Scribbles

I’ve come across several a-has in life all on my ownsome. I struggled with credit cards and debt and realised much of what were Dave Ramsey’s baby steps and later Taleb’s thoughts on optionality all on my own. When I read about them later, it was a huge boost of Hell Yeah! While I do realise that life is to short to learn by experience, and that most of my “original” thoughts will have been thought of long before I ever did, it’s such a high to arrive at an insight all on my ownsome. ...

I’ve been learning Maths and daydreaming about careers in Mathematics I loved the idea of being a pure Mathematician and then realised that path was not for me. My head hurts when I focus on my Maths work :P But then it struck me how much of Maths & Science was done by people in their spare time, by tinkering and thinking long and hard and with focus on or about something. So many folks had day jobs that had little to nothing to do with their work and the accomplishments they were known for. ...

I’ve had the most amazing realisation in the bath today and now I’ve lost it. I need to schedule some time to jot my thoughts at least after a bath AND I needto be mindful about when these thoughts occur

Started: 2018-05-14 Finished: 2018-05-14 Willpower is like a muscle. There’s only so much of it that you can use if you don’t train it. And it gets tired and depleted of its energy reserves, if you just use it rashly. You need to train it, bulk it up and make it strong so that you can then use it to create change. As Baumeister states in the conclusion of the book, ...

A day late, but Happy Mother’s day Mummy! Aunty L made me forget yesterday :) Better late than never though! I could not have asked God for a better mummy than you! We love you for all you are and all you do!

Started: 2018-05-07 Finished: 2018-05-10 Done with Artemis. If you like sci-fi well told, if you liked the Martian, you’ll love Artemis. I did audio this time and was in for a pleasant surprise. Rosario Dawson reads the book. Yes. That Rosario “Badass” Dawson! And of course, she makes for a badass narrator too. Listening to her go, “Shit! Shit! Shittity Shit!” is a hoot. Instead of a solo guy stranded on Mars, this one is all about the first lunar city (the titular Artemis) with it’s settlement domes and loads of intrigue ...