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Hi I’m Ting
and I’ve been funemployed since February 2025

In that time I’ve

Read 33 Books

Traveled around the world for 120 days (and burned 860k miles to do it)

Ran my first NYC Marathon in 3hr 23min

Spent 59 days with my parents

Consumed 1,250 dumplings

How have I changed?

Disentangling identity from work and prestige. It was always easy to brand myself as a Harvard grad / Meta data scientist and that’s been enough of an identity to exist behind. Not working has removed that facade and forced me to just be me.

Better habits

Resetting the parts of my life that I will protect

A blank state to evaluate what I want to do in life – money, work, etc

What I learned from books this year

I think I’m a better and more thoughtful person and friend.

What’s in store for 2026?

Improving Fitness

• Morning run or swim 5x/week
• Strength/Lagree 2x/week

Setting Boundaries

• Say yes to more (ambitious or scary) things
• Say no to more things (that I don’t really care for)

Learning

• Read 32 books
• Practice Chinese 5x/week
• Take 1 course on statistics

Be bolder

• 6 months of personal projects
• Make $1000 from non-jobs

Adventure

• Do more things outdoors – hikes, trail runs, skiing particularly in new countries
• Travel off the beaten path – repeat fewer places

Cooking

• Perfect more dough recipes – udon, handpulled noodles
• Grow tomatoes on the roof