Chengdu Staycation Design for Burned-Out Residents

Hey — a longer note on Chengdu Staycation Design for Burned-Out Resi…, 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: One highlight per day when hosting.

Also: Staycations count.

Please don't keep falling into same-day mountain + flight heroics. I've watched that one burn weekends and goodwill.

When you're here, you'll notice a staycation hotel breakfast. 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

Save screenshots and chat records for anything involving money, housing, or legal status. Boredom is a strategy.

The useful details show up in ordinary weather: rain, overtime, and the week you don't feel like being a high-functioning expat.

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