2025 April Thought Notes

April 2025 Thought Notes Learning & Growth Projects & Work Challenges & Solutions Insights & Reflections Goals & Planning Books, Articles & Resources Quotes & Inspiration Next Month’s Focus

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 29 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

2025 March Thought Notes

March 2025 Thought Notes Learning & Growth Projects & Work Challenges & Solutions Insights & Reflections Goals & Planning Books, Articles & Resources Quotes & Inspiration Next Month’s Focus

March 31, 2025 · 1 min · 29 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

2024 Annual Review

Introduction and self-positioning Annual Preface and Background 📅 Hi! 2025 ~ TIP: This article has a high density of information and is highly subjective. I have tried to include fewer opinions and more descriptions of my experiences, including my own experiences traveling, reflections on things I have experienced, and some experiences in making products. Experience is valuable, and I hope to leave more room for you to be touched and think....

February 12, 2025 · 157 min · 33277 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

Metacognitive Transformation Review

LIST Two different experiences brought by fineness | 2025-06-02 14:16:04 There are two kinds of subtleties in the world: one is perfectionism and the other is touching. Why does the latter often touch our hearts more? The refinement of perfectionism is the persistence in “perfection” itself - the flawless surface of ceramics and the accuracy of each note on the piano keys. The refinement of moving lies in the connection of emotions, which is like the beauty of imperfection in the Japanese “mono no aware”, and is a subtlety that can touch the soul....

June 2, 2025 · 301 min · 64102 words · Xinwei Xiong

How to Maintain the Weight of Self in an Age When You Are No Longer Needed

Pascal wrote in the 17th century: “All of humanity’s problems stem from one thing: man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” Three hundred years later, I thought of this sentence late at night in Lhasa, and added one more: They’re not sure who exactly is the one sitting in that room. Introduction: The 3 AM Emptiness For a while, I woke up almost every day at 3 AM....

April 4, 2026 · 10 min · 1969 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me