World moving without you
You can get sick at any time, and the world will, and should, move just fine without you. If you or your team cannot handle a week of you being out, something is wrong.
Society
Recommended Read: A Case Against the Placebo Effect
“Some people are convinced that the placebo effect must exist, because they notice when children receive a mild injury, kissing the boo-boo or perhaps applying a band-aid seems to soothe any upset. But I don’t think this is a healing… Read More »Recommended Read: A Case Against the Placebo Effect
How did people survived the history?
When I am sick with a stronger case of a cold or a flu, I feel like I am about to die and can barely move throughout my flat. How did people survive during the history? War, genocide, famine? This… Read More »How did people survived the history?
Recommended Listen: Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris
[Lex Fridman Podcast] #418 – Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris #lexFridmanPodcasthttps://podcastaddict.com/lex-fridman-podcast/episode/172910643 via @PodcastAddict
Thinking too much about yourself
I have heard that there is little difference between depression and thinking too much about yourself. Depression is basically focusing too much on your inner world instead of the world around, which leads to disconnect and not seeing anything positive.… Read More »Thinking too much about yourself
Writing to Think
We lost something when we stopped writing letters to each other. I have now a thread with one friend wiring about life and stuff in long form whenever we have some time, and it is great to put stuff on… Read More »Writing to Think
Recommended Read: The Military Gave My Brother Purpose. It Also Broke Him
“Truth for an addict is whatever they need it to be. Joe wanted us to pity him or maybe to forgive the hateful things he sometimes said or did when intoxicated. Or to forget that his isolation was self-imposed.”
First things first in a simple way
Sometimes the simplest hack works. I have put “Do the fun shit only after you finish planned stuff” on top of my To-do list, and I mark it as done only when the important stuff is done. Since, I have… Read More »First things first in a simple way