It’s been an entire week w/o journals! Crazy!
I had my wisdom teeth pulled on Monday Aug 26. It wasn’t nearly as bad as I expected, and recovery was pretty smooth. I slept an insane amount Mon-Wed and by Thursday, I was mostly fine (aside from a pretty swollen face, and not being able to eat anything but soylent). I’ve dropped around 2.5-3lbs since then, partially glycogen but probably some legit weight since I’ve consumed only 1000-1500kcal/d of soylent. I don’t really feel hungry though.
I got news a couple days ago that Blowfish was likely getting acquired. I have no idea what the valuation is like, but it nets me ~$250k usd if it’s at the last raise valuation. I was initially super upset that I missed out on $500k usd but it’s a stupid thought. I went out on a walk with mom and dad and we sat on a bench and talked for a couple hours as the sun set. I don’t really do this enough, it was quite enjoyable.
It’s really weird that this outcome is what I’d been hoping and dreaming of since 2022, but it’s happened, and I felt nothing at the time (and I still don’t?) I guess it didn’t feel real yet because I haven’t registered an actual dollar amount.
I don’t think I’m any less hungry career wise; if anything, I’m more hungry. For such a long time I considered Blowfish a failure and wondered how it would look in hindsight; that my crowning achievement was that a hackathon got me into a company which raised $12m, burnt several million dollars, and never made a profit? The narrative of my life just didn’t make sense. I know it’s super vain to say this but, the narrative of my life sounds a ton more impressive now that my first engineer role was at a company which got acquired. It has a nice ring to it.
I didn’t do anything to celebrate, but I was looking into bikes at the time since I was extremely bored from wisdom teeth removal, and so I ended up buying an absurdly nice bike. It costed $7.4k USD ($10.5k CAD) when it was new. It’s definitely one of my “worst” -ev purchases, but I cycled 50km’s with it today, and it’s a literal rocket ship with infinite brakes, ridiculous grip, it’s a ton of fun. No regrets; if Blowfish does actually get acquired, I’ll call this a gift to myself to commemorate the acquisition. If not, well, it’s just an investment into my own fitness, I guess.
I should do more thinking with respect to why I even bother to do endurance sports; is it for VO2 max/longevity? I believe I enjoy endurance sport a ton more than I enjoy weightlifting (a minimal level of “suffering” over a long period is more tolerable than a high, instantaneous level of “suffering”). But do I care about the benefits? I’m not sure. Eugene’s reasoning makes some sense; if he wants to be elite at a sport, at age 20, there are no options other than endurance sports. But I don’t really care to be elite at any sport… I guess enjoyment is reason enough; I play badminton only because I enjoy badminton.