran | Monday, September 19, 2022
You are not that guy. You are not Him. You are not a “girlboss.” You are not the main character. And that is fine. Neither am I. Neither is anyone. Thinking of yourself as the main character in some sort of extravagant movie is a mindset that I find both annoying and problematic. But before I nail my 95 theses into words, I ought to