The conversation with people today calmed me down

Lack of sleep is starting to take a toll

It is another sunny, warm day in Hoi An. It is noon and we are in the coworking space. The lack of sleep hurts🫩. Even after taking two strong Vietnamese coffees, I still feel so confused. I even took my second coffee while walking under the sun so the combination of sunlight and strong coffee would wake me up. No luck!

I am worried that I am irreversibly damaging my brain. I am aware of it, but I cannot get any sleep in the afternoon, when we go to the hotel for an afternoon break.

I am kind of stressed, but I am not sure why. Oh, I wish I could slow down my thinking process to understand what is making me this stressed!

Walking outside the coworking space with my coffee into the side alley to get some sun

Same spot as above. It was HOT. The sun was directly over my head.

An unexpected experience this morning

We have been coming to this coworking space for a week now so we have gotten to know some frequent visitors. This morning, when we arrived here, we had a coffee to wake up. We sat outside. There were some other people too, so we spontaneously started a genuine chat and some others joined too.

It was about a 30-minute chat, and we were all engaged in it. You know, we were all talking together about one subject: 5 people sharing our thoughts and feelings about how AI can change our soon-to-be-changed future.

We were all unsure of the future it was bringing, some worried and considering it unethical. Anyway, I am not going to go through our discussion. I only liked the fact that this conversation gave me an unexpected feeling of calm, even though the topic was an uncomfortable one.

I am not sure what about this conversation gave me this calm feeling but I felt it so strongly. It was before I took my second coffee and walked in the sunlight, so I was not caffeinated yet, so this feeling was not a caffeine induced feeling of calm hehe.

I am not sure what about this conversation gave me this calm feeling, but I felt it so strongly. It was before I took my second coffee and walked in the sunlight, so I was not caffeinated yet 😅 so this feeling was not a caffeine-induced feeling of calm 😅

This is the back yard of the coworing space. It is right beside a rice field. I took this shot at 1:30 AM when we were about to get back to the hotel. The air was crisp and the smell of the rice filled the air

Midnight at the coworking space, with a few people still working

I need more human interaction

Hmm, I thought I was someone who preferred to be alone. But the interaction this morning proved me wrong. I really enjoyed the discussion.

But I admit that this discussion was a special one. People opened up and shared openly their concerns and insecurities because they might know that in two weeks’ time, everyone in the circle would go back home. In other words, we are not going to see each other anymore. So opening up was easy; if there were any judgment, they would fade away with time as we all separate.

Well, that’s true,but this might mean I am not going to get this level of openness easily. And that’s sad. But I cannot do anything about it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Have a good afternoon my friend 😊

May 1st, 2026

Hoi An, Vietnam