Doomscrolling shouldn’t be your day’s bookend (start and end). Catch yourself and do something that your future self will thank you for. We are indeed living in the age of screens. As I write this post on my laptop, my wife is watching something on her phone while my two children are playing games on … Read more
I wrote about my starting a Knowledge Management System (KMS) 6 months ago. What changed so far? A Quick Recap A KMS is a way of collecting and organizing information that makes it easier to retrieve and access at any time. It’s not just notetaking; it’s curating the notes you’ve taken into a personal library … Read more
Clarity is what we desperately need in our to-do lists. There was a time I didn’t particularly appreciate looking at my to-do list. It was a mess, and trying to untangle it increased my stress. It’s ironic when the purpose of to-do lists is to put order into chaos. After a few years and a … Read more
One is for reverting to the past, and the other is for brainstorming the future. First things first. Reversion is the action of returning to a previous state or condition. Inversion is a reversal of position, order, form, or relationship. There is a certain nuance between reversion and inversion. Reversion typically looks back, while inversion looks from within. It’s … Read more
Writing as a form of release and as a pampering for our well-being I will admit, I do not journal constantly. But the times that I did, I found that I needed to write what I sought clarity with. When I was younger and prone to depression, my journals were filled with angst and vain … Read more
Feel free to steal my secret sauce, or in this case, tools I previously talked about creating a Knowledge Management System or a KMS which is about creating a system that manages all of the knowledge we consume every day in an orderly way. To recap, a KMS has three modes — Data Capture, Data Workspace, and Reference. Data Capture … Read more
As with building muscle, you need to be systematic and deliberate about it It is not easy to find ideas to write on the fly. I find when I’m put on the spot I freeze, similar to a deer-in-the-headlights situation. Even when writing a particular post, without the proper preparation I get writer’s block. Setting … Read more
Feel free to steal what thoughts you find interesting and apply them in your own way. I had planned to write this piece after I turned 40 last year in August. Before starting, I thought I would finish this quickly and uneventfully just like my birthday. Surprisingly, I had writer’s block and had to postpone … Read more
It’s easy to put ourselves down rather than thinking things through objectively. Procrastination is all too common for me. I’ve procrastinated throughout my whole life, from the time when I was in school and even now in my work. Even this same blog post you are reading now, I’ve procrastinated starting for a while. I’ve … Read more
As sandpaper grit makes the hardest wood smooth, so does pressure make diamonds. Here’s an uncomfortable truth: I don’t really see myself as a good writer. More often than not I feel like I have imposter syndrome. Sometimes it takes me a while to finish a piece because I get writer’s block. And I also … Read more