You’re probably familiar with the concept of bi-lingualism, which is where someoneone is fluent in 2 languages (for example, English and Indonesian, or Chinese and Japanese). But did you also know there’s a similar concept in music, called bi-musicality? This is where one person is fluent within 2 musical systems. You may have heard the […]
I love Academy Awards season. It’s always exciting to see what the academy has judged as the best films (setting aside the debates about what “the academy” consists of for now). In any case, the awards season seems to spark more discussions about film than any other point in the year, and I think they […]
I’ve come up with something I like to call the “Effort:Reward ratio”. It’s something which we all do, but which affects us in numerous ways, from work to our personal lives. Simply put, the effort:reward ratio asks us to examine how much effort we put in to something, versus the amount of reward we get […]
I’ve been back into the swing of things this week, including back to my full time schedule now that I have largely recovered from the initial accident. In this post, I’ll talk about how I use the pomodoro method and how I structure my day to get a lot done with less time. What is […]
This week, I was one of those lucky few chosen to go to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour show, or at least that is what it felt like with all the hullaballoo of ticket sales and social media posts, and all the extra people who rock up outside the stadium just to hear Swift play. I […]
When I was a student leader at ANU, we had a training session on self care. We were told about how we needed to take time for ourselves, to relax and look after ourselves. They proceeded to give examples. One of their examples, was cat videos. Is that really self care? I’ve noticed that’s a […]
You’ve probably heard of David Allen’s Getting Things Done philosophy, which (very broadly) states that the brain was not built to remember things, and so we should use other systems (to-do lists, etc.) to help keep track of all the things we need to do. It is probably one of the most mainstream and fundamental […]
Over this past week, I’ve been importing my notes into Obsidian, a notes app I’ve heard much about and have finally taken the plunge to using. If you haven’t heard, Obsidian is a notes app which uses markdown note files (ending in .md) on your computer and presents it nicely. What that means is that […]
Greetings from Australia’s Central Coast! Although my ankle is still recovering, I am able to sit in a car now for decent length of time and I am looking forward to spending some time in the coastal air before joining my parents for a few weeks. This is going to be very important to me […]
Whenever a new year starts, it always feels like everyone is keen to reinvent themselves. As soon as January 1 (or perhaps 2, or perhaps whenever you go back to work or school) rolls around, we tell ourselves that this is our year. We look at productivity blogs and YouTube videos for advice and we […]