2026 Progress Update #1 (Feb 15, 2026)

2026 Progress Update #1 (Feb 15, 2026)

It took me a long time to get this update out, but here’s my 2026 progress so far.

Starting now, I’ll update this routine once a week. Each update will consist of 3 major items:

• Productivity
• Writing & Content Creation
• Hobby

Productivity

Extra income target (H1 2026)

I have a target that I want to enforce in the first half of 2026: make $500 outside my full-time job.

During early February, I got two different clients that asked for help solving their problems. I decided to focus on the second client first: she owns a 6-door boarding house and needed an AI-bot-style system to help handle inquiries.

I successfully set it up on Telegram, but I still have some obstacles on WhatsApp. Kudos to the AI boom for the free API keys. For this use case, I decided to go with Kimi K2.

Learning Web3

By mid-year, I also want to start learning Web3. I found free courses from Super-Team Indonesia, and I joined a small community that’s trying to build on Solana by building agents and experimenting with an X402 protocol (payment) wrapper.

Hardware: sand clock fail, new project next

I built my sand clock hardware, but sadly it failed to produce results. Despite the setback, I decided to move on and try a new project—hardware success is still a priority for me this year.

My next plan is building a reminder system integrated with transit data, so it will alert me for the next departure of my chosen transit (I use BRT here).

Writing & Content Creation

TikTok as a sports diary

I started my TikTok account and upload there exclusively for my sports activity. I used to upload on Threads every time I did an activity, and treating social media like a diary helped me build valuable connections with people who share the same interests.

This year I plan to buy an Insta360 camera to record better videos. I have the budget—now let’s see if I can get it cheaper.

Weekly blog + cross-posting

I plan to write this kind of blog once a week to update my activities in general. I also want to write two additional articles:

1. Project progress
2. Any topic I want to discuss

Once I finish writing, I’ll publish it to Medium, Threads, and Substack.

Medium: https://medium.com/@tedjasuryastevenjonathan Substack: https://sjonathans.substack.com/ Threads: @lingstr_246

Hobby

Training focus (Feb)

I decreased my sports activity for the whole month of February due to work priority. Even though I’m not enrolled in any race right now, I still plan to hit 45 km per week.

Triathlon will be the focus this year, so I aim to swim and bike more. I plan to buy a bike static trainer, but I need to fix my bike first. For swim, I found a perfect place close to home—hope this year I can collect many kilometers in other sports aside from running.

Music (guitar)

I’m also going back to train my guitar skills. I skipped it for 4 weeks straight, so I’ll try to incorporate it again—music helps me relax.