Jeroen Sangers

Follow @jeroensangers on Micro.blog.

📷 After the storm

→ 9:35 PM, Jul 31

📷 Luxury is… finding an empty beach in July 🏖

→ 2:39 PM, Jul 28

How we make decisions:

We like to think we make complicated decisions based on rational analysis, but most of the time, we actually make an emotional decision and then invent a rational analysis to justify it.
Seth Godin https://seths.blog/2021/07/narrative-and-feelings/

→ 3:34 PM, Jul 27

Much time management and getting things done is not about time: it’s about scale.
Nicholas Bate https://blog.strategicedge.co.uk/2021/07/atoms-are-small.html

→ 9:22 PM, Jul 23

Home, sweet home 📷

→ 12:22 PM, Jul 21

This caught my attention:

Taken as a whole, these results suggest that, sometimes, attention can mislead us about the world. This is not to say that attention always distorts our knowledge of the world, but it does suggest that it might not be the unproblematic guide to knowledge that we originally thought.
Henry Taylor https://psyche.co/ideas/sometimes-paying-attention-means-we-see-the-world-less-clearly

→ 12:19 AM, Jul 20

Something I observed on my vacation: The Netherlands are quickly becoming a cashless society. Many places don’t ask how you want to pay and immediately pass you the credit card terminal.

→ 2:47 PM, Jul 14

Such a great article by Joe Zadeh: The Tyranny Of Time

This made me wonder: under which circumstances should I follow ‘clock time’ and when should I listen to nature’s rhythm?

→ 10:27 PM, Jul 4

Investing advice:

A recommended daily habit: Replace one hour of screen time with one hour of reading in your job’s subject area.
Michael Wade http://www.execupundit.com/2021/06/one-hour-day.html

→ 7:43 AM, Jun 29

📷 Donostia

Now that was a wonderful weekend full of music, art, spectacular landscapes, friendship and great food.

→ 12:18 PM, Jun 28

Slow down!

An easy trick to slow down is to ask: “Why the rush?” and to take a step back. Is speed really adding to the quality of the output?
Anne-Laure Le Cunff https://nesslabs.com/the-benefits-of-slowing-down

→ 7:53 AM, Jun 28

Thanks @ttscoff for showing me Dato.

Dato is a simple menu bar calendar utility to show me a calendar and my upcoming appointments.

→ 12:51 PM, Jun 21

What do you do when all of your inboxes are empty or ignored? That’s your purpose in life.

Daniel Jalkut https://danielpunkass.micro.blog/2021/06/20/if-youre-like.html

What activities act as a magnet for your attention? Which of today’s actions will you dream about? What makes you truely happy?

You can find breadcrumbs to your purpose in many corners of life.

→ 8:02 AM, Jun 21

This is how I know what color car is parked in front of the house

→ 3:20 PM, Jun 19

Effectiveness:

The flip-side of the “To-Do” list should always be the “Not To-Do” list.

Michael Wade http://www.execupundit.com/2021/06/the-flip-side-of-to-do-list.html

→ 3:09 PM, Jun 19

Damn you, CGP Grey. Now I’m hooked on Magic the Gatheting.

→ 8:26 PM, Jun 16

Currently reading: Creativity Inc by Ed Catmull 📚

→ 7:37 AM, Jun 16

Am I the only one using the iron mostly in lateral movements and hardly ever with the point part facing forward?

→ 9:27 PM, Jun 14

This is mesmerizing: The Shortcut

Vía Jason Kottke

→ 9:31 AM, Jun 12

It’s done: I ordered a brand new, maxed out purple M1 iMac.

By far the biggest tech purchase in my life.

→ 9:00 PM, Jun 11

Updating older Apple devices

All my Apple devices are relatively old. My philosophy is to use them as long as I reasonably can.

This also means that usually after the WWDC I only have one burning question: will I be able to update my devices?

Last year, Apple did not include my late 2013 iMac in the list, so it still runs Catalina (not an issue so far).

This year there will be no casualties.

I will be able to update my iPhone 7; even the 6S is still supported so it looks like I will be able to reach the 6 year usage target.

Also my iPad Air 2 is updatable, even though it is tha last device on the list so this will probably be the last update.

Historically there has been a lot of talk about Apple’s planned obsolescence and even though the devices are hard to service by third-parties, six years of OS updates is very good.

→ 11:29 PM, Jun 10

If you spend more time chatting with people you don’t know than talking with the persons around you, you’ve got a problem.

→ 1:14 PM, Jun 10

Finished reading: Work Simply: Embracing the Power of Your Personal Productivity Style by Carson Tate 📚

When reading this book I felt like I was ready two books simultaneously: a mediocre book about personal productivity and a great book about personalizing your own productivity system based on your psychology.

→ 9:27 AM, Jun 10

I was hoping Apple would announce a bigger iMac at the WWDC. They did not.

Now I have to decide which color of the 24” iMac I prefer.

→ 7:44 AM, Jun 8

There is nothing more productive than finishing a 90 minute personal effectiveness workshop in 60 minutes.

Under promise and over deliver…

→ 11:26 AM, Jun 7