Category Archives: self-improvement
Books I read 2017 – Part 2. Psychology, Management
This is part 2 of my book summaries, the introduction paragraph is repeated. If you are interested in relationships and learning here is part 1. This year I read 79 or so books. Also there are 24 more books that … Continue reading
Personal cheat sheet on what vitamins do to me
I have been supplementing vitamins for a year and a half at the date of this post. To Identify my stack and have it published will make it easier to refer back to it. This is not completed, every day … Continue reading
How I accidentally discovered the pill to enlightenment but I wouldn’t recommend it.
Eastern enlightenment is not what you think. I mean, maybe it is. But it’s probably not. There’s a reason it’s so elusive, and there’s a reason that it hasn’t joined western science and the western world the way that curiosity … Continue reading
Object level weight loss tips
Finding specific instructions on weight loss is difficult. They are all buried in the internet. Covered in clickbait and a waste of time to find. And plenty of them don’t work. So here’s my list. As object level as I … Continue reading
The answer sheet
I always wished I had an answer sheet. A cheat sheet to a lot of my problems. Well now I do. But it’s all in my head. I solved a lot of my problems by reading books and building models … Continue reading
Books I read 2017 – Part 1. Relationships, Learning
This year I read 79 or so books. Also there are 24 more books that I put down without finishing. That’s a lot to summarise. I have already spent more than 15 hours and restarted the process of summarising twice. … Continue reading
Instrumental experiment: Cut your losses
Epistemic status: Shower thoughts, but also – Actually trying things. There are times in life where you will have seen the warning signs. You have watched others fall on your journey. If anything was the canary in the coal mine, … Continue reading
Instrumental experiment: Quit while you are ahead
Epistemic status: Shower thoughts, but also – Actually trying things. There are times in life where you will have climbed a mountain. You have been facing a storm and it’s finally clearing. The world just cut you a break and … Continue reading
Instrumental Experiment: The Double Down
Epistemic status: Shower thoughts, but also – Actually trying things. There are times in life where you will have made a breakthrough. You will have had a success and you will think, “great, time for a holiday”, I should quit … Continue reading
How to consistently have good days, or Reduce the frequency and impact of bad days
The following is an exercise I composed to be run at the Lesswrong Sydney dojos. It took an hour and a half but could probably be done faster with some adaptations that I have included in these instructions. In regards … Continue reading
