Lately I haven’t really felt like writing much. It’s not even that anything is wrong—I just haven’t had a topic I especially wanted to sit down and write about. So instead of forcing it, here’s a quick update on a few small things from everyday life.
Getting a year of GPT for free
A few days ago I saw a post in a Telegram channel about a way to claim a free year of the ChatGPT GO plan. GO is a lower-tier plan that GPT released for lower-income countries such as India, positioned a step below Plus. But after looking through what it includes, I realized it would actually be more than enough for me.
So I followed the steps from the channel and tried it out. The whole thing was done in just a few minutes. I set one up for myself and another for my girlfriend. Now I’m just hoping it doesn’t get revoked and will keep working for a long time.
At this point I’ve managed to get a year of membership for Gemini, ChatGPT, and Perplexity. AI competition really is good for users.
Setting up n8n
A few days ago I got a 4-core, 8GB OVH VPS and started thinking about what I could do with it. In the end I installed n8n and used it to play around with automation.
Honestly, this was very much a case of having a hammer and looking for nails. Right now I don’t actually have any major automation needs. I mostly just wanted to tinker with it and see how the workflows felt in practice.
At first I tried building a fairly complicated workflow. I spent quite a while wrestling with it and even had both Gemini and GPT helping me, but in the end I still couldn’t get it working, so I gave up on that one.
Still, I couldn’t quite accept the frustration of failing right away, so I decided to start smaller. I put together a much simpler workflow instead: every day at a fixed time, an AI writes an English article and sends it to my email. That setup is extremely simple and only needs three nodes.
For now that’s enough. If I run into a real automation need later, I can always come back and try more things.
Changing how I eat
I’m the kind of person who looks pretty slim, but I recently had a physical checkup and the results were a little surprising. It turned out I have hepatic fat infiltration—in other words, a mild fatty liver, though still reversible. My cholesterol was also a bit high, so I decided it was probably time to change the way I eat.
This way of eating is, in some ways, even simpler than making the usual “white people meals,” and it also feels healthier than a normal everyday meal.
What I’ve been eating is very simple. The easiest way to describe it is like a boiled hot pot: I buy some vegetables I like plus sliced beef rolls, boil everything in water one by one until cooked, take it out, and then dip it straight into hot pot dipping sauce or chili sauce. For the carb, I use corn instead of something heavier.
With this setup, most of the calories are basically coming from the dipping sauce, so as long as I keep the amount of sauce under control, the total calories should stay fairly reasonable. What surprised me is that it actually tastes pretty good. I’ve already eaten several meals like this.
I’m still not completely sure whether this is truly a healthy long-term approach, but at least psychologically it feels healthier, and it seems like less of a burden on my body. When I have more time, I’ll probably make some proper “white people meals” too.
