Wisdom I Pondered This Week

• It can be lovely to have a day where you do not push yourself, but it rarely works out well if you have a life where you do not push yourself.
• “The function of art is the renewal of memories of moments of perfection.” — Agnes Martin
• “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” — Laurence J. Peter
• Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
• “You are a human with one life and it is up to you to make it the best life you can.” — Dan Howell

Things I Learned This Week

• 川藏公路 G318 國道 是中國著名的景觀大道，全長約 2,100 多公里，起於四川成都，止於西藏拉薩。這條路線沿途穿越高山峽谷，風景絕美，包含雪山、冰川、草原、森林等壯麗景致，是自駕、騎行愛好者的聖地。
• Swansong (告別演出) = the final performance or activity of a person’s career before retirement
• 化應子 是一種傳統蜜餞，口感 Q 彈軟嫩，帶有鹹、酸、甜層次。特色為無籽方便食用，具有生津止渴、開胃的功效。化應子也是夜市糖葫蘆蕃茄（番茄串）裡常見的黑色餡料。
• Cadence Lock is a common issue with optical heart rate monitors on GPS watches. It occurs when the watch’s sensor mistakenly reads your running or pedaling cadence (steps or revolutions per minute) as your heart rate, resulting in a falsely elevated, erratic heart rate reading.
• Prairie (大草原) is a wide area of flat land without trees.