Something I keep doing

In the last 3 months I’ve been doing:

Sleeping 8+ hours have a tremendous effect on my mood. Recently I’m making this non negotiable.Long walks for thinking, especially in the summer. Now it’s winter and I’m trying to grab sunny days for long walks or traveling between places.Gym 5-6 times a week. 4 sessions weight training, w sessions as zone 2/VO2 max.Reading 1h+ a day (while walking, while in the gym and before bed.)

Best of what I watched

Abeer Nehmeh Opera-style voice with this poem is magical.

Best of what I listened to

What I’m reading?

I’m reading a mix of 2-3 books of the following in a day. The ratings below are mine and are WIP. Ways of Seeing, Berger is the book that is different from all others. A definite read.

Understanding understanding, Richard Saul Wurman. Physical copy. Rating: 6/10.Ways of Seeing, Berger. Physical copy. Rating: 8/10.DK History: Illustrated. Physical copy. Rating: 6/10.DK Simply Explained: History. Digital copy. Rating: 6/10.DK Simply Explained: Economics. Digital copy. Rating: 6/10.Superconnect, Koch. Rating: 6/10.

Something I’m learning

Given the list of books I’m reading, I’m learning a lot on Economics, Finance, Philosophy and design.

Something new to try

On Sat and Sun I’m doing gym first thing in the morning before enjoying my day. This removes the guilt when having all the cheat food in these two days. Fit with my mental model of sweating for it before I earn my food.

Something I’m remembering from the past

My father anniversary is coming up next week.

I remember, my father and I, in the bath. And how he is teaching me how to clean myself. I was around 6 maybe. I remember the very hot water he would pour on top of my head with a yellow copper bowl (tasse in French, طاسة in Arabic.) Close, but never as fancy as this:

80/20 of my time for the week I went on..

Simply, 80% of my time went to:

ReadingWriting. A lot (documentation, not the enjoyable type of writing.)

Another way of looking at it is that 80% of the outcome was based on:

Thinking session which took 4 hours.Working on items out of that session, which took another 6 hours.

So this is again 80% of outcome from around 20% of the effort (the time available in a week.)

Ramadan in coming soon, so Ramadan Mubarak.

RIP, my father.