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Day 4: Four Days of Work, One Strange Dream, and a Late Start

I woke up at 12 p.m. today. Not ideal, not tragic. Just late.
But waking up late didn’t cancel the last four days, so let me put everything on the table properly.

The list below isn’t “today’s grind.”
It’s the total accumulation of everything from Day 1 to Day 4.
A snapshot of where I actually stand.


The Four-Day Stack (Everything Done So Far)

DSA / Leetcode

Across these four days, I worked through the following problems:

217, 242, 347, 36, 128, 217 (again), 238, 125, 167, 15, 704, 74, 153, 121, 11.

Some were clean solves.
Some were messy.
Some needed peeking at solutions.

But it’s work done regardless—and I’m counting that.
Because honesty matters more than pretending I’m grinding flawlessly.


Math + ML Foundation

I went through:

  • Chapter 1 video
  • Chapter 2 video
  • Chapter 3 video
  • Chapter 4 video

All short, simple, digestible—like the 3Blue1Brown vibe but lighter.

Then:

  • Linear Regression
  • Multiple Regression

Slow foundational stuff, but it builds the base I need for later.


Today Specifically

Today was… structured in its own way.

I did my workout after a long time.
Bench press: 12.5 kg each side. Beginner numbers, but real movement. The point isn’t to be impressive; it’s to not let the body decay while the brain works.

I also made a GitHub commit and marked it as Day 1 of the streak.
Whether this streak survives or not is something future-me will reveal.


The Dream I Didn't Ask For

Last night, I had a dream where I was screaming into darkness.
Not metaphorically—literally screaming.

It was one of those dreams that leaves your body tired when you wake up, like your mind fought something your muscles couldn’t see.
Waking up after that wasn’t peaceful; it was more like resurfacing from a depth you didn’t plan to swim in.

I’m trying to get my mental health back on track, but moments like that remind me how volatile things still are.
Even so, I got up and worked. That’s something.


The Approach Changes Tomorrow

Starting tomorrow, I’m not doing four-day recaps or summaries.
Only what I did that day, clean and focused.

One day at a time.
No backlog. No compilation.


Where I Stand After Four Days

  • A solid chunk of DSA done
  • Math foundations moving steadily
  • Regression concepts revisited
  • GitHub streak restarted
  • Workout routine restarted
  • Mental state messy but functional
  • Still showing up

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