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Discarded: The Future Is Analog by David Sax 📚I just couldn’t get into this book. It’s all about the pandemic with an “I told you so” attitude.
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How to Calm Your Mind by Chris Bailey
I finished reading: How to Calm Your Mind by Chris Bailey 📚 This book discusses different ideas for managing stress, cultivating a mindset for productivity, and several techniques to help improve overall well-being. My book notes can be found here. Continue reading →
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Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary is a story by the same author of The Martian, Andy Weir. While The Martian’s story is grounded in the science we understand today, Project Hail Mary goes beyond that and adds more sci-fi without breaking the rules of science. The other difference between The Martian and Project Hail Mary is the scope. In The Martian, Mark Watney is stranded on Mars and needs to figure out how to get home. Continue reading →
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A book review of Antinet Zettelkasten by Scott P. Scheper
Finished reading: Antinet Zettelkasten by Scott P. Scheper, 📚 a book about how to create an analog Zettelkasten (slip box) that acts as a “communication partner” for thinking and creating. After seeing a couple of videos from Scott and keeping up with his website, I expected this book to be a deep and dull venture into the analog Zettelkasten, including tons of history and facts. Not that his other content is this way, but the build-up to the book made me think this. Continue reading →
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Currently reading: Antinet Zettelkasten by Scott P. Scheper 📚
If you are interested in analog note-taking, this is the book to read—the book details the analog Zettelkasten system and how and why it works.
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Finished reading: King: Fairy Tale by Stephen King 📚. A character-driven and realistic adventure into another world where many of our fairy tales began.
I’d love to see this book made into a movie!
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📚 Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
I finished reading: Stolen Focus by Johann Hari 📚 Stolen Focus does not provide a personal step-by-step guide to remove distractions from our lives. Instead, it is about how this “Attention Crisis” impacts society. Here are some of my notes about the author’s points in this book. What impact is this Attention Crisis having on our lives? We’re finding it harder to find “Flow,” during which we become engrossed in an activity without disruptions. Continue reading →
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The benefits of mind wandering
Reading Stolen Focus by Johann Hari 📚, the author discusses the “Disruption of Mind Wandering” in Chapter 5 and how we tend to consider mind wandering negative. Yet, the author explains, it’s part of how we learn and create. “Creativity is not where you create some new thing that’s emerged from your brain.” “It’s a new association between two things already there.” Mind-wandering allows “more extended trains of thought to unfold, which allows for more associations to be made. Continue reading →
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Currently reading: Stolen Focus by Johann Hari 📚
It’s when you set aside your distractions, he said, that you begin to see what you were distracting yourself from. - Stolen Focus p27 💬
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Currently reading: Stolen Focus by Johann Hari 📚
As a kid, I’ve always struggled with focus and attention, even without digital distractions. I’m a daydreamer. Today’s digital tools have made our lives simpler, yet at a cost. Even as I read the introduction to this book, I noticed I picked up my phone at least twice.
Staying focused becomes more manageable when working on something I enjoy—writing code, building something, solving a problem. It’s easy to get into focus during those times. We can’t always be in deep focus. What do we do when we’re not?
I’m hoping this book is not only about scare tactics. I’m not expecting some miracle cure, but perhaps a guide through my own thoughts to help figure out what works for me.
I hope I can stay focused enough to read through the nearly 300 pages in this book. :)
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Just received my physical copy of Daily Creative: A Practical Guide for Staying Prolific, Brilliant, and Healthy by Todd Henry 📚
This book was highly recommended. I’ll try to take my time and read it as intended, one day at a time.
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Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Finished reading: Project Hail Mary: A Novel by Andy Weir 📚. “Working the problem” - NASA Here is what I thought. Continue reading →
