Gathering thoughts…
A world of little thoughts.
Phone service, internet, electricity, hot water and all these things that are used to, that we use everyday, the change of not having them from one day to another is drastic. Yesterday, a huge storm approached and I hasn’t stopped since then, it took all of those things away from my house, it was 1 am and in my mind I…
There are animals that are also plants. Elysia Chlorotica is a slug that looks like a leaf. She's the one on the top left in the image above. Part of what makes a plant a plant is that it can make its own food out of inorganic materials like sunlight and water. Slugs like Elysia are mixotrophs. They eat food like…
Alguien regresó diciendo: "He visto al lobo estepario, lo ví, existe"... Había un lobo jovén y fuerte, el futuro líder de la manada. Pero un día, el lobo decidió dejar la manada y se marchó, caminó durante días. Al final, llegó a un lugar hermoso, con montañas, ríos y bosques. El lobo se quedó allí. Un día, una manada…
I found 105 articles about growing small businesses that I don't remember writing. I know the writing was forgettable because I'm running a business now and suffering from all of the stuff I talked about. Memory has some peculiar characteristics that help explain why so much of my writing feels like I'm shouting in…
Muito fácil nossa cabeça nos dar o baile quando estamos tentando criar hábito. Tô nessa missão de escrever todos os dias aqui e hoje esqueci (até agora!). Acordei mais de 9h da manhã, coisa raríssima, visto que tenho duas cachorras exigentes e pontuais. Sete horas da manhã, às vezes antes, elas já levantam e, como…
Lately I've realised I've been quite prescriptive. A friend of a friend pointed this out and I plan to work on it. Going back to social. I wanted to start a SubStack, wrote one and dipped. This is another issue. There are rabbitholes I should jump into but haven't. On the social front, I plan to just experiment more…
Mais uma rede social? Mais uma "plataforma"? Pois é, eu me defini como um "arroz de festa" em uma conversa, alguns dias atrás. Toda rede social ou plataforma de comunicação que aparece eu tenho curiosidade de conhecer e experimentar. No fim, acabo usando mesmo só umas poucas, e cada vez mais raramente. Mas quando tive…
I missed journalling yesterday. But i do want to capture my thoughts. So here goes. I had a conversation with mummy today. I was as usual badgering her about not having confidence, not putting herself out there, etc. But after a while, i realised something that I have always known, but did not register. Mom's problem…
Hoje eu recebi meu salário. Adoro ser CLT. Antes disso, há alguns dias, recebi o valor referente às minhas férias. Paguei contas minhas, da minha mãe. Adiantei o valor do caixa do casal de março e vou adiantar a parcela da pós também do mês que vem para este. Paguei o outro caixinha, paguei aluguel, condomínio, gás,…
I had a rather productive morning as I did not laze around till afternoon so pats on the back for that. There have been countless times I've refused to see the efforts I actually put in & pretty much kept overthinking about how everything I do makes no sense. I know the root cause & have been working on it for a…
I was recently asked about what gives me hope when I don’t believe in religion or God. And this got me thinking. Well, hope is a belief that you hold that the future will be better. It’s not bound by logic. At times, it’s also something that you create in your own mind. Whether it’s through God, religion or anything…
I don't really have much to write for today, so let me see: 1. Mehul's birthday party: I spent 15 minutes trying to get a unruly bunch of teenagers to play darts. It wasn't as annoying as i thought it would be, though. I pretty much jumped into auto-pilot mood of needing to take-charge 2. Pitch night by Build: I…
Vi går bort fra hverandre Inni oss bærer vi hver vår halvdel av det samme svaret Avstanden blir stadig større mellom det som er sant og det som er sant Vi går og går i håp om å glemme spørsmålet
Modern life makes us hyperfixated on the destination. Get into a top college, get a job by 22, marry by 30 etc etc. Drilling into our heads that the destination is what it is, whereas if you take a step back, you'll realise that destination is largely irrelevant except for a specific reason, the destination helps us…
there was a study with mice where "the mice have a lever that they can press any time they want. When they press the button, a special optical sensor, which controls specific neurons in their brain, activates their dopamine neurons" anyway they pressed the button until they died with no desire of food or drink if…
I usually listen to music on YouTube (and think YouTube premium is rather underrated). I particularly like to watch musicians in their natural state and not 'performing'. Radio station interviews/ broadcasts are a standard fixture. A couple of days ago, I stumbled upon a Tiny Desk Concert by Alicia Keys on NPR. She…
Hoje é aniversário do meu pai, um mineiro de natureza simples, falante como eu, dono de uma memória invejável e do maior sorriso que conheço. Está fazendo 83 anos. Tem saúde invejável mantida com caminhadas regulares de 7km e muito dedo de prosa com quem cruzar com ele pelo caminho. Tem 1,55m, uma pequena saliência na…
when you're in the jungle -- or any type of "wilderness" -- it is of obviously survival benefit to take note of the little noises and sights in your environment. the jungle is NEVER boring because you always have to pay attention and there are many things to pay attention to after being in the jungle, "regular life"…
