Phil Chan (π)

Creator of @PaperFanGames. Building @StreamPirates at @StreamCaptainTV. Tech, entrepreneurship, games. All opinions are my own.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

What are the core elements of your ideal day?

I don't know about you, but I personally find the idea of creating a 5 or 10-year plan intimidating (and rather useless).

I used to do it, but my predictions that far into the future quickly turned out hilariously wrong. Spending much time planning the detail around this time horizon has never struck me as a valuable exercise.

Instead, I sat down and made a list of the core elements of my ideal day.

Three questions I asked myself to establish my list:

1. When I get into bed at the end of the day with a feeling of satisfaction and pride, what happened during the day that created that feeling?

2. What actions did I take?

3. What traps did I avoid?

My bet is if I solve for nailing these core elements daily, the long-term will work out fine.

No need for a 5 or 10-year plan—I can refocus on stacking ideal days and trust that my compass is pointing me in the "right" direction.

So what are the core elements of my ideal day?

• Short, focused sprints on my most important projects. Usually this means two 2-hour blocks of deep work. One in the early morning before my son wakes up, one in the afternoon. The morning sprint is the most important—if I don't do anything else other than that, the day still feels like a win.

• 60 minutes of physical activity. When my body is engaged, my mind works well.

• 60 minutes of time outside. Being in nature is how I unlock creativity for my deep work sessions. I walk my son for about ~3 hours a day. It is great dad-son time, and it opens up my mind.

• Present husband and dad time. The most important thing in the world. I really try to unplug and put down the phone during this time (even if it's hard to do).

Go through the exercise and determine the core elements of your ideal day.

Stop worrying about your lack of a clear 5-year plan. Focus on nailing these elements daily and let the rest take care of itself.

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

Terrible advice: be a better "networker."

You want a better network?

Build something cool and watch how quickly a network comes to you.

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

Important note:

February has 28 days (7 x 4). Each day has 24 hours (8 x 3). Each hour has 60 minutes (6 x 5 x 2).

So February has 8! minutes. 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1.

[Phil Chan (π) @piweyr]

It would be awkward if anyone needed to use any of those

[Dad Jokes @Dadsaysjokes]

My wife is fed up of my constant wordplay jokes, so I asked her, "How can I stop my addiction?"

“Whatever means necessary,” she replied.

“No it doesn’t,” I said.

[Dad Jokes @Dadsaysjokes]

I made a graph of all my past relationships.

It has an ex axis and a why axis.

[Phil Chan (π) @piweyr]

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[Fact @Fact]

Find three hobbies: one to make you money, one to keep you in shape, and one to keep you creative.

[Fact @Fact]

Don't put your feet up on a car's dashboard. Airbags go off like small bombs and it can easily break both of your legs

[Dad Jokes @Dadsaysjokes]

"My memory is so bad."

"How bad is it?"

"How bad is what?"

[Phil Chan (π) @piweyr]

@PaperFanGames

[Paper Fan Games 🎉KING OF HEROES ON STEAM NOW 🎉 @PaperFanGames]

King of Heroes is officially on Steam!!! 🫂🥳🎊 Travel with our hero and strategically defeat enemies along the way. Check out some of our new updates in our trailer here and on our Steam page

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#indiegames #indiedev #gameplay #gamedev

[Phil Chan (π) @piweyr]

@IsaiahByDayah Omg this is so cool! Where is the list from (especially the anime!)? Want to check that out for myself too!

[Phil Chan (π) @piweyr]

Software dev be like

[Phil Chan (π) @piweyr]

No one ever: CORS is easy

[Phil Chan (π) @piweyr]

@pikopets #nft #blockchain #wax #giveaway

[Pikopets @pikopets]

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[Michael Girdley @girdley]

I’ve interviewed and managed over 2,000 people.

Here are my 55 contrarian observations about humans.

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[MatLab crashes @memecrashes]

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[Paper Fan Games 🎉KING OF HEROES ON STEAM NOW 🎉 @PaperFanGames]

Wednesday is close to over, but I just have to bring back my favorite character from our game for #wishlistwednesday... I love her 🥺

#gamedev #characterdesign #indiedev