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Latest — Dec 24, 2023

Yearly Themes and Habits

Since 2018, the hosts of the Cortex podcast, Myke Hurley and CGP Grey, have eschewed New Year's resolutions and instead used the concepts of yearly themes. They've done a yearly theme episode every year since: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and just released last week, 2024.

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Acceptance

I'm weak, and I don't like it. Oh, not in any absolute sense. I'm still probably above the 90th percentile for physical strength. But I am the about the weakest I've been in a decade. 2023 has been a great year for

One Blade of Grass (and Thoughts on Meditation)

This is a book by Henry Shukman exploring Zen. Specifically, it's a memoir that chronicles his personal journey, starting with a spontaneous experience as a nineteen year old, and leading eventually to his role as a Zen teacher. I've had a daily meditation practice for 7

The Status Game

This post will briefly cover The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It by Will Storr. David Shapiro has a great YouTube channel, mostly dealing with AI and the effects it is having/will have on us. He's mentioned this book in a few of

Handy Software

As with physical items, so too are there pieces of software I find particularly useful. In no particular order, here are a few. Podcast Addict - Android App * This is the only app I know of that allows for listening at 5x speed. A couple years ago, I was really

The Plant Based Athlete

I was promised a "research-based guide", but was given propaganda. Mostly propaganda whose main claims I ultimately agree with: "You can be a good athlete, even a great athlete, without eating meat. And it's also ethical." But it's still more concerned with

Atomic Habits

I've recently realized how much habits matter. In the past, I never felt much need for them, but then, in the past, my life provided more structure that took the place of it: I didn't need a separate habit of getting up at 7 when I

Items I Find Valuable

A couple of people have blogs I find useful, and one type of post I’ve found disproportionately useful has been lists of items they find useful. For example: Low tech stuff I recommend - Alexey Guzey. In no particular order, here are a few things that will bring you

Perfectionism

Here’s a quick test. Imagine you’ve taken a class, and you've received the grades below. You need 80% overall to pass. What catches your attention? If you’re sensible, the answer is that percentage at the bottom. Well done, you passed by a mile. As it

Recent Books - 22 July 23

One of the reasons I made this site was to give myself more incentive to pay attention and take useful notes when reading books. Here, I'll give my takeaways from what I've read in the last week or two. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience -

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