About

Shenanigans is a personal account of my self-cultivation — 修行 — journey. It is my practice of shaping a refined life through discipline, meditation, ethics, movement, and creative flow. I try to live intentionally toward flourishing, self-mastery, and ethical responsibility: to become more capable, compassionate, and luminous in ordinary life.

Philosophically, I place 修仙 at the intersection of eudaemonia (Aristotle’s idea of human flourishing) and the Übermensch (reframed here as self-overcoming, creative autonomy, and responsibility). The aim is not domination but mastery of self, generosity toward others, and the courage to produce new values — in art, craft, attention, and everyday ethics. Long term, this is an honest, intentional life of study, disciplined practice, movement, and creative work.

In short, this site is a public notebook of my 修行 — a modern practice of self-cultivation. My aim is practical: to grow skill, clarity, and compassion; to make ancient tools useful today; and to practice self-overcoming as a life of service and creative work. Here you’ll find reflections on living well, history, culture, technology, philosophy, and occasional riffs on entertainment, sports, and the curiosities of our time.

Definitions:

修行 (xiūxíng) — self-cultivation: disciplined practice that shapes inner life and outward action.

修仙 (xiūxiān) — cultivation toward flourishing and transformation; a practice that blends virtue with self-overcoming.