09 Apr 2025 08:09 PM
Blog tagged as learnings
Steven Pressfield was right — it never gets easier.
Another night. I'm staring at my screen, willing myself to come up with something worth writing. I'm tired, but I get the sense that my mind is making me feel more tired than I actually am. I can already hear the voice in my head offering me a...
08 Apr 2025 08:10 PM
Surprisingly, those four words are my magic escape from non-essential intellectual arguments.
As someone who is curious, I've grown comfortable with my ignorance on a variety of topics. Even in areas that interest me, I'm most excited by what I don't know.
A couple of years ago, I came across a&...
06 Apr 2025 08:00 PM
I never expected social change to be easy. But in the early days of my career in the sector, I was confident that I could easily pick up the skills needed to create social change. And with my middle-class dreams of seeing the world, I imagined moving from place to place, creating meaningful cha...
04 Apr 2025 08:35 PM
Today ended up being an incredibly busy day. Now, at the end of it, I am out of steam staring at a blank Writer document — still determined to keep my commitment to publishing daily. But as the minutes pass, stress builds.
It's the kind of stress Jeff Bezos describes:...
03 Apr 2025 08:55 PM
Using Linux daily on my MacBook Air is like taking a cold shower - a small act of discomfort that builds confidence. It's too early to say if my knowledge of computer systems is improving, but I can see my confidence soaring. Every morning is a pleasant reminder that I am choosing to...
02 Apr 2025 02:11 PM
01 Apr 2025 05:20 PM
I had a 229-day streak on Duolingo, yet my Spanish barely improved. That's when I realized - streaks alone just don't work for me.
I am your average person when it comes to failed resolutions, habits that failed to stick, and projects that were started with great fanfare but stopped nowhere nea...
27 Mar 2025 03:18 PM