I saw many friends writing annual reports. For someone like me, who uses Notion as a management tool, putting one together should naturally be much easier.
First, here is the summary infographic:
Overall, the key was simply bringing all of the content together.
It was not stored in one place, but it was concentrated across just a few platforms: my WeChat Official Account, Notion, and Knowledge Planet.
I downloaded the WeChat Official Account content in a batch with the appropriate tool, collected the Knowledge Planet posts with RPA, and did not need to do anything at all for the Notion content.
Once I gave all of this data to NotebookLM, it automatically generated the annual report I needed.
Of course, being able to finish it so quickly was largely thanks to Notion. I made a few simple notes every day, and Notion Calendar made everything much clearer.
My own day-to-day accumulation was just as essential. Without so much material collected over time, I could not have completed the annual report this quickly.
At the moment, however, most of my notes focus on projects and social media. I have written very little about my personal life, so this review contains much less about me as a person. That is something I need to improve going forward.
Now that I have explained how I made the report, let me talk about what I actually did during the year.
2025 Annual Review (manually compiled)
January
1. Passed 640 consecutive days of daily writing.
2. Worked on Piaohan Jianghu operations and studied design.
3. Took part in an offline sharing session in Shanghai as a partner of Lao Xu.
February
1. Analyzed viral AI videos on Douyin.
2. Worked on Piaohan Jianghu operations, the Hundredfold Alchemy program, and design studies.
March
1. Hosted Piaohan Jianghu's “Hand-Copying Study Room” event.
2. Hosted a Piaohan Jianghu camp-level graduation ceremony on my own.
3. Used DeepSeek to help build a digital wardrobe in Notion.
4. Operated a small AI video project.
5. Operated a morning-journal project.
6. Studied in the Breakthrough Training Camp.
April
1. Joined Lao Xu's offline gathering in Xiamen with friends.
2. Used DeepSeek to develop a one-click cloud-drive link tool, improving the efficiency of adding cloud-drive links to WeChat Official Account settings.
3. Worked on Piaohan Jianghu operations, including the Strong Performers' Wealth Philosophy hand-copying intensive camp and the Piaohan Sales Action Camp.
4. Organized Director Ba's books.
May
1. Led recruitment for Team Liuliu—my first experience as a project operator.
2. Advanced from student to coach in IDO Lao Xu's seven-day AI Video Trial-and-Error Camp.
3. Built a random quotation display in Notion using material I had written previously.
4. Took on an AI writing commission for a presentation defense.
5. Worked intensively on a Xiaohongshu project.
June
1. Studied AI-assisted programming in depth with Lao Xu and developed and launched more than ten practical utility sites, including an input-method configuration backup tool.
2. Demonstrated a project through livestreaming for the first time and encountered plenty of problems along the way.
3. Started the presentation-defense project.
4. Studied in the Breakthrough Training Camp.
5. Worked on Piaohan operations.
6. Continued the intensive Xiaohongshu project.
7. Worked on AI illustration and video projects.
July
1. Passed 800 consecutive days of writing and realized that writing is not only expression, but also a way to notice my own subconscious thoughts.
2. Worked on AI illustration and video projects.
August
1. Traveled with friends.
2. Took on AI VBA commissions and led an AI VBA project.
3. Continued developing tools, including currency conversion, cloud-drive link conversion, network diagnostics, Notion page ID extraction, and avatar generation tools.
September
1. Received a Notion customization commission through Xiaohongshu. Consistent publishing really does attract users—I spent a month continually posting about Notion and one-person businesses.
2. Notion updated its certification system, and I completed the certification.
3. AI-assisted programming led me from building my own tools, to creating a tools site, to building my own blog, and finally to accepting AI programming commissions.
4. Built my own personal tools directory.
5. Helped operate a product launch that generated more than 200,000 yuan.
6. Participated in Feiba's positioning course and completed the assignments.
7. Completed an n8n AI deployment.
October
1. Started my first commercial AI programming project.
2. Used AI to create a logo and moved into a deeper collaboration.
3. Built websites with AI-assisted programming.
November
1. Began building my personal website, moving projects and content away from third-party platforms.
2. Built websites with AI-assisted programming.
December
1. Launched the Gemini 3 Training Camp and took responsibility for the knowledge-base and AI programming sections. It concluded on January 1, 2026.
2. Because Antigravity has a learning curve, I tried taking commissions on Xianyu and opened up a new channel for AI programming work.
3. Built websites with AI-assisted programming.
If that is too much to read, take a look at this AI-generated overview instead.
Key Achievements of the Year
🚀 Major Capability Breakthroughs
- Writing and thinking: Passed 900 days of daily writing, moving from quantitative accumulation to qualitative growth and turning writing into a tool for self-awareness and deeper thinking.
- Deep application of AI: Advanced from an AI tool user to a developer and enabler. Used tools such as DeepSeek to develop more than ten practical utility sites and build a personal tools directory; successfully expanded into several commercial channels, including AI writing, AI programming, and AI VBA; and launched a Gemini 3 training camp to share what I had learned.
- Growth in operational roles: Served for the first time as a team recruitment lead and an AI video trial-and-error camp coach, marking an important change in my operational role. Hosted multiple community events, including a camp-level graduation ceremony on my own, and helped operate a product launch generating more than 200,000 yuan, gaining extensive hands-on experience.
💡 Personal Brand Development
- Exploring independence from platforms: Began building a personal website and blog, taking an important first step toward creating independent digital assets.
- Multidimensional influence: Expanded my influence both online and offline through sharing sessions in Shanghai and Xiamen, my first livestream demonstration, and targeted audience acquisition through Xiaohongshu and Xianyu.
- Professional certification: Completed Notion certification, strengthening my professional credibility.
Monthly Highlights
First Quarter: Building Foundations and Expanding (January–March)
- Consistent writing: Passed 640 days of daily writing and strengthened the foundation.
- Advancing in operations: Studied Piaohan Jianghu operations and design in depth, analyzed viral AI videos on Douyin, and hosted events—including managing a full session alone for the first time.
- Exploring tools: Used DeepSeek to build a digital wardrobe in Notion and experienced the efficiency gains of AI firsthand.
- Offline connections: Participated in an offline sharing session in Shanghai and broadened my perspective.
Second Quarter: Breakthrough and Transition (April–June)
- Changing roles: Served for the first time as Team Liuliu's recruitment lead and moved from student to coach in IDO Lao Xu's AI Video Trial-and-Error Camp.
- Practical AI work: Used DeepSeek to develop a direct cloud-drive link tool; studied AI programming in depth and launched more than ten utility sites; began accepting AI writing commissions for presentation defenses; and experimented with AI illustration and video projects.
- First livestream: Demonstrated a project through livestreaming for the first time and gained valuable experience.
- Deepening platform work: Began an intensive Xiaohongshu project and built a random quotation display in Notion.
Third Quarter: Deepening Skills and Monetization (July–September)
- Milestone: Passed 800 consecutive days of writing and developed a deeper understanding of what writing means.
- Commercial loop: Received a Notion customization commission after consistently publishing Notion content on Xiaohongshu, completed AI VBA commissions and led a project, and earned Notion certification.
- Building products: Used AI programming skills to start creating my own tools and blog, and built a personal tools directory.
- Technical growth: Completed an n8n AI deployment and continued developing practical tools.
- Project operations: Helped operate a product launch generating more than 200,000 yuan.
Fourth Quarter: Expansion and Consolidation (October–December)
- Opening new channels: Began my first commercial AI programming project, created a logo with AI and entered a deeper collaboration, and successfully opened a new channel for AI programming work on Xianyu because Antigravity has a learning curve.
- Sharing knowledge: Launched a Gemini 3 training camp and taught the sections on knowledge bases and AI programming.
- Moving away from platforms: Began building a personal website to preserve my projects and content independently.
- Continuous building: Continued developing website projects with AI-assisted programming.
Overall, I did a great deal and learned a lot, especially about AI.
AI improved my efficiency considerably, but I also encountered plenty of problems. My approach evolved from initially going all in on AI to building workflows in which AI assists me, saving a great deal of time along the way.
Here is a quick overview of the tools I use every day.
AI Tools I Use Daily (OS: macOS)
- VS Code (Microsoft's IDE, which can be used with tools such as Claude Code)
- Ghostty (I briefly explored Emacs, but it was too complicated, which led me to this tool. It is even better with zsh.)
- Antigravity (Google provides a very generous usage allowance, so I have been using it heavily recently.)
- Antigravity Tools (makes Antigravity more convenient and lets me switch accounts quickly)
- AGQ (a plugin for checking usage allowances)
- Warp (an AI terminal; I used it to set up n8n)
- AI models:
- Claude Code
- Codex
- Gemini
- NotebookLM (Google's personal knowledge-base tool)
- Website development
- GitHub
- Vercel
- Cloudflare
- Supabase
- Stripe
- Creem
Other Everyday Tools
- Chrome (rich extension ecosystem)
- Arc (I really like its sidebar)
- Notion (essential for my daily notes)
- Notion Calendar (the companion calendar)
- Notion Mail (the companion email client)
- Zed (for temporary notes and documents)
- Eagle (I bought it at the end of the year, really like it, and look forward to version 5.0)
Outside of work, I took several road trips with friends and had a chance to relax.
I attended two weddings, which made me reconsider my thoughts about remaining unmarried.
I also facilitated dozens of Wealth Flow board-game sessions. At the end of the year, I started a related project with friends, which should help us meet more people. For now, we are planning to run it in Nanjing.
And finally:
Wishing everyone a wonderful 2026—
May all you receive be what you hoped for, and all you encounter be what you sought~
Attachment: LingYi Annual Report