A Mug of Insights

In this episode, I traced my steps and came up with three steps that have allowed me to reclaim my life from social media & find deeper meaning in intentional hobbies.

Books mentioned in this episode:

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

Stolen Focus by Johann Hari

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Part 1: https://www.amugofinsights.org/1-2-read-protocols-for-rescuing-your-attention-pt-1-willpower-isnt-enough/

Part 2: https://www.amugofinsights.org/1-2-read-protocols-for-rescuing-your-attention-pt-2-reclaim-your-free-time/

Part 3: https://www.amugofinsights.org/1-2-read-protocols-for-rescuing-your-attention-pt-3-join-the-attention-resistance/

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In this week's episode, let's talk about the one trait and habit all exceptional readers share, and how to practise it in our lives.

Sources mentioned in the video:

Toward A Psychology of Being: https://archive.org/details/towardpsychology00masl

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This week, let's talk about how to keep tabs on the world without letting the news take over our lives.

Read the latest 1-2-Read issue in my newsletter for free:

https://www.amugofinsights.org/1-2-read-how-to-stay-informed-without-going-insane/

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Sources mentioned in the video:

https://www.opensourceceo.com/p/strategism-nytimes-games

Mark Manson's article on quitting the news:

https://markmanson.net/why-you-should-quit-the-news

Cal Newport's episode on TikTok's algorithm:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-372-decoding-tiktoks-algorithm/id1515786216?i=1000729057142

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In this week's episode, I'll share 5 reading lessons that have allowed me to get through 6 books in the month of September, alongside some recommended practices for you to optimise your information consumption.

Read the three-part series on rescuing your attention span from my newsletter:

Part 1: https://www.amugofinsights.org/1-2-read-protocols-for-rescuing-your-attention-pt-1-willpower-isnt-enough/

Part 2: https://www.amugofinsights.org/1-2-read-protocols-for-rescuing-your-attention-pt-2-reclaim-your-free-time/

Part 3: https://www.amugofinsights.org/1-2-read-protocols-for-rescuing-your-attention-pt-3-join-the-attention-resistance/

Companion article for this episode:

https://www.amugofinsights.org/how-to-read-6-books-in-a-month/

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In this week's episode, let's talk about the value of an English Degree and whether you need one to become a better reader. On top of that, you'll also learn about the degree's unique history and how it still impacts our perception of literature today.

Sources mentioned in the video:

History of the English Degree from Peter Barry's book: Beginning Theory. https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.28799978

Professing Criticism by John Guillory https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo181442592.html

Companion article for this episode:

https://www.amugofinsights.org/are-universities-ruining-the-pleasure-of-reading-and-how-to-get-it-back/

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This week, let's get beyond the headline and examine how our relationship to long-form reading has changed, and what we can do to rescue our attention through a digital diet.

Sources mentioned in the video:

The 2017 estimate of how many words we read daily:

https://askwonder.com/research/words-average-smartphone-user-reads-per-day-compared-users-vision-problems-adhd-ntzomu34l

The 2023 study on The Reverse Flynn Effect:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289623000156?ref=amugofinsights.org

'On Ultra-Processed Content' by Cal Newport:

https://calnewport.com/on-ultra-processed-content/?ref=amugofinsights.org

Companion article for this episode:

https://www.amugofinsights.org/how-i-trained-my-attention-to-read-again/

Links & Goodies:

Want more food for thought and deeper insights for your reading life? Subscribe to my newsletter for free here for weekly bonuses and tips:

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Download the digital notebook I use to organise ideas for these episodes:

https://www.rcwaldun.com/your-syntopicon

My classes on rediscovering the joys of reading & writing:

https://www.rcwaldun.com/classes

Legal:

This episode was produced and published under the imprint of © Literary. Publication. Our design consultant for the show is Victoria Aitken, and the intro/outro music, 'Armchair Expert' was composed and performed under the music project 'The Woods' by © Johnny McFadzean.

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On this episode, we'll address the problems with productivity systems and how they might be ruining the joy of reading, alongside a practical tip on how to slowly rebuild it in the age of content saturation.

Sources mentioned in the video:

Cal's newsletter on the power of email: https://calnewport.com/email-is-most-useful-when-improving-a-process-that-existed-before-email/?ref=amugofinsights.org

The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done: https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-rise-and-fall-of-getting-things-done

Companion article for this episode:

https://www.amugofinsights.org/dont-let-note-taking-get-in-the-way-of-enjoying-a-good-book/

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https://www.rcwaldun.com/classes

This episode was produced and published under the imprint of Literary. Publication. Our design consultant for the show is Victoria Aitken, and the intro/outro music, 'Armchair Expert' was composed and performed under the music project 'The Woods' by © Johnny McFadzean.

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In this episode, we'll answer an email question from Kade, who brought up some excellent questions around how to be an effective reader in high school & college while still engaging with other aspects of campus life. If you want to send a question to the show, email [email protected], and we'll feature your question on a show!

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https://www.rcwaldun.com/classes

This episode was produced and published under the imprint of Literary. Publication. Our design consultant for the show is Victoria Aitken, and the intro/outro music, 'Armchair Expert' was composed and performed under the music project 'The Woods' by © Johnny McFadzean.

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Welcome back to season 3 of our show, and we'll resurrect a long-lost segment called Coffee Wednesday. And as the pilot episode of the season, we'll kick it off with an important question that's usually overlooked: what makes a book life-changing? Nowadays, it's difficult to look beyond the hype of 'life-changing' promises and find information that will benefit us. So, how do we go about searching for these books in the age of information overload? Join us in this episode and find out!

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Want more food for thought and deeper insights for your reading life? Subscribe to my newsletter for free here for weekly bonuses and tips:

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https://www.rcwaldun.com/classes

This episode was produced and published under the imprint of Literary. Publication. Our design consultant for the show is Victoria Aitken, and the intro/outro music, 'Armchair Expert' was composed and performed under the music project 'The Woods' by © Johnny McFadzean.

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Today, we'll sit down with YouTuber, writer and essayist Alice Capelle known for her insightful political commentaries and book: Collapse Feminism to discuss the urgency of social issues, creating content in the marketplace of ideas and the future of our political discourse on the internet.

You can find Alice's work here:

Collapse Feminism-The Online Battle for Feminism's Future: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/collapse-feminism-9781915672018

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AliceCappelle

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/alicecappelle

Website: https://www.alicecappelle.com/

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