Tracking every hour of every day has made me happy with how I spend my time.
What inspired the idea?
My friend, also called Alex, showed how he was doing more of the things he wanted to — piano, friends, and a course — and avoiding things he didn’t want to.
To do this he was using a spreadsheet.
Stop saying “Would you…?” and more tips — with how I apply it to my startup
In short: You can’t say what their problem is, they can’t tell you what to build. You need to learn the problem and solve it later.
In TL;DR:
- If this company fails, it won’t be because you had too many conversations or didn’t build quick enough — make…Based from Hannah C book called The Science of Fate, and her summary of the Oxford Handbook of Compassion Science.
1. Say how you feel
Literally say, “I feel angry/sad/confused” when you are. It will allow others to help and show compassion to calm you and it will allow you to think at a higher cognitive level — helping you to process it at a high level.
2. Regularly reflect
Regularly thinking about what happened recently (day, week…
It is clearly a difficult challenge so I am exploring the areas of challenge
Scenario of the pain:
A group holiday can be many different demographics; a group of friends, a group of people with similar interests, an extended family. In each group there is typically the organiser.
The organiser is the person spearheading the group. Sharing and confirming the details, pushing people to commit, the first one…
Not-normal nomad is best nomad.
“When does our tenancy renew?” I called out from bed.
“No idea”, she shouted as she squeezed past the bikes and over the shoes.
It turned out we had only 2 weeks to decide if we commit to:
- another 8 months of £2,000 per month,
- find another place to live in London in the middle of the pandemic.
Or maybe a third option.
£2,000/pm anywhere else in the UK is luxury — hot tubs…
Actions from The Messy Middle by Scott Belsky
Rewards are fun but dangerous
We are social animals, we want rewards from our society, but that is not the source of confidence or sustained happiness.
Worse still, it could lead to a dependency that you need external validation and plaudits. And that is dangerous for your self esteem.
If you only do what others…
PWA’s are getting closer and closer to full functionality — but the documentation of them is, in my experience, poor. Let’s help.
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Reminder: What is a PWA?
If you don’t know what a PWA is, read this or more simply, they are apps that are not delivered via app stores. They are tiny in file size, much faster, quicker to develop, have offline capabilities and even payment capabilities!
The book, Hooked, by Nir Eyal.
If you’re shocked how quickly time disappears when you’re doing nothing on your phone and how slow it is when you’re not on the web, don’t be surprised. It has been designed that way. But if you know the model they use, you can do something about it.
Nir Eyal…
How to read Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch and others…
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is the longest place name in the world
Commonly known as Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, often shortened to Llanfairpwll or Llanfair PG, this town on Anglesey rose to fame for many after Liam Dutton nailed its pronunciation.
Also, I found out that Taron Egerton, the actor of Kingsman fame, is apparently…
How I will decide what to work on for Product Hunt’s Maker Festival
Inspired by Product Hunt’s community engagement piece focusing on building a Greener Earth, I thought I would revisit an old idea.
I can track my calories, my emotions, how I spend my time, and every second that I spend on my laptop… but I have no idea of the environmental…
ACGoff
Focused on saving our time: everyhour.xyz for your life balance; tree-meals-a-day.earth for our food emissions and compairbnb.info/hello for booking airbnbs.
