Currently reading: The Future Is Analog by David Sax 📚

Currently reading: Move The Body, Heal The Mind by Jennifer Heisz 📚

Finished reading: How to Calm Your Mind by Chris Bailey 📚 This book discusses different ideas for managing stress, cultivating a mindset for productivity, and several techniques to help improve overall well-being. My Summary The book, How to Calm Your Mind by Chris Bailey is about determining what … read more

Currently reading: Secret Project #1 by Brandon Sanderson 📚

Finished reading: Antinet Zettelkasten by Scott P. Scheper, 📚 a book about how to create an analog Zettelkasten (slip box) that acts as a “communication partner” for thinking and creating. After seeing a couple of videos from Scott and keeping up with his website, I expected this book to be a deep … read more

Currently reading: Antinet Zettelkasten by Scott P. Scheper 📚

If you are interested in analog note-taking, this is the book to read—the book details the analog Zettelkasten system and how and why it works.

Currently reading: The Staff Engineer’s Path by Tanya Reilly 📚

Finished reading: The Laws of Creativity by Joey Cofone 📚

Currently reading: The Lost Metal: A Mistborn Novel by Brandon Sanderson 📚

Finished reading: King: Fairy Tale by Stephen King 📚. A character-driven and realistic adventure into another world where many of our fairy tales began.

I’d love to see this book made into a movie!

I finished reading: Stolen Focus by Johann Hari 📚 Stolen Focus does not provide a personal step-by-step guide to remove distractions from our lives. Instead, it is about how this “Attention Crisis” impacts society. Here are some of my notes about the author’s points in this book. What impact is this … read more

Currently reading: The Laws of Creativity by Joey Cofone 📚

I’ve been jumping between 3 books this week. The first is Fairy Tale, by Stephen King. I’m about 3/4 of the way through and have to say it’s excellent. I highly recommend the audiobook. The next is Stolen Focus by Johann Hari. Another book is about how the distractions from today’s technology are … read more

Reading Stolen Focus by Johann Hari 📚, the author discusses the “Disruption of Mind Wandering” in Chapter 5 and how we tend to consider mind wandering negative. Yet, the author explains, it’s part of how we learn and create. “Creativity is not where you create some new thing that’s emerged from your … read more

Currently reading: Stolen Focus by Johann Hari 📚

It’s when you set aside your distractions, he said, that you begin to see what you were distracting yourself from. - Stolen Focus p27 💬

Currently reading: Stolen Focus by Johann Hari 📚

As a kid, I’ve always struggled with focus and attention, even without digital distractions. I’m a daydreamer. Today’s digital tools have made our lives simpler, yet at a cost. Even as I read the introduction to this book, I noticed I picked up my phone at least twice.

Staying focused becomes more manageable when working on something I enjoy—writing code, building something, solving a problem. It’s easy to get into focus during those times. We can’t always be in deep focus. What do we do when we’re not?

I’m hoping this book is not only about scare tactics. I’m not expecting some miracle cure, but perhaps a guide through my own thoughts to help figure out what works for me.

I hope I can stay focused enough to read through the nearly 300 pages in this book. :)

Just received my physical copy of Daily Creative: A Practical Guide for Staying Prolific, Brilliant, and Healthy by Todd Henry 📚

This book was highly recommended. I’ll try to take my time and read it as intended, one day at a time.

While over the past decade, “Productivity” books try to teach you how to be productive and get things done, “I Didn’t Do The Thing Today” jumps on the recent “Anti-productivity” bandwagon and reminds us that to be genuinely productive, we need to relax, rest, and embrace the unexpected. I Didn’t Do … read more

Finished reading: Project Hail Mary: A Novel by Andy Weir 📚. Project Hail Mary is a story by the same author of The Martian, Andy Weir. While The Martian’s story is grounded in the science we understand today, Project Hail Mary goes beyond that and adds more sci-fi without breaking the rules of … read more

Currently reading: Clean Architecture: A Craftsman’s Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series) by Martin Robert C. 📚