One Trick: For being nice to yourself
It’s actually surprisingly hard to be kind to ourselves, specially when we are talking about our future selves. “Whenever you can, do something kind for Future You.” Try think of the future you as a close friend whom you care about. What advice would you give that close friend? Would you tell them to skip the gym and eat more junk food?
One must read speech: The cockroach Theory
Before reading about this speech, I had no idea on the differences between “Responding” vs “Reacting” to life. This is so incredibly elegant story reminding us we shouldn’t let life happen to us, but instead we should be responding purposefully to what’s around us. Please read it, I don’t think my explanation can do it any justice.
One Kickstarter Campaign: Smart Running with STEPP
Running is easy, running efficiently and injury free is pretty hard (believe me, I’ve had my fair share of knee and ankle injuries) These tiny device currently on Kickstarter for just 12 more days could be the best running coach you could hope for. It promises real time feedback on your running, tracking and giving you feedback on your form and fatigue level. I so want one, but I don’t run enough to justify the $129 USD price tag.
One New Concept: Helicopter Money
Free money is surely a good thing right? How about free money for everyone but you? And what about free money for absolutely everyone? The term “Helicopter Money” is kinda like Quantitive Easing to the extreme. It could be a good thing for the short term, but it’s effect for the long term is pretty unclear. Also big thumbs up to The Memo‘s newsletter for their “What the Heck…” section
One Website for Illustrators: Society 6
If you are an illustrator and is interested in selling your designs, this is a fantastic website. You upload your artwork (preferably vector) and it allows you to sell it as t-shirts, phone cases, cushion covers or even hats. Some amazingly beautiful designs
My Week
What an eventful week! So much happening I’ve also started to look my internally at the problems I have been facing. Asking myself why I do certain things or why do I fear certain things (my greatest fear is that I am not smart and/or incapable, that I don’t deserve success).
[The Good] Finally got myself back into some muay thai training, I almost fainted half way in the class but it felt so good when I realised I actually survived (shocking how much my fitness level has dropped)
[The Good] Side project is moving along, no idea if it’s worth the time at this point
[The Bad] There’s some stress financially at the moment, which adds to the pressure for the side project to move quickly
[The Bad] The 3.5 hours of commuting is pretty annoying and huge waste of time, trying to be more productive with podcasts and writing this email
P.S. Thanks Jay for reminding me how shocking my first ever newsletter was.