🟡 Optimistic about 2024 🤩
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Question: What would 2023 look like if it had a procrastination meter running throughout?
For us, it would probably be head to head in competition with the hours on social media and YouTube. Not that we think procrastination is wrong. In fact, this thought about a procrastination meter came to us while procrastinating!
Maybe 2024 is the year where we will be more organised, while keeping our procrastination levels optimal for creativity.
So we created a list to put things into perspective. It's not prescriptive, but rather self-talk.
Here’s what we *should* be doing in 2024 (interspersed with memes coz we procrastinated writing this):
Build a second brain
Next year we will be nearing the Big four-o so our brains will need all the help they can get to store junk that could be useful at some point. For this, Shais is experimenting with a cocktail of AI tools, along with some evergreen apps.Learn more about building a second brain here.
AI to experiment with: Melon
Use time-blocking methods
There’s always too much to do, and never enough time to do it. We are constantly jam-packing our days with wishlist items that never get done. What’s worse is that deep flow of work goes for a toss because we’re always worried about the next task at hand.
App to experiment with: Pomodoro
Journaling works!
And everyone has their own way of doing it. We have ours set up in Google Forms!
If there’s one book you read this year, it is Atomic Habits.
If you don’t want to go through an entire book, the author has built a book summary and published it on his website. Read here At first, it may all sound cliche, but when you get into the details, there are clear actionable and relatable items that you’d find easy to implement.
Don’t over-optimise
Seek work that compounds
If there’s something that just consumes time and will not have any meaning after a year or two, then it's a waste of time.
Bonus no 7: Get gabbier and punnier for ya’ll!
Quote we are pondering
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
—Albert Einstein
What we are reading
Surprisingly, both of us are reading Japanese-translated books, both with a tangent to food!
So is reading The Kamogawa Food Detectives. Sha is reading Convenience Store Woman
What are you reading this month?
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