Gathering thoughts…
A world of little thoughts.
What you want and what you do Is what makes you you You want to be successful You gotta do what successful people do See people in the MRT using time to play their phone And they are people who utilises and read book And they consistently upgrade themselves Basic things like this but many people aren’t able to execute…
last night was norwegian taco night. e was like "do you guys want to play a game?" i said "yeah" then he made us take a political stances test and he put in my scores and said "it says right here you are a fascist"
Advice from successful media creators must be taken with a pinch of salt. "Start writing online". "Start a podcast". "Start a YouTube channel". Okay, but hold on. Imagine two scenarios: 1) An online writer making a $500K a year 2) An investor making $5 million a year Both love what they do equally. Both work the same…
Got to think that one of the main deterrents acting against a writer’s production is the idea of his readers knowing he thinks or feel certain things. Period.
Disclaimer : this might feel like a let down if you were expecting profound insights. Assumption : increased screen time reduces the evolutionary fitness of a person (yes yes that is debatable) Children who have had seizures are advised to restrict their screen time, because flickering lights can induce a seizure…
Eu acho que me daria muito bem na Alemanha, pq gosto de encarar. Em SP, sinto que isso é mal visto. Há alguns dias comi no churrasqueto. Alcatra, arroz, fritas, suco de abacaxi, suco de limão, polenta frita, pãozinho com cebola em conserva e molhinho de cheiro verde com tomate. Não necessariamente nessa ordem. Tudo um…
It's crazy that a couple years ago I barely knew where Finland was and honestly haven't heard much of it in my life, but in such a short time I learned so much and actually gonna live here with not much knowledge from it. For me, this makes it way more exciting and feels like a bigger adventure that could help me grow…
Nicheless seems neat enough. I look forward to seeing how it pans out in the community. I don’t really post on social media of any kind because so many posts and comments are just looking to be the next viral slam quote to make the rounds in their author’s respective echo chambers. I just avoid it for the most part or…
Brands today give little credit to their customers. Failed branding and marketing efforts are often disguised under the ruse of 'fickle customer loyalty' and 'minuscule attention spans'. But the truth of it is the same customers that are scrolling right past your ad are binging 8 episodes of that Netflix show they…
People commonly fantasize about starting their own location-independent, million dollar businesses. I know several people who now work out of their boats. While there is a whole industry on entrepreneurship (e.g. books, social media figures, boot camps, communities) - the overall landscape is covered in survivorship…
Alright, guess the calendar block did not help at all. Let me not bore you with the details of inconsistency. But one of the reason why I start with this is because all around me in social media, everyone seemingly makes habit building a really easy task to achieve. I really want to put my genuine self of struggling…
I've been quick to dismiss most books as too long. Here's my logic: Books need to be thick enough for customers to feel like they're getting their money's worth at a bookstore. Hence, publishers create incentives that result in books being 10X longer than they should be. However, I recently discovered an added benefit…
ahh this week i have been further using some AI text prompt to image generator tools in attempt to create an image that has a living quality. the cover image starts to show signs of life; the sphere eroding and green moss-like texture on the surface. the eroding texture bleeds up the image and begins to blur away due…
I scored 11 out of 11 here. This has been, I suppose, the greatest source of psychic pain. It’s hard to cope, when you’re constantly reminded that the way your mind works is a mess. There are benefits to this psychic disorganization, it just takes some time and understanding to accept the benefits. I’ve accused myself…
Eu demorei tanto tempo pra voltar aqui que tive que logar novamente. Depois da morte da Glória Maria passei uns dias derrubada, e não apenas por isso, que por si só já é uma grande coisa. Lembro que fui com um crush comer Burger King e não consegui me concentrar em nada do que ele dizia sobre divisão de contas em date…
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says flow is the secret to happiness. I agree. Not just because we were born in the same city (but not in the same country — Europe is fun like that sometimes). I feel great when I achieve a state of flow. There’s no self-doubt or bad ideas. Creative juices are flowing, and I lose my sense of…
The warmth of the sun, the warmth of a hug and the warmth of someone's action, all these things had made my day full of happiness and love, I so lucky to be able to feel and glad to of being aware of the little things (or at least I try).
another Saturday alone. its as if i have been jogging in place for years and year and years. maybe its time for huge change. massive uprooting of my pattern. What i desire is companionship and desire leads too suffering. perhaps what i want lies within companionship. What exactly is it about companionship is…
1. What's the biggest business a single person can build without any employees? 2. Can a society with diverse, conflicting values survive? 3. Is it better to embrace human nature and play status games or fight it and attempt to avoid them? 4. What factors make a place worth living in? 5. How can I help my hometown…
We need a place in between Twitter and newsletters. We know that people want to be share in a variety of formats, a variety of lengths, a variety of fidelities. But the fact that no single platform currently allows this shows the vast opportunity for online social media to evolve. Who decided that a social media…
one day we will no longer understand proust, just as we don't understand beowulf but we will always understand liszt and his liebestraum.
The best mentors are the ones who don't charge for their time. Hear me out. I'm not talking about the ones who make mentoring their main source of income. I'm talking about industry veterans who are passionate about what they do and want to pass on all that they've learned over the years. They've already "made it" and…
I am trying to listen to my body. I continued to be exhausted today, so I fell asleep, I took breaks, and I said no to things that I could. I also limited time spent on WhatsApp. I think that was really helpful. Additionally, I had tried to limit my interaction with other apps, etc while I work on some stuff. I still…
When a person shares their struggles publicly, a very common type of seemingly empathetic reaction is to tell them they are not alone. There are a lot of people going through similar issues. Your problems are not unique. I could never understand this. Never have I suddenly started feeling better after realizing that…
I was 13 or 14 when access to the internet became something that lots of 'normal' people could have. I instantly got it, this was a complete shift in accessibility of information AND the ability to participate in 'publishing' and sharing your own creations. It took me 6 years to go from there to building websites,…
I miss reading. It's been a while. It's hard to find time to start, and hard to stop recalling other things now in the middle of it, once I do. I miss learning things, the traditional, institutional way, ha. As in, at school, with books and teachers and papers. The constant input and feedback, the focus on you, when…
A friend shared - It costs me up to 3-4 hours/day for this writing effort. My friend is consistently writing on a daily basis in the "build in public" approach. She is using a platform where that makes it so fun to do so with templates, drafts, and queues. And it is truly energizing for me to know writing daily brings…
Heya! I have always wanted to come back and write and reflect here more. Rather than committing myself to lofty targets, I plan to be intentionally inconsistent here and writing here only when something strikes me so hard that I cannot stop writing about it. So what's something now that I cannot shut up about it? I…
It is often said that you should surround yourself with friends who motivate you to do better and makes you wanna be the best version of myself. I totally agree with this. But what if my friends aren't ambitious? Should I just abandon them for the greater good? I also agree that it affects me in some way or the other,…
I have done okay as dad this month. While my son did tell me that "I sucked", it was only after he lost control of his temper trying to fit a couple of Lego pieces together, and needed to be separated from them. I take that as a win. When he runs home from the bus, he will give me a great big hug, I will tell him that…
There are some conversations where it is just so interesting, but you don't have any knowledge about or have any chance of participating, that was me today. When a topic gets too specific into a certain area that is unknown to me I'm just speechless, can't even think of relevant questions to ask even if I am curious…
We are having an argument. On social media. Well, you know, not exactly an argument. That's what everyone always calls it. Maybe it's a conversation, a dialogue? It's hard to tell. Sometimes it feels tense, but I can't really know can I? Is there a goal in mind or are we just passing time. What is the endgame, I being…
Yesterday, I sent my Mac to repair, cause I spilled soy sauce on it UPS :) and I have been writing my nicheless without any corrections or improvements from Chat GPT, which now feels very weird... its crazy that a year ago I didn't even use Chat GPT and now I can't imagine not having it in my life, it just makes my…
A student made a comment in class about "planting the bomb." His teacher asked what he meant, to which he responded by making fart noises. The teacher reported him to admin, admin called the police, and the police hauled the boy off and detained him for making a bomb threat at school. This is a real story from a…
(original: 2010 November 8, excerpt) f|back: when my friend oracle speaks ... ... or [when my friend "oracle"] types ... when i chat with my friend, i enjoy the intellectual banter that ensues. my friend earned the nickname from "the oracle of delphi" - he shared a series of different answers to his daughter's…
These areas may be stand-alone, aligned, interplay, or coalesced with others and represent how I show up in the world. What I choose to do (and not do) is rooted in how I identify the external world in context of my values and strengths. --- R|CAT (Resource Catalysts) aka FLYWHEEL role: CONSULTANT ... business owner…
Giving me those 2008-2009 vibes. All these new places on the internet to say stuff and see said stuff. Who owns this? And when will they start selling ads? The Deck was peak ads. I miss 43things.
My eldest cousin took me out to a handful of football matches in 2015. He had come back from his masters in the UK and I was extremely delighted to go watch football with him. I enjoyed and loved hanging out with him. I don't remember much about what we did and some of the tiny details but I remember how I felt. I…
Complete: to make whole or perfect; to mark the end of So many pursuits are taken up with the idea of perfection or wholeness arriving at some point. But what is ever complete? There is no state of perfection or wholeness that can be achieved. The closest thing to it might just be recognizing the futility of the chase…
Comecei uma nova série. Landscapers não foi tão legal, viu? Odeio qualquer coisa em preto e branco, me dá preguiça, e frequentemente esse recurso foi usado na série. Me arrastei até o final porque não gosto de coisas inacabadas. Mas!!!! Comecei tokyo vice que tá tirando toda nhaca de Landscapers. Cara, a trilha sonora…
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…
do you remember when you were 19 and called 28 year olds "silver foxes"? you are now 30.
When you were a child, this was a recurrent scene: It's Sunday, all your family gathers around the table to have breakfast. Your mother is pouring the coffee and your father is reading the paper. You see him scanning the pages, looking for something that grabs his attention. He reads and nods a few times, doing some…
Sometimes it doesn’t matter about the delivery (at first). Of course it matters but - what you started or initiated is much more interesting and useful/you’re supposed to live it that way. Imagine the scenario which you had in your head for quite a few times: You rather not do something because you’re afraid of making…
A while back at a public event, I saw a guy with a shirt that had a design with those words (it was a cool design btw). It was one of those moments that you are like "ohhh, cool shirt" and that's it. But the phrase got stuck in my head, so much so that later on, I wrote a note on my cellphone. With everything I've…
Bom, vamos lá. VIRADOURO, NÉ? CAMPEÃ, na minha opinião! Que lindeza a homenagem que fizeram pro mestre Ciça na Sapucaí. O desfile foi surpreendente do inicio ao fim. Todo mundo lindo, feliz e, mais importante, emocionado. Realmente, tem gente que faz muita diferença né? Ele próprio estava emocionadíssimo, totalmente…
Hie there, I'm a college pass out student and really looking forward to getting into a good job (Which is in the IT dept. imo). But there are times when I feel completely exhausted as I'm working on several projects and also learning so many new things about programming. I guess this time shall pass and soon I'll be…
i not-so-proudly announce that i am not okay. it is also not okay. but okay.