Cheguei em Berlim após 25 horas de viagem porta a porta. É uma terça-feira, a noite está gelada, mas menos do que eu esperava. Há uma semana o termômetro marcava -8ºC, o que me apavorou por não ter roupa adequada para encarar o frio na viagem do aeroporto até em casa, mas para a minha surpresa está 8ºC positivo, o que…
Masculine powers vs Feminine powers Is just a natural attraction energies It’s not your job to make people “attracted” to your energies Each person is finding that partner that can succumb to their energies levels Live your best 20s Work on your personality The time to be the best extreme at everything is now Taken a…
Today while walking in the contemporary museum there were so many pieces that I just resonated with, sometimes I would catch myself smiling or even feeling a feeling sadness depending on the emotion that the artist is going for. Its crazy how as humans we can transmit emotions and feelings through storytelling, words…
I procured a taxi driver poster at 18. It followed me everywhere since then, much like loneliness did with De Niro in the same movie. The poster was perhaps a silent token of my acknowledgement of my struggles with loneliness. Upon graduating, presuming that perhaps loneliness would no longer follow me, I left my…
Hated when the meeting is not done properly This morning meeting with the subcontractors is a demonstration of you shouldn’t compare yourself to the people around you You should think it all through and strive for the best What is each party going to talk about What is the technical details Think it through DURING or…
I've been looking forward to this post all day even though I didn't always know what I would write about. My new phone set up is working perfectly. I have begun making everything I need and want to do a "Task" in the "My Tasks" application. I then enter dates, times and recurrences. If timing changes I make the needed…
What’s more intimidating for a writer than a staring contest with the invisible question mark on a blank page? Not much. A simple solution is to prep the page. I start with to prepping the environment as well. Here are the seven steps I take at the end of the day: I place my journal and pen where I plan to journal in…
Sometimes, an urge suddenly pops into your head - you feel the need to visit a website, check your Reddit feed, browse promotions in an online store, or look up stock values. These impulses can disrupt your deep work session and break your flow. Resisting this recurring, nagging urge can be challenging. The good news…
All human organizations are hierarchical. Decision-making is concentrated near the top of the hierarchy. One can conceptualize the organization as a complex function whose input is information, which flows upward into the decision-making strata of the hierarchy, and whose output is power, which subsequently flows…
When you choose your Halloween costume, which self do you show? Is it the fun, happy self who dresses like a pumpkin, pirate, or candy bar? Or do you face your fears of letting your inner goblin, demon, or Grimm Reaper show? The costume you choose is a lot like journaling. You should write about your fun, happy…
I'm watching a YouTube video called Network: The World is a Corporation. It's a single scene from one of my favorite movies, Network, written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet. I'm not a big rewatch person, but I like to quote and reference this scene a lot to people, and since my memory isn't as sharp…
I saw the movie, the score stole the show, and Zuck was in my memory, not cool. life carried on and being snide about Facebook and Mark became easy and status quo. Then I read a a blog and the author remarked about how smart Mark was and how he was the fastest learning she ever met. And I thought to myself “have I…
2 Years of online college and 1 month back offline showed me the massive differences of the two lives academically, socially and in terms of career. Academics (classes), both offline and online were same in terms of value add for me. The value add was 0. It's not that the professors or bad, or the environment isn't…
What distinguishes a democracy from mob rule? A couple of things, but chief among them is the legal protection of individual rights. You can't hang all the redheads just because the majority wills it. Redheads have as much of a right to life as their brown-haired fellow citizens - not more, not less. The cracks start…
Well started writing here as I got infected with mumps 😩. Who gets mumps at middle age? Have been on leave for three days. It also happens to be my wife's neice's birthday. Her 20th one. She had a good day. Lots of gifts and 4 cakes. Happy to have started writing here. Lets see where it takes. While I have personal…
I've been using the term "excuse" quite often lately, and much like many other areas of my life, I've spent some time unpacking what the word means, what connotations it has, and dissecting what it implies. Through this process, I've attempted to divorce my fairly negative value assignment and instead focus on a new…
i zoned out at the table again and for a while you didn’t say anything but then like a gentle tug, realigning my orbit when the disassociation dissipates, you anchor; “are you alright?” and it echoes then and now, in my own head, like a muffled drum “are you alright?”
We like to think of ourselves as rational decision-makers who are persuaded to accept arguments and ideas on the basis of logical merit. This is laughably divergent from how things really work. The idea itself that humans are rational decision-makers has no basis in empirical observation; it is just some wishful…
the startling, borderline terrifying -- yet strangely comforting in its reassurance of purpose -- ephiphany: this is FOREVER, this writing gig, this cook & tell revival. like the jarring middle-of-the-night realization in early sobriety. and then, as it did almost a quarter century ago, the universe gave a little…
ahh Poetry from eras gone show why our words are powerful. They inspire new creations decades and centuries later. It connects us to the past, present and future. One day I would like to design Poetry, but for now I do not know what to say. Time will give me a stronger voice...
It is difficult to think where you’ll be at any point in the future. Things don’t always go to plan. So, what is the point of setting goals? On our default path (ie. 9 to 5 job - thanks Paul Millerd) we are asked to make targets or objectives relative to what we know today. What we think we’ll want to tomorrow. But we…
Someone grabs your jacket as you walk by and they won’t let go. Immediately, your senses are heightened. You think this person wants to fight, but you turn around to see a kind smile. Please don’t leave, they say, I see that you are a man of God and I need to know more. A humbling experience. What does it say about…
Why stressing into the things when it’s too late to control The first mistake that people make is they try to avoid mistake It’s okay to be making mistake About systematic You remember the times you woke up for school, do the homeworks and be a goodboy That’s training yourself to be adulting It’s nothing “nerd” about…
Após uma festinha em casa no sábado para celebrar o aniversário do Ola, uma amiga nos convenceu a esticar a noite no Mitte, onde um amigo discotecava. Decidimos ir, mesmo o lugar não sendo muito animador, um café de janelões de ponta ao ponta todo de vidro deixando o espaço muito iluminado que poderia ter uma cortina…
Sometimes your brain protects you by thinking of the future. Anticipating scenarios. Sometimes your brain protects you by reminding you of all the difficulties in the past that you’ve survived. One of my difficulties is saying goodbye
I talk a lot about journaling the positives in life. Gratitude Wins Happiness It's all-around good stuff. You will find it all in my journal. Do you know what else you will find in my journal? The negative. A journaling habit is for the negative in your life, too. I’ve learned to use my journal to remove the negative…
Perspectives are so important.. You can be whatever you are if you put yourself to it Really there’s a “better” way to do it than you did - and you’re getting there; Calling off MC Telling people no Striking conversations Putting yourself into uncomfortable situations And growth. However there some thing you can do.…
I was woken up by mom having really high fever and immense body pains. It was immensely scary. I was suddenly face to face with exactly how helpless I was without her. Also, my immediate reaction was anger towards her. Anger for being vulnerable. I don’t know why I react this way Just the previous night, had a…
You’re either making it - making change in the world Or you’re just living the game If it’s too heavy; forget about the past and the future - just carry the present The best skilled people knows that skills comes with discomfort; and only by persevering in discomfort you’re able to gain skills The best is actually…
The doors open wide And you see the light Finally after a long long time And your heart rejoices In glee and delight It dances to songs that it never had the ability to hear before And now it has forgotten the pain Of the chains That bound it from becoming Who it was always anyways It danced and danced As if there was…
