In many buddhist traditions, its encouraged to think about death on a regular basis. I remember reading from a zen book: “make sure to treat each visit with your parents as your potential last time you will see them, because eventually it surely will be.” I do think about death to help me focus on… Continue reading Think about death everyday
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“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day”
There are so many systems one can learn to study to improve yourself. For many years I spent a lot of my time reading self-help books to continuously improve myself. I found that I would quickly read about some new system and try it out and eventually forget about it or go find some other… Continue reading “Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day”
Use a zettelkasten to amplify your thoughts
I remember when I ran across this blog post: https://blog.kewah.com/2021/write-more-but-shorter/ Then I read this blog post: https://critter.blog/2020/10/02/write-5x-more-but-write-5x-less/ Then I researched more and found this: https://writingcooperative.com/zettelkasten-how-one-german-scholar-was-so-freakishly-productive-997e4e0ca125 And then my writing exploded. A zettelkasten is a simple writing method that amplifies your writing , memory, thoughts, research, note taking, or any non-fiction writing you may want to… Continue reading Use a zettelkasten to amplify your thoughts
Learn to say no to yourself
Practice daily reflection with a journal to accelerate ANYTHING
Every morning after I look at my review wall and before I start my day, I reflect on how yesterday went and how do I want today to be. I have a white board on my wall where I have a list of questions that I ask myself: Did I do my best? What is… Continue reading Practice daily reflection with a journal to accelerate ANYTHING
Tailoring your information diet on reddit
I love reddit for surfing the internet around specific topics. I subscribe to 30+ topics like /r/cogsci and /r/compsci. I I noticed that reading reddit would change my mood, I would become more anxious and excited reading about certain topics. A lot of my subreddits are technology and science related and so I would get… Continue reading Tailoring your information diet on reddit
On eliminating negative thoughts – Can your glass always be half full?
Our monkey minds are constantly commenting on everything around us. Some of thoughts can be very negative and send us into a downward spiral. I’ve been experimenting with noticing these negative thoughts and seeing if I can think about some positive aspect of that thought. For example if I get annoyed about waiting in line,… Continue reading On eliminating negative thoughts – Can your glass always be half full?
Create a daily review wall
I mentioned before that I think I have a shorter term memory compared to others and so I have built many rituals and habits that allow me to still be productive. One of the most important things I’ve done is to create a daily review wall. In my bedroom and office, I have several large… Continue reading Create a daily review wall
Meditate when you can’t sleep
I have had sleep problems on and off for most of my life which has probably contributed to my short-term memory. I completely changed my life when I started practicing this technique of a specific form of practicing presence/meditation. Often nights, I will make up and an unable to fall back asleep. I would just… Continue reading Meditate when you can’t sleep
Keep a log of your personal conflict incidents
In many companies, there is a concept of the postmortem where if an incident happens that effects the business negatively, they review how and why it happened. Solutions are suggested to prevent the problem from happening again and this is all recorded as a log entry so others can review it later. I have started… Continue reading Keep a log of your personal conflict incidents