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Noticing what others miss. Take a curious detour with me, exploring self-improvement, productivity, mental models, motivation, and whatever else catches my eye.

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No problem at all, I would have thought they might have updated it by now, but apparently not!
Glad you found it helpful 🙂
February 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
1. As long as it takes to sound "right"
2. Start with a working title, write the thing, realise that I have gone off on a tangent and the working title doesn't fit anymore, try to create something more fitting.
December 21, 2024 at 11:47 PM
These ideas all seem a bit "Sketchy" to me Chris!
December 19, 2024 at 12:40 AM
@missviking.bsky.social as you're new here you might find Jesse's starter pack useful!
December 15, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Welcome! I've not fully embraced it yet but I'm trying it out.
December 15, 2024 at 12:40 AM
I wonder if his mate Vlad knows there'd likely be similar scenes if he were ousted too.
December 9, 2024 at 9:58 AM
The "Mirror of Irritation" = What annoys us in others often reflects our own unresolved conflicts, insecurities or repressed traits. It can be a signal to look inward and find what we are projecting or what we are avoiding.
December 8, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Absolutely.
Pandora’s box is wide open & now we’ll wait to see where the tide settles.

The baseline for thinking will be dragged up, or down, by the collective choices of the masses.

How much of our critical thinking are we willing to outsource before the waterline starts drowning us.
December 6, 2024 at 1:19 PM
No problem, it's like a little game of "pass it on poetry". 😁
December 6, 2024 at 8:26 AM
A paradox of perspective:
If you don’t know what matters, nothing matters.
If you don’t know what matters, everything matters.
Both can be equally true.

Goethe’s quote underlines that simply knowing what matters most, matters most.
December 5, 2024 at 6:36 PM
It's a paradox of progress: as AI evolves, we risk trading curiosity for convenience and autonomy for automation. To avoid sleepwalking into irrelevance, we must embrace creativity, challenge ourselves, and think boldly for ourselves.
December 5, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Great way to frame decisions. It makes me think about those hats that slowly & unexpectedly turn into tattoos. The low-stakes choices that quietly shape who we are, like a casual job becoming a career or a hobby turning into a passion. It’s fascinating how some decisions evolve without us realising.
December 2, 2024 at 11:22 PM
My daughter rides horses, luckily she "borrows" other people's but I know how expensive they are to own. The benefit mentally is certainly massive, she wants to be a horse riding instructor when she grows up.
December 2, 2024 at 5:45 PM
I originally read "house" and expensive and time consuming certainly track. 🏠

I commented my grandma wisdom and realised it actually said "horse"🐴

Time to put my glasses on. I'm glad you took that advice.
December 2, 2024 at 4:37 PM
My grandma told me: "The real butter tastes better."

I've churned that advice over for many years and let me spread out what I took from it.

There's no substitute for authenticity or quality.

The simple things work best.

And of course butter tastes better than margarine.
December 2, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Emotions are normal and valid, but decisions made emotionally, not logically, can lead to regret.

The hard part is recognising the difference in the moment.

Mindfulness, I’ve realised, isn’t what I thought it was, it’s a powerful tool to know how you feel when it matters.
December 2, 2024 at 4:19 PM
This hits hard. I'm actually writing about how stepping back, reframing your problems and taking emotion out of the equation can help with solving your own problems, I didn't know it had a name.
December 2, 2024 at 1:35 AM