I have stopped watching any TV shows again - too much to watch, too little time. There’s so much content being produced now that I have reached a saturation point. Plus everything runs for multiple seasons.
With so much left behind, I don’t want to start anything new anymore. I won’t catch-up.
Writing shouldn't ideally be a task if I call it a hobby. It should happen naturally. If one likes talking, they won't plan for it. Or wait for the right surroundings or moment or tools.
I don’t face the “Too Many Newsletters” problem that Om refers to.
Email newsletters were intended to address the problems of “RSS feeds” by consolidating all the information in your inbox. They aimed to streamline reading and information consumption.
I control what I subscribe to. I am not a completionist, so I often mark all as read. I unsubscribe aggressively. Plus, like Om, I keep Newsletters far away from emails and use Feedbin.
This has helped me keep the newsletter issues in check and not become a burden.
What is slowly turning out to be a regular Sunday routine, I am sitting in Starbucks as my daughter happily reads her book. It’s so hard to pull her out of this place – she loves sitting and reading here. Unfortunately, I didn’t bring either my laptop or a book with me today. So, I’m getting bored.
Who is this 100-year hosting plan from WordPress for? And isn’t $38K too high even for businesses? Or am I missing something?
I like rating things, though I don’t do it often. I used to follow the standard star rating – rating stuff one of five stars. At times, I even went into the scale of half.
I slowly realized that it is not a good scale for how my mind works. It’s too much work and the trouble of finding an accurate star that captures how I feel was enough to deter me from reviewing at all.
I am changing how I rate things now to a different scale – either I like it or don’t. It’s simpler and no longer a mental hurdle.
How about a third option in between when I neither like nor dislike something? A “meh” maybe? Well, that’s why the second scale is not “dislike”. It says I did not like it.
If it is not a confident yes, it’s a no. A two-scale rating covers that range.
Wow! Chandrayaan-3 lands on the moon – watching it live as it descended closer to the surface was thrilling. I witnessed the last few moments live in a cafe surrounded by others glued to the screen, equally tensed and excited. People drinking coffee and those making them. And as the scientists erupted in joy clapping and high-fiving each other on the screen, so did the people around me. It was a wonderful, wonderful moment to be part of.
Congratulations ISRO! 🇮🇳
Adults do well when they seek to be childlike, and that’s possible without being childish.
Source: Childish or childlike? →
I agree with a lot of philosophies on reading shared by Tracy - especially not to be a completionist and to not read books out of obligation.
I do want to try this though. These days I take too long to finish a fiction.
Immersive storytelling benefits from few interruptions. Nonfiction benefits from reading only short amounts at once and reading multiple books at once
My daughter was writing in her journal today and casually asked me why she does not see me writing in my journal anymore. She was referring to a physical journal that she would see me writing in frequently a while back. I didn’t have an easy answer for her, to be frank.
I said first that I write in my digital journal now – after all, I do have a Day One subscription, and it prompts me every day to make an entry. Do I always make one? Well, rarely. I haven’t updated my journal with anything meaningful for quite some time now. Journaling isn’t part of my routine anymore. So, I have slowly stopped doing it.
I was regular when I had made it my morning habit. The routine changed and so died my habit.
Leaving me in that deep thought, my daughter went on to scribble happily in her journal. Once she was done, she said, “I love how I feel when I capture everything on my mind in these pages.”
Even I want that now.