* Here are some tips on sleeping that are mostly coming from Andrew Huberman

* Sleep right 80% of the time

* Get natural light early in the morning

* Ensure low light in the evening

* Do what's right for you :-) and make baby steps

* Cal Newport is crafting the concept of slow productivity in blog posts and podcasts, considering publishing a book on it

* Do fewer things

* At natural pace

* Obsess with quality

* Don't work on worst cases on markets that don't exist yet

* Rather look at the dynamics and embrace your model

* Anticipating is wasting a lot of energy and doesn’t make sense

* Do we need to make memories and create peak moments?

* I have chosen to focus on the quality of my daily life

* How about creating peak moments in your daily life?

* Self care and self love are acts of extreme courage 

* The first act towards it is to stop

* “I am not being woo-woo but… I am”

* Draw a new line between old woo woo based on false facts and new woo woo based on empirical data and rational thinking!

* The book by James Clear - Atomic Habits

* There is something about identity that can hold us back when embarking on a change journey

* Implementing easy habits aligned with desired identity changes it all

* Voice note inspired by Vincent Rossignol

* Outgrow fancy acronyms and stop setting yourself and your organisation achievable goals as described in SMART to avoid side effects

* Learning comes from great experiences and the ability to learn and integrate from them

* How seeing your life in dots shifts perspectives

* How many books left to be read? How many swims? How many times will you see your relatives again?

* You may want to take action especially on your relationships

* Tim Urban’s post https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html

* Inspired by the book Time to think

* Test this simple tool in 10 minutes

* Creating a new space than can be a future resource

* Steep curve down for enthusiasm

* Take action upon meaningful interactions

* “Greatest joys are happening right now and things that happen in the future might not happen at all” from Shotgun Story podcast episode with Jennifer Eaves. I recommend listening to some episodes about indie music creators in South Africa.

Photo: my son and a friend in a cold river in France