-
·
Energy makes time
I’m a big believer that being a little selfish is a prerequisite to being able to be selfless. In other words, you need to take care of yourself in order to take care of others.
-
·
There’s no need to be mean to yourself
I just started reading book 4000 Weeks, a book that is “basically Oliver Burkeman yelling ‘You have to accept that life is finite!’ for 225 pages with different combinations of different words”, and it’s fantastic because this is maybe the hardest thing any of us will ever learn. Saying it repeatedly is necessary.
-
·
The Goldilocks Rule (and why I love Zelda so much more than Elden Ring)
I was reminded about The Goldilocks Rule this week, and it made me think about two random and seemingly disconnected things.
-
·
Warming up
I’ve been in the bad habit of not stretching or warming up before I go out on my runs over the last few years and have recently started practicing a 5-minute routine to get me ready. I wish I started it sooner.
-
·
Using all parts of the day
I’ve been in this bad habit of sleeping in until 7-7:30, rolling straight into the morning kids’ routine, and then spending the rest of the day wondering why I feel like I’m chasing after lost time. I’m now re-learning a lesson that I know about myself already: getting up early is important to me (I…
-
·
Goals and how I want to spend my days
My wife and I have been thinking about longer-term goals and direction lately, and the indomitable James Clear (author of Atomic Habits) has come up a few times in the past couple of days, as if on queue, with some sage advice.
-
·
Work (and play) in spikes, not slogs
Since going part-time last year, my schedule has become more fragmented then ever. To an outsider it could certainly look like a nightmare of context switching. However, I’ve started to become more comfortable with my routine being very “on and off” and, instead of viewing it like a long slog, I view it like a…
-
·
The importance of the daily log
Keeping a log of my days and weeks is one of the best habits I’ve ever started and one I wished I started years ago. I wrote about daily logging in how I organize with Notion and a notebook, but it doesn’t matter what tool or system you use (and there are a lot out…
Writing and drawings by Nick.
