Jeroen Sangers

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This morning while watching a few Twitch streams, I briefly had the idea of starting my own channel. I quickly abandoned the idea when I realised that this would cost me an insane amount of time (since of course I would create the perfect templates) and it would be the most boring stream ever as there is no way an introverted person as I am would be able to fill an hour with banter.

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Free time

The optimal amount of free time seems to be between 2 and 4 hours per day.

Related: Effectiveness, Monthly map, Walk, Joy

→ 7:12 PM, Sep 16

The Netherlands offer so much more than Amsterdam and tulips. Most tourists do not take the opportinity to visit the heather field, which especillay in august, are very beautiful as shown by these spectacular photos by Albert Dros.

It usually starts mid or early Augusts and lasts until the end of the month, and it turns a lot of areas completely purple. What am I talking about? The heather plants. Compare it to the France’s Lavender fields that start a couple of weeks earlier in July. The purple heather fields in the Netherlands are a dream for any landscape photographer. Combine them with mist and you’ve got yourself a dreamscape that looks like it popped straight out of a fairytale.
Albert Dros https://www.behance.net/gallery/57288925/A-Purple-Dream

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Walk

Take regular ‘thinking walks’ to change your brain to enhance thinking, creativity and memory.

Related: Implementation intentions, Environment, Effectiveness, Free time

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Reading is digesting

Reserve quality time for reading. Only by using full focus can you switch from ‘reading for information’ to ‘reading for knowledge’.

Related: Environment, Fleeting notes, Literature notes, Tools for thought, Teach to learn

→ 2:04 PM, Sep 14

I really wish I could open search results in the sidebar or the main screen instead of the fleeting floating popover window in @RoamResearch.

→ 1:49 PM, Sep 14

I just found myself going through my Twitter feed for some minutes, a clear sign that I should stop working and take a real break.

→ 11:23 AM, Sep 14

📷 Shelter

→ 7:18 PM, Sep 13

Recuerda: cuando un político está escribiendo en los RRSS o hablando delante una cámara o micrófono, no está haciendo política. Llámalo marketing, demagogia, propagando… lo que sea, pero no es política.

→ 8:26 PM, Sep 9

Prudence

Take your time before starting an irreversible action

Related: Impulse, Monthly map, Implementation intentions, Joy

→ 5:40 PM, Sep 9

Supertaskers

A small part of the population (2.5%) is able to multitask without performance reduction.

Related: Multitasking, Task switching

→ 4:36 PM, Sep 9

Carbohydrates

High carb meals slow reactions, but high protein meals can make you more distracted.

→ 4:34 PM, Sep 9

Multitasking

Attempting to do two or more attention-demanding tasks simultaneously reduces productivity.

Related: Effectiveness, Task switching, Supertaskers

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Task switching

Avoid excessive task switching to increase efficiency.

Related: Effectiveness, Work cycle, Screen size, Multitasking, Supertaskers

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Cold showers

Cold showers probably have a negative impact on cognitive performance.

Related: Effectiveness

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Joy

Dedicate time to think about, dream about and anticipate future activities.

Related: Monthly map, Indifference, Scatterfocus, Environment, Prudence, Free time

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Monthly map

Explore a map for each month’s cycle that not only includes things to do, but also things to avoid

Related: Implementation intention, Scatterfocus, Work cycle, Getting things done, Effectiveness, Joy, Prudence, Free time

→ 1:10 PM, Sep 9

Work cycle

During the mornings, work in 90-minute cycles separated by 20-minute breaks.

Related: Implementation intentions, Monthly map, Environment

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Impulse

Take reversible decisions as soon as possible.

Related: Implementation intentions, Scatterfocus, Prudence

→ 12:13 PM, Sep 9

Implementation intentions

Link desired behaviour to a clear cue.

Related: Create fluency, Effectiveness, Implulse, Work cycle, Monthly map, Frog eating, Environment, Inspiration, Prudence, Walk

→ 12:12 PM, Sep 9

Scatterfocus

Give your mind time to wander.

Related: Effectiveness, Getting Things Done, Impulse, Monthly map, Joy, Inspiration, Fleeting notes

→ 12:10 PM, Sep 9

Getting things done

Any personal effectiveness system that gets tasks out of the mind is Getting Things Done.

Related: Tools for thought, Effectiveness, Monthly map

→ 11:59 AM, Sep 9

Create fluency

Making it fluent for others to process information, for example by using good audio quality, generates trust.

Related: Teach to learn

→ 11:52 AM, Sep 9

Tools for thought

A Zettelkasten is an intelligent conversation with my thoughts from the past.

Related: Teach to learn, Getting things done, Self-talk, Originality, Fleeting notes, Permanent notes, Literature notes, Reading is digesting

→ 11:24 AM, Sep 9

Indifference

Large organisations kill workers’ passion.

Related: Effectiveness, Joy, Inspiration

→ 11:12 AM, Sep 9