NoticeThis post is a draft translation from the Chinese version which have not yet been thoroughly proofread.
BlogBlog Club!This is my submission article for “BlogBlog Club Party - March 2026”. This month’s topic is “Perfect Days”, hosted by Alex Hsu. If you have your own blog, feel free to join us together!
Ideal itinerary
- I have mentioned before in another blog post that my biological clock is in an extremely delicate state , which makes it extremely difficult for me to seek “normal” (socially conventional) jobs. I myself have tried to forcefully stick myself to the 10-6 work pattern for several months, but my sleep condition is still very erratic and not always in that suitable-for-work state. But I don’t like going out too late at night (it doesn’t feel too safe). Looks like I can only look for some freelancer jobs? However, given the current economic environment in Hong Kong, jobs of this property are no longer easy to find, and it is difficult to make a living with such a job for a long time (this has been confirmed by a friend who have long used freelance jobs as their main source of income). Of course it would be best if I could turn my biological clock back to normal, but what should I do? Do I have to intervene it by medical means?
- I have never been a person who like exercise, I can even say that I hate exercise a bit. Maybe it’s because that my physical condition is too poor. It is said that such an idea goes against social norms and I don’t know if it needs to be corrected. Of course it would be best if other people in society are willing to accept my ideas.
| Time | What to do |
|---|---|
| 11:00-12:00 | Get up, have brunch |
| 12:00-13:00 | Read books (although I don’t have many physical books), create, study various knowledge that I am interested in, and start going to work (if there is one) |
| 13:00-18:00 | Dating or group activities, or staying at home to play video games, programming, or hanging out on mainstream platforms (although the so-called mainstream platforms are almost only left with YouTube, although friends around me occasionally send me things on Instagram or Threads), arrive at the workplace and start working (if there is one) |
| 18:00-19:00 | Finish work and start going home (if there is one) |
| 19:00-21:00 | Take a shower, have dinner |
| 21:00-02:00 | Continue to delve into hobbies, programming or playing video games |
| 02:00-11:00 | Go to bed |
Ideal social relationships
My social relationships have always been a mess. Maybe I should find some group activities to enrich myself. But given that I hate exercise, the types of activities I can find are relatively limited. Moreover, my trust in strangers is quite low, I am afraid of encountering scammers when I go out to find suitable group activities by myself, so I will basically only take the initiative to participate such activities through introductions from my only existing personal network. Also I can’t burn too much money until I can find a stable job.
But I also don’t like to participate in group activities with too many people, otherwise I can easily become a light bulb. Being with two or three people is the most comfortable state for me.
An ideal social system
- I people friendly: Although I have always longed to leave Hong Kong and live abroad, due to economic factors, it is not feasible in the foreseeable future. But I don’t know why I always feel that the way western society operates is not very I people friendly. Living in western countries means that there are more situations that require me to communicate with others face to face, and this is exactly what I am not very good at. I don’t know of any place suitable for me to venture into.
- Ideal working environment: I am the kind of person who is not very adaptable to a lifestyle where one day only consists of going to work, getting off work, and resting, and the life is occupied by a lot of boring work, and not paying much attention to work-life balance, so I may not be able to cope with a full-time job? In addition, my preferred working style is that if I see something whose current implementation is suboptimal, and I can come up with some constructive suggestions, I would expect that I can actively express my opinion on it, even if it is something outside the scope of my work.
- Ideal work efficiency: In an ideal society, all services should have good and complete customer service. Unfortunately, I don’t have much patience, so I easily fall into the state of “discipline yourself with leniency and treat others with severity”. I have had to contact customer service several times, but the customer service was very inefficient and unable to handle the problem. In the end, not only was the problem not handled well, it also made me feel very bad.
Ideal = Unrealistic?
Halfway through writing, I noticed that Noa and Wiwi mentioned that in the Ministry of Education Mandarin Chinese dictionary, the opposite word for “ideal” is “realistic”. As the saying goes, “Ideals are full, reality is skinny”. Whatever you gain, you must lose. It seems that maybe my ideal is too difficult to become real.
Conclusion
Due to the rush of work, the content of the article is not quite well organized. I may update this article in the same place in the future.
I actually have some more radical ideas about an ideal world and an ideal social system, but I won’t talk about them publicly here, lest this blog won’t exist anymore one day.