Chengdu Tea House Culture: How to Enjoy Heming Teahouse Like a Local

Hey — a longer note on Chengdu Tea House Culture, as if you were moving onto my street next month.

Don't optimize this like a spreadsheet in week one. Get a workable version first. Polish after you've seen your real overtime pattern.

My blunt tip: Time-cap karaoke or it eats the week.

Also: One recurring night out beats seven maybe-invites.

Please don't keep falling into saying yes to every WeChat event. I've watched that one burn weekends and goodwill.

When you're here, you'll notice a weekday cinema. Let that be your reminder this is a living city, not a packing list.

If you only do three things

• Decide a default you can repeat tired
• Write the Chinese names / pins / chats somewhere searchable
• Revisit in thirty days — not every evening

Copying someone else's routine from a different district and different job is how people waste their first quarter.

If a plan only works when you're energetic and the sky is perfect, it isn't a plan. It's a mood.

If it only works when you're energetic and the weather is perfect, it doesn't work.

Write me (or anyone further along) after you've tried one real version. Adjustments are easier with scars than with theory.

— someone a few mistakes ahead