ivy lumi

GM, I be runnin’ https://open.spotify.com/track/1PtQJZVZIdWIYdARpZRDFO

Love is the cure.

fruits that carry tears 🍒 https://open.spotify.com/track/199B05lG6hBgawhiiY12Ct

I first met Chan in 2023 on Twitter, when he was working on Way You Believe, a #Bitcoin music project. I volunteered to lend my voice for the demo - before I started writing songs, before the vision of Ivy Lumi. That summer, we recorded remotely while I had just launched the first couple episodes of Life with Bitcoin. Chan later joined as one of my very first podcast guests, making him part of the early days of both my music and my show. Back then, my life was in a rough place, and I had no idea what would come next. Fast forward to today: I never imagined my first public performance as nostr:npub1syazeldyn2yqrcsma57z8q88smayett48hg4kxh3ngm6s92hj4usvagmnw would be in Hong Kong at nostr:npub1rwh33t5x8n7czknhts5fg0v0fml8mkl7neaarksumkkf8d679qrqcz7avv - with a dear friend I met through Bitcoin. “Bitcoin changes the world and the way you believe.”✨ Grateful for this serendipity, and I hope to see you there. I’ll do my best to sound great after running the show - and if you skip Eric Trump’s speech to catch my first live performance, you’re a true fan. 😂 nostr:note1n9j562r3xd3xyacz4uh4yzyhp3mc6sehue4au06w4uga07nwt23q9amdsf

#Bitcoin is not the sun; it's the fire. Act accordingly.

It’s okay to feel lonely on your path - so long as you know it’s leading somewhere you truly want to go. Be real with yourself; otherwise there's no hope. Take the time to decide where that “somewhere” is before pushing through the loneliness. Ask yourself: do you actually want the thing you’ve been chasing, or is it about something else entirely? Don’t end up with a collection of things/relationships you thought you wanted but don’t actually care about - this life is shorter than you think. And don’t linger in hesitation so long that you miss your window - not many things are worse than regret. Make a wish - real, grounded intention - not just wishful thinking. Then make it count - backed by proof of work, impact, and consistency. This doesn't guarantee success - success is a myth anyways. But this will guarantee peace. It is the ultimate elixir. Few.

My favorite topic ever on the #Bitcoin standard with the one and only nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqyw8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnzd96xxmmfdejhytnnda3kjctvqqsfrjd9ux5hgsg5cmlz6cdwfh5zv2024g8m2t6g9zqf83l8uqm0svsjgnxal 🙏🏼 nostr:nprofile1qqsphtcc46rrelvptfm4c2y58k85alnam0lfu773mgwdmtynka0zspsql7emy See y’all in hk while we live the life with Bitcoin. Let’s make it count! 🧡✨

Saw a comment from a post of a deer mom protecting her child from a predator fox and kept thinking about.

Becoming a morning person is an underrated life hack. Extra EXP points when practicing 八段锦 in the sun 🌞 #gm #nostr

Behind the scenes. ✨ https://video.nostr.build/04e3e43c2ff21d2e7d7e22db81506eded979101dc0a7bd7bb2705ff8cd174040.mp4

Back to transcribing my downloads from the cloud. 🎶✨

still a romantic even on the 14-hour work days 😌 https://open.spotify.com/track/02wNtFxlr9dLmZXKT5TIF5

Identity don't exist. That was a trap(, too). To not take them too seriously then - let go, be building / burying identities as a side quest, an experiment, & a craft; just like with those emotional bridges, when it's the right thing to do. Love is the cure, indeed; identity melts in the harmony of heartbeats tracelessly ✨

People shouldn’t expect to get their way by being rude, dishonest, and self-absorbed, then use precisely that to justify and get away with it. 😂 What kind of world is that? Do you really want to live there? Please don’t allow yourself to be surrounded by these people. It must be hell. Don’t give in, either, although there’s temptation to make this all go away by complacently leaning into their framework. But don’t. Otherwise it’s on us, too. Tough love. For a better world for all of us. Otherwise, imagine… geeez 🥲

What’s the difference between a *smart* person and a *wise* person? A wise person follows their own advice. And their advice applies across disciplines. What else?

I had a random epiphany today: **one way to become less attached to my own thoughts is to make them public.** I knew I was onto something as soon as I felt resistance within. So here we are, as a practice. As a kid I was often bored from my surroundings. Boredom is a powerful thing. Stretched in time, it allows you to develop a twisted relationship with almost anything, with its own way - beautiful, tragic, or both.. it’s usually both.. I’ve done so with time, the most twisted riddle and adventure ever. Perhaps an obsession. I first ever heard of Georgetown in the freshman year flat - a flatmate’s failed attempt to go to Georgetown university. Boop. A place never ever existed previously in my little universe, found itself a neuron to call home, hiding over the years, until then. Beyond the blurb of spelling as a whole impression. Georgetown now has me, a favourite bookstore, a reminded wish, countless giggles, and cosmic company. In between, there’s the you in now and past meet in the present, along with the future, lurking behind. It’s a beautiful sensation. The endlessness of it all. Moment by moment.