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Energy management: the art of joy at work?
A university lecturer from my undergraduate degree once gave me the following advice on my career: Follow the tasks you enjoy. I now know this as really advice around “energy management” which has become popularized online of late, but didn’t have this language at the time. Practically, she suggested not focusing so much on the…
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Epiphanies on therapy (from someone who hasn’t yet had therapy)
A realization came to me the other day when having a catchup with my boss. It was the first catchup we had had for some time and this one was different. Not only had there been recent stressors of COVID and local flooding, but I had also been spread thin at work. All of this…
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On consuming without the guilt
Over the last year I’ve seen a stack of YouTubers promoting things like “building a second brain”. And whilst I’m sure systems like this are beneficial for reviewing previously consumed ideas and great for content creators, I have some thoughts. The moment I felt like this had gone too far was on one video where…
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Tech stuff that has improved my life (and will probably improve yours too)
As a not-tech-guru, but someone interested (read: obsessed) with productivity hacks and strategies, I’m constantly on the look out for things to help improve my workflows and just make life all round more pleasurable. Because, you know, things should surely be fun (work included)! The Calm app I’m not into typical meditation, but this app…
Mitochondria and other musings 