[3/14-3/20] 2026 Goal Progress

This is the progress report episode. This week I felt like I could "go through the week as naturally as breathing." Three months in, the power of habit is real.

Health

Personal Training Session 9

Went to my 9th personal training session. This time I focused on upper chest, deltoids, and shoulders.

I'm getting that inverted triangle shape. Looking in the mirror, I can actually think "looking good." I know it sounds conceited, but it's just facts.

This time I focused on specific muscle groups rather than the big 3. The reason? I noticed my posture was getting hunched again. After training my sides and back with proper arched posture, the headaches that come with bad posture have decreased. Posture and headaches are definitely connected.

Sleep Rhythm Is Off

WBC is over, so no more late nights.

But now I have a new problem—I wake up at 3 AM. If I stay up from there, I crash at night and end up waking at 8 AM the next day. Rhythm is all over the place.

I want to consistently wake up between 5 and 6 AM. Simple goal, hard to achieve.

Quitting Smoking

Not going well at all.

Someone please tell me how to quit smoking. (Seriously.)

Work

Company Direction Getting Clearer

We're holding regular meetings focused on what the company should aim for. Every time, there are new discoveries and the direction gets more concrete. Team members are motivated, and the atmosphere is great.

Also, I have experience building something in a past project that made people in the industry go "no way." We're now proposing initiatives based on that to group companies, and it might become a business this year. Seeing something I built in the past take shape is simply exciting.

The Shift to Claude Code

Some people in the company used Cursor, others used Claude Code. We intentionally embraced this diversity, but recently the consensus has shifted to "Claude Code is the way to go."

This means we can standardize skills, rules, and agents across repositories and templates. No need to build things separately for Cursor users anymore. Much easier.

Monorepo Eliminates Bottlenecks

We converted a project from multi-repo to monorepo.

Before, with multi-repo, I'd have to ask the app team about API changes—"any concerns when pushing to production?"—for every little thing. When human-to-human communication happens, responses don't come instantly like AI. Easily 30-40 minutes. If you mention someone on Friday night, you're waiting 3-4 days.

Now, Claude Code investigates within the monorepo, and we just need a quick fact-check conversation. "OK, makes sense" and done. Human-to-human interactions have dropped dramatically.

Using @claude on Slack to ask about specs is also convenient. Even from a PM perspective, getting initial answers from AI first is becoming the norm.

The Concept of One-Shot LGTM

We're also tackling the code review bottleneck problem.

There's debate on X about whether humans should do code reviews at all. We've introduced the concept of "One-Shot LGTM." When AI-generated work gets approved on the first try, we label it as such.

When this hits 90%+, we enter a world where code review might not be needed anymore. We're working toward eliminating human code review by quantifying reliability first. That's the approach.

Money

Maxed Out NISA Growth Quota

Used up the entire NISA growth quota limit. Now it's just continuing monthly contributions steadily.

The Unsubscribe Everything Challenge

Since monthly payments and income cycles are predictable, I decided to review "money I absolutely have to spend."

What I did was simple. I unsubscribed from everything.

Live a month and only bring back what I actually miss. Result: unsubscribed from about 5 things, and only 1 was actually needed. Interesting discovery. By cutting waste, I increased money available for investing.

Now I'm planning monthly savings with Claude Code. Input payment cycles, income timing, and simulate "how much can go to investments this month."

English Learning: Duolingo 77 Days

77 consecutive days on Duolingo.

What was interesting—I rewatched "3 Body Problem" on Netflix. When I first watched it a couple years ago, I used Japanese subtitles and couldn't understand the English at all.

Now I watch it and I can understand most of it. Even with English subtitles, there are barely any unknown words in a 50-minute episode. That was a moment of real growth.

My AI English conversations have changed too. Before, I had this weird obsession with "speaking in perfect grammar." Now I've switched to just lining up words that express what I want to say and letting the other side figure it out. Result: AI almost never says "I don't understand" anymore.

A Step Toward Overseas Relocation

And here's the big news.

A company I want to work at when I relocate overseas sent me an invitation for a user interview. It's not related to hiring, but I went ahead and signed up.

It's in two weeks, so I'll prepare expected questions and topics I want to discuss in English. Good kind of pressure.

Closing Thoughts

Three months in, and I have mental space now.

Habits have taken hold—instead of "trying hard to do things," I can go through the week as naturally as breathing. Thanks to that, personal projects are progressing too. Having room to turn ideas into reality is huge.

There's also the unread books problem. I have tons of books I bought but haven't read. I know the priority order, so I'll chip away at them and turn them into output.

Next week, continue what I continued this week. Especially these two weeks, I'll focus on English learning prep. Looking forward to the user interview.