Make a List: Beyond to-do lists
Make a List by Marilyn McEntyre is a book on how to use lists for journalling / emotional exploration / figuring stuff out, etc.
Free virtual co-working sessions for people struggling to focus
Body-doubling is the ADHD strategy in which you basically work alongside someone who is also busy working (not talking). For some reason it makes a huge difference in our ability to focus.
Why you feel worse after a nap and more tired on holiday
When you’re overworked and overstressed, you’re full of adrenaline and cortisol, and that’s masking your fatigue like a bunch of black coffee would.
“Narcissists ruin self-love for the rest of us”
People try so hard to avoid being seen as narcissistic, so only narcissists advocate for themselves at all, which is not a great system for selecting who has power and influence in society.
Develop food rituals for the foods you eat regularly
In an experiment by the University of Minnesota, people enjoyed eating raw carrots more if they knocked on a table before eating it.
Unsolicited recommendations are the same thing as unsolicited advice
Recommendations are advice, you’re literally advising that they watch/listen/read something. Unsolicited advice is obnoxious but tempting.
Concept: “Vulnerability hangover”
It’s the jolt of fear/shame/angst that you get when you do something that exposes yourself a little — which can be anything from telling a loved one a long-hidden secret, to tweeting something mildly honest.
Who gets to decide if something’s 'unforgiveable’?
He never spoke to her again; when she died, half a century later, he refused to visit her deathbed or attend her funeral. “Tell her,” he said, “that she never knew how much I valued what she broke.”
My all-time favourite advice column letter (always reduces me to tears)
"I’m 15, and three years ago I was adopted by my Uncle “John” and his husband “Greg.” I was so happy when they adopted me—and then I kind of lost my mind. I behaved terribly..."
A better way to do 'emotion-processing' journalling
The key difference: destroy the pages immediately afterwards in a very thorough way, and pay attention while you’re doing it so the memory is locked in. Destroy them even if you wrote something bland.