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Alex Ting

"Technically Working": Engineering for Fulfillment

It's 2024. I'm a full-time, fully remote code contributor at a culture-forward tech startup based in New York City. This very privileged working situation means I get to work from home while supporting my partner, a full-time graduate student, and co-parent our beagle rescue pup, Seven. Most weeks I even have space for leisure, introspection, and even some intentional growth in hobbies like boxing, calisthenics, and canine skill training. I admit this sounds super braggy...until you discover trail of inconsistent media posts and graveyard of abandoned side-projects left in my wake. I am a recovering procrastinator who has only recently consumed and actioned on a critical mass of self-help books and productivity guru content. Are you ready for some ALIEN TANG-flavored implementation of and perspective on topics re: productivity, health, tech, stoic philosophy, and creativity? If so, subscribe...and OPEN WIDE 🌭👽!

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Manifest #03: It's that Birthday Blog Post Swag 👽🎉

Yeeeer ~ Happy weekend!I turned 33 this past week ⏳. The passing of time sure is a mf, but 32 was... It wasn't sunshine and rainbows by any means, but I think we're trending green...or at least, I've been writing more of the good stuff down. Only one ask today, check out the 👉🏼birthday blog post 👈🏼,and let me know what ya think! Anyway, thanks for reading! If you have any suggestions or feedback for me, feel free to respond via email or fill out this short form. Cheers,- AT🌐 Post(s) to get to...

6 months ago • 1 min read

Greetings Friends! ✌🏼👽 I hope you all had a restful and rejuvenating weekend. I definitely had a great “reset”, which blessed me with the space and energy to restarts these “weekly” emails, the last of which was sent out at the beginning of last month. After conducting my Monthly Check-in ritual, I realized that I engaged in quite a lot this past month and had unknowingly allowed external factors outside my control to overwhelm and affect my intended actions. With that said, there’s three...

8 months ago • 4 min read
2024 Goals

Happy New Year 🎉 Hello friends - Happy New Year! I hope you all had a restful and rejuvenating holiday season with your loved ones. We made it to 2024! 🥳 It has been a few weeks since my last "weekly" newsletter after some hiccups in my personal life at the end of the year. Happy to report that the issue has been put to rest, and we are ready to roll into 2024 with green status indicators! 🚦🏎️ For this issue, I want to focus on GOALS. This time of year, we tend to call them "resolutions", but...

9 months ago • 2 min read
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déjà vu? Yes, this is a resend of the email broadcast from this Tuesday. I’m still learning ConvertKit (a really great platform for email) and messed up some settings on the first try. These posts are meant to be accessible to the public, and I somehow toggled that off. We also added some late-confirm subscribes. Anyway, got some fun stuff coming for next week’s Manifest 👀. Enjoy this re-run and have a great weekend! 🛸 Welcome to the Manifest 👋🏼👽 What’s up friendos! It’s ya boy, Alex. If...

10 months ago • 3 min read

Welcome to the Manifest 👋🏼👽 What’s up friendos! It’s ya boy, Alex. If you’re receiving this email, you’re either my lover or we are homies that have crossed paths on our earthly journeys and remain connected through our shared values for living a life full of health, wealth, and love (and I snagged your email somehow 😏). Many of you know that I work full-time as a software engineer at a tech company and that I also enjoy a healthy smattering of hobbies ranging from kickboxing and calisthenics...

10 months ago • 3 min read