Notes

Sometimes I catch myself slipping into black&white thinking. Everything’s either good or bad, right or wrong. And the decisions I make in that headspace are usually the ones I end up regretting....

I’ve been working as a front-end engineer for almost three years, always in teams with designers. Even before transitioning to tech, I had designers on my team when I worked in marketing. And a few...

Ok, just a few weeks after I said goodbye to Skype , another web service I've been using for about 15 years is shutting down . In the late 2000s, I was exploring ways to manage the massive amount of...

Recently, I read the book Right Questions by Debbie Ford. I'm not sure if it's a truly great book, but I really like thinking about the questions the author suggests for reflection. They should help...

I like the ’90s aesthetic, and sometimes it's fun to record videos in an old-school style. That's why I love using the Camcorder app . It's free and has very limited functionality, but it does an...

When I feel stuck or have too much on my plate, I plan some time just to think about everything I need to do. Usually, I work with post-it notes or simply write everything down in my notebook. I try...

I like reading books. It's one of my favorite hobbies, and I've kept it for a very long time. I enjoy it so much that, at one point in my life, I even worked at a publishing house, where my main job...

It may sound counterintuitive, but some pressure actually helps to create. At least it works for me. For example, I’m not scared of a blank page if I have only 30 minutes to finish an article. When I...

I recently found a great way to explore good music on Spotify. Just choose a song you like and click “Go to radio.” It will create a playlist with similar songs, and most of them will be really good....

Every time, I tried to create a "Second Brain" and find a way to organize all my notes so I could easily find them. But each time, the idea didn’t work. I would get overwhelmed and stop using the...