At the risk of sounding socially inept and imperceptive, until very recently I’ve underestimated the magic and power of the act of 1) saying something out loud, 2) being witnessed, and 3) witnessing others in relationships. “If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment.…
Tag: How to stay sane
I was listening to Afford Anything – What’s the Point of Happiness, Anyway?, with Dr. Bill Von Hippel. He proposed that as alternative to accumulating stuff, a better strategy would be to buy experiences instead. He suggested: Do stuff with your money that allows you to be more of the person you want to be,…
I thought I have cracked the code to having a good day. I’ve been tracking my time and activities on spreadsheets since Dec 2018. I know the hours I sleep, the things I eat, my mental clarity, my physical fitness, what I consumed that day, what I produced aka achieved that day (non work related),…
Whatever you have right now, you won’t have forever. Whatever you have right now, you didn’t have before. _ Knowing that things will change won’t help keeping it from changing. But knowing you can influence the direction, magnitude, and pace of the change will help to some extent. Sometimes it takes a while to receive…
I spend an average of 22 hours per day alone. All while working full time at a job I absolutely enjoy. It’s an introvert’s wet dream, really. How? Well first of all I am working at a fully remote position. So I do everything online. I can work when and where I want to. When and…
Principles to simplify my decision making around eating. never eat when you are not hungry never eat when you are stressed never eat when you are bored never eat when you are anxious food != reward find other reward don’t eat whenever you are hungry protein > fat > carbs > sugar drink water, hydrate yourself…